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SinistR33

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My headlights aren't symmetrical. One of them doesnt sit flush with the bonnet. It's kind of too forward, and there is a massive gap. It's even more noticeable now after installation of the eyelids.

Any way to adjust them? Is it caused by a poor job of installing the front bar from previous owner?

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- Ang

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first make sure its the lights not the bonnet, the bonnet is easy to move up or down you just twist the rubbers in or out.

if its the lights, hopefully there is a bolt missing or loose somewhere, else your car may be a lil bent

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Yeah I don't like the sound of it being bent...

And nothings loose in the light housing as well

Umm, I was told by a mate ages ago when I got the car that it's probably the bonnet.. But the two rubbers towards the front seem to have given up the ghost.. So I don't know if it's possible to adjust them at the state they are in.. I'll need to try and dedicate a few hours of finding out the culprit.

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Yeah I don't like the sound of it being bent...

And nothings loose in the light housing as well

Umm, I was told by a mate ages ago when I got the car that it's probably the bonnet.. But the two rubbers towards the front seem to have given up the ghost.. So I don't know if it's possible to adjust them at the state they are in.. I'll need to try and dedicate a few hours of finding out the culprit.

You can order new bonnet rubbers from any Nissan dealer. New ones for my R34 were $7.50 each.

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I've uploaded 2 pictures. One of the top of my left headlight, and one of the top of my right. Now I noticed something tonight, can anyone else confirm this for me?....

Notice how the glass/plastic is clipped onto the black part and where they meet is nice and flush?

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And notice on this one how there is no clips and it's sorta seperated?

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very unusual.. I tried pushing them back together but it hardly budges.....

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so it looks like the lense has been removed form the housing at some stage and wasn't put back together right and is missing the metal clamp. solution either get another headlight or take it apart and reseal it again trying to find a replacement metal clamp...

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Do you think there would be enough movement to make the headlight flush again? Attached is a picture of the front of the car, notice the gap on the left, and the lack of on the right

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Do you think there would be enough movement to make the headlight flush again? Attached is a picture of the front of the car, notice the gap on the left, and the lack of on the right

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im an apprentice panel beater and from the pics i can tell ur whole headlight is low as there is a noticeable sized gap where the headlight meets the guard. in saying that adjusting the bonnet lower with the rubber stops will only fix the gap at the bonnet wont really solve the problem

you could either try loosening all the headlight bolts should be some behind the front bar as well and try push the headlight up and tighten the bolts up. if that dosnt work it means ur headlight panel which is welded to the upper radiator support is low which would probs just need a tap up with a sledge and a block of wood

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I had a bit more of an inspection today, and it seems like the seperation I showed earlier is the cause of the majority of the gap. Where the corner of the light meets the guard shows quite a gap. If I can somehow take the headlight off and remove the lens from the housing, and reseal it, that should reduce the gap drastically.. Now to take the headlight off.... Looks a bit mind boggling

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