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Could someone please explaine where this clip is located? Or picture would be easiest way to see..
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Could someone please explaine where this clip is located? Or picture would be easiest way to see..
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Unfortunatelly that wont help me, cause my headlights has broken plastic white nut(?) which is straight behind the housing. It has some threaded rod inside of it and if You touch the rod the whole inner section will move.. Hard to explain so I'll try to get some pics..
vfr800, thats excactly what I have now..
My self leveling sensor arm is unpluged (by the last owner) and I guess that the height cant be adjusted if that part is broken. Or am I wrong?
I have been looking for a supplier of new bevelled cogs, with the same tooth pitch etc.
try www.hpcgears.com and email them with full details of the gear you require, if they do not have an off the shelf solution they will have them made up for you.
I would imagine however these gears will be of standard dimensions and therefore you will get a new one easily. They simply press fit onto the knurled shaft and do not require any glue to secure them.
here is the form you need:
http://hpcgears.com/newpdf/bevel_technical_request.pdf
Guys, I took the plunge and went for a repair on my headlights at the weekend, aiming to replace both the broken auto levelling clips with the Renault ones that SuperKarl recommended, and all went very well! The Renault clips set me back by a grand total of £1.20 inc. VAT, and quite literally fit like a glove. I took some pictures of the process, and will aim to get these up this evening!
Only problem now is, I'm having alignment/levelling issues. Despite all the motors being connected correcly, and all the sensors being hooked up, the levelling motors whir when the lights are powered on, but barely any movement occurs. The lights need re-aligning for sure after all the work I've done, and this is what I understand of the process to do this:
- car needs to be hooked up to VCDS and put into 'Learn Mode'
- headlights need to be manually adjusted to a level, and then the Motors will 'Learn' this level
- once this is complete, auto levelling should work correctly
Now I know the above is dependent on the sensors working correctly, and these are intact and not damaged, however, my car is lowered, quite a lot... Some of you may have seen and will vouch for this...! Could this put the sensors out of range, affecting the auto levelling? I don't want to end up taking the car in for headlight alignment and then be told it can't be done...
Any update on the prototypes?
Sent Steve the prototypes about 4 weeks ago. Think he is just very busy.
Hopefully Steve won't mind me doing this, but here are some pics of the prototypes to keep peoples appetite until Steve can give an update. I don't know much about how they work or are fitted (you need Steve for that if you don't already know), but I cannot see these things breaking in a million lifetimes. They really are rock solid:
Shane, I did the same, ordered some clips from renault and they don't look right at all. Firstly the ones I have are white secondly the ball joint for the motor fits very poorly, and lastly, when it is installed inside the headlight the ball end of the motor doesn't even fit in the renault clips. I didn't bother to do the other side, just left it as it is and will wait for the clips Steve has been working on.
Very same as me Ads,wrong clips,bad fit and scrapped knuckles trying to fit - i gave up with lots of Grrrrr-ing!!
Also anyone got a how too for removing the headlight units? Thanks guys
1. The first time I tried to repair the old clips - snapped again immediately upon rebuilding the lights