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Dilemma...

People with R33's should know:

My front left headlamp deflector/globe adjustor unit seems to be broken. When turning the screw above the headlamp to adjust the height of your light beam (up/down) the screw seems to spin freely?

Anyone know if I can fix this without replacing the entire headlamp?

NOTE: I have a series 2 R33 4 door so the headlamps are very different to the normal...

-Ed-

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dont sound good guys pretty sure i read somewhere (dont know where) that one that lil plastic adjuster breaks thats it

hope i heard wrong tho

edit: oh if you want to have a look at one out of the car ive got a s1 pasenger side headlight sitting in the shed

Not 100% sure mate,have you tried a slightly wider screw?

While we on subject do you know what hight etc it's supose to be adjusted to? Someone told me to draw like two cross on a surface against a wall, sort of the centre of the beams. Then move the car backward and the right beam should be adjusted to just under the right side of the cross! is this true? I'm putting a HID kit into my 4 door soon so I need to work it out.

Yeah, not good news. It's ok at present, however to maximise the use of my PIAA's it would be nice to adjust the front left headlamp higher so that both sides are even and the cross beams meet up in the middle. I haven't tried a wider screw, however you can tell that from the burrs of plastic on the screw that the inner plastic teeth of the adjustor have just been worn for some reason? Bummer as this little problem has really annoyed me for the past month, and series 2 4-door headlamps are rare as hens teeth to source! Not even Paul from Autoworx can source one...

Adam33 - cool, keep me posted mate!

GWP021 - thanks for the offer but I'll pass as there's no point really...

Pulp - As for height, hell all I do is take may car out at night to a pitch black road and wind them up to maximise my visibility to the horizon.

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