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 Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2012 3:08 am |
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Joined: Feb 12, 2010
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Location: Grantham
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I've only recently noticed my headlight pattern seems to be all over the place.
The near side beam (on dipped) seems to only be about 20ft in front of the car where it hits the road, whereas the offside is to high to even hit the road. If I park in front of a wall the near side beam seams slightly lower than the hight of the headlight but the offside is slightly higher, obviously the further away I move the bigger the difference. My biggest problem is that I don't seem to be able to find any settings for the 206 on the net. All my other cars have had measurements etc in the Haynes manuals. I realise each light is adjustable but like I say I've got no measurements to work to.
Regards. 
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Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2012 3:32 am |
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hi, it could be that the electric adjuster on that side isn't working / not fitted to light unit try the adjustment switch to see what's happening.
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Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2012 4:12 am |
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| Stez wrote: |
All my other cars have had measurements etc in the Haynes manuals. I realise each light is adjustable but like I say I've got no measurements to work to.
Regards. |
Take it so a small local / friendly MOT station & slip the lads a couple of drinks.
Far easier to set the lights up quickly & correctly using the beam alignment setter.
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Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2012 5:47 am |
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I might have to try that!
The adjusters work fine when I turn the wheel on the dash.
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Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2012 5:48 am |
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| Stez wrote: |
I might have to try that!
The adjusters work fine when I turn the wheel on the dash. |
Adjustor wheel on dash should be normally set to 0.
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Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2012 7:04 am |
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It is
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Posted: Fri Feb 10, 2012 10:59 am |
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I've just replaced the dipped bulbs with some osram nightbreakers which has improved things quite a bit but I did notice there's a bit of play in the reflector on the nearside light which isn't there on the offside. Is there a reason for this & is there owt I can do about it?
I've considered wedging something under the reflector to keep it at the highest point of its movement being as that side has seemed a bit on the low side.
There's not loads of movement but enough to make a difference to were the beam goes.
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Posted: Fri Feb 10, 2012 11:55 am |
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The electronic adjuster should just pull on that light to keep it from rocking like you described.
It's just a small plastic arm with a ball joint (my money is on the ball joint being missing)
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Posted: Fri Feb 10, 2012 2:56 pm |
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Cheers!
I'll have to have a closer look (when it's a bit warmer) 
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