frankyknuckles Posted June 8, 2004 Share Posted June 8, 2004 If I remove my Headlights, what is the procedure for re-aligning them? ie, should they be pointing at specific angles or is it just a simple case of getting them as upright and as straight ahead as possible? www.R300.net Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frying Pan Posted June 8, 2004 Share Posted June 8, 2004 Park the car on the level before you take them off. Mark where the wheels are, and the beam pattern on garage door or something. When you put them back on, park in the same place and match the beams to the marks you made. Should be close enough Guy See some pictures of the build here. First 2000 miles completed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Area Representative Golf Juliet Tango Posted June 8, 2004 Area Representative Share Posted June 8, 2004 How do you adjust the headlights? With difficulty. ❗ You will need patience (as the nuts are very difficult to reach) and three hands. But park on a level surface facing a wall. Mark headlamp centre on the wall. Back up a couple of feet. On Full: centre of beam should be slightly left and below centre Once you have set them well: do them up very tight! Once there is a wear pattern it becomes very difficult to keep them well aligned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Area Representative Richard Price Posted June 8, 2004 Area Representative Share Posted June 8, 2004 I've got an a cheap old spark plug socket, in which I've cut a slot up the side to clear the cables. Make's tightening the headlights easy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevefoster Posted June 9, 2004 Share Posted June 9, 2004 If you have the newer stye bent tubes fixing then the clamp on the chassis is loosened and the wires once unpluged can be careully slid through the slot. I put a nick in the tube and the clamp for easy re-aligning. Passed all MOT's since doing this. I took the lights off and on every month a while back. I you need a beam aligning aid then drop me an email and I can email you an alignment pattern for doing this. Again this got me through MOT's and 2 cars no problems. Tip. Leave the headlights a little loose so you can just move them. Tell the MOT man this and he will align them for you and you can then tighten them up outside the MOT station. Hants (North) and Berkshire Area club site here My racing info site here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankyknuckles Posted June 9, 2004 Author Share Posted June 9, 2004 thanks I'm replacing the indicator pods with carbon fibre jobies, hence the need to remove the headlight. Steve, if you could email me the alignment guide that would be great ! I like the idea of a cutting a slot in a socket www.R300.net Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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