Headlights

[spdbrake]

Your factory headlights are Hella with internal parking lamps correct? and not the newer Transformer or Insectoid Led?
If so there is a locator bump on the back of the housing that mates to notch in the housing bucket to ensure correct clocking of the light housing.
The Hella are manualy aimed so that the Left (drivers) is pointing slightly to the right (for oncoming traffic) and the Right (passenger) straight on.
Mine were Driver's, pointing down-left, and Passenger's, pointing up right when I purchased my car used.
I've since swapped out to some Lucas Tri-bar replicas.

[Quentin Z]

Originally Posted by spdbrake

Your factory headlights are Hella with internal parking lamps correct? and not the newer Transformer or Insectoid Led?
If so there is a locator bump on the back of the housing that mates to notch in the housing bucket to ensure correct clocking of the light housing.
The Hella are manualy aimed so that the Left (drivers) is pointing slightly to the right (for oncoming traffic) and the Right (passenger) straight on.
Mine were Driver's, pointing down-left, and Passenger's, pointing up right when I purchased my car used.
I've since swapped out to some Lucas Tri-bar replicas.

I installed the Lucas Tribars on #272 also; that's when I found out that the buckets weren't clocked correctly from BDR (one worse than the other).

[SBSerpent]

Originally Posted by spdbrake

Your factory headlights are Hella with internal parking lamps correct? and not the newer Transformer or Insectoid Led?
If so there is a locator bump on the back of the housing that mates to notch in the housing bucket to ensure correct clocking of the light housing.
The Hella are manualy aimed so that the Left (drivers) is pointing slightly to the right (for oncoming traffic) and the Right (passenger) straight on.
Mine were Driver's, pointing down-left, and Passenger's, pointing up right when I purchased my car used.
I've since swapped out to some Lucas Tri-bar replicas.

Yes, mine are Hellas and they are installed correctly. I never noticed that little bulb at the bottom of the light. You say it's a parking lamp? Is it on when the low beams are on?

[SBSerpent]

Drivers side headlight

[spdbrake]

Looking at your photo it shows the bulb as 90deg clocked counter clockwise. (Unless it got rotated when you posted it.)

The clear section of the lens should be at the bottom and the numbering, brand etc,, should read from L-R.

[SBSerpent]

Originally Posted by spdbrake

Looking at your photo it shows the bulb as 90deg clocked counter clockwise. (Unless it got rotated when you posted it.)

The clear section of the lens should be at the bottom and the numbering, brand etc,, should read from L-R.

Yes, for some reason, the photo rotated when I posted it. Clear part of the lens is at the bottom and the lettering does read L-R