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Just wondering how you adjust your headlights to the correct angle? I keep on getting flashed by other motorists (haha) so i had a look this morning and they seem to be way out of line somewhat.

Also whats the legal requirement as i dont want to get pulled and fined!

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Open the bonnet and look at the back of the light. In the top corners, there are 2 wheels. One adjusts up-down, the other adjusts left-right. Park facing a garage door on a flat surface at night, and use the beam pattern it casts against it to make a rough adjustment. If your headlights are out of alignment then its an MOT fail, but if you know the tester, he may let you do a quick adjustment then and there to get it right and pass it.

how do you correctly adjust the lights, I know that both has to have the same height (up/down adjustment) but what about the left/right adjustment?

is there a template to use to align them correctly?

how do you correctly adjust the lights, I know that both has to have the same height (up/down adjustment) but what about the left/right adjustment?

Basically, they should be in line with the unit that casts them.

what I'm finding really strange about my projector angel eyes is when I go in front of the car with the main beam on and start going down gradually on my knees to the floor, I notice that the left beam flashes before the right beam as one is lower than the other, and I can't sort it out as when I put it infront of a wall they are exactly the same height, sounds strange.

Was thinking that the bulb maybe is not fitted as it should but if I remeber well there was just one way to put them in...

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