MK4 Golf Headlight Alignment issues

[MrSix]

My headlights seem to have dropped recently (for no apparent reason) and are now pointing about 4 feet in front of the car at the floor. The adjuster still works which angles them down if you have a heavy load, so that's not the problem.

Doe anybody know how to re-align them?

 

[MrSix]

Have both of the lights dropped Adam or just one?

Both seem like they're out of sync with eachother, the passenger side headlight is worse than the drivers side.

I had the same problem when I fitted the OSRAM bulbs, took it to my mate at the VW garage. I spun the bulbs around and then calibrated them in about 3 mins. Worked a treat.

Ask your garage to calibrate them?

Might give that a go, how much did they charge?

 

[MrSix]

Yeah, it happened when I replaced my bulbs... not sure if you HAVE to get the calibrated, but they will check this with a car service/MOT I would have thought?

See below for what he did..



Nowt! My mate is the mechanic at the dealership... but took him about 3mins to do. He put it on the rollers, popped the bonnet, spun bulbs around a bit and then used some device in front of the rollers which calibrated them.

So cost me a pint... but now that you know how it works and how much work is involved.... use that to your advantage when asking how much!

Or I could drive down to Oxford and buy you both a pint if he does mine