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Author Subject: Changing headlight adjusters
glenn_addo

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Post #1
I bought a set of headlights as my drivers side headlight was broken inside! I thought all crystals were the same but the ones I've bought come with different headlight adjusters.

Is there an easy way/technique to removing them and simply swapping them over? My cars plug will fit the black adjuster not the brown.



Posted 12th Mar 2012 at 16:44
welshpug!

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Post #2
rotate it to free the body from the light unit, then unhook the ball from the reflector

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Posted 12th Mar 2012 at 16:47
glenn_addo

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Post #3
Thanks. Its actually the easiest thing to do ever. Just wanted to ask incase there was something breakable behind it.
Posted 12th Mar 2012 at 16:55
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Post #4
depends how hamfisted you are LOL

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Posted 12th Mar 2012 at 17:00
glenn_addo

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Post #5
Decided to leave the hammer in the toolbox this time.

Should I change both headlights so they are matching or will it not matter as they are both crystal headlights just had different adjusters on them?
Posted 12th Mar 2012 at 17:05
anth

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Post #6
shouldnt matter but if it was me id change both, its easy to do anyway. Just make sure you actually clip the ball on the adjuster back onto the lense otherwise your know the meaning of dipped headlights Smile
Posted 13th Mar 2012 at 18:49
gnrlee Forum Admin

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Post #7
The internals of both frosted and crystals are identical
The masks are different as well as a few other suttle things,..
But everything to do with the mechanism and wiring are exactly the same!
So won't make a blind bit of difference
As long as their both adjusted correctly Wink

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Posted 14th Mar 2012 at 00:25
Lecktorious

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Post #8
anth wrote:
shouldnt matter but if it was me id change both, its easy to do anyway. Just make sure you actually clip the ball on the adjuster back onto the lense otherwise your know the meaning of dipped headlights Smile


Is there a technique for getting the ball to clip into the lense, and can it be done with the headlight in place?

Any pointers would be great Thumbs up

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Posted 15th Mar 2014 at 17:53
bigbadbowen

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Post #9
It's a pain in the arse ! Best to hold the internals of the light via the bulb cover area then slide the adjuster knob bit into the housing rather than trying to push it in
Posted 15th Mar 2014 at 18:25

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