When installing the new 1
piece headlights, I found the gap between one of the
headlight's lens and the body was much too large. At
first, I thought this was a manufacturing defect. Thus I had the
unit (Driver's side) returned and exchanged for another one. When
I received the second one in the same condition as the first one, I
figured I had to figure out how to fix this. The text and
pictures to follow will hopefully help you achieve the same results I
did.
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Unfortunately, the normal method
of turning the screw (from the front) like the others on the unit is
not possible. It turns out that the screw is turnable from the
back
side. If you look closely, you'll see that the end of the screw is hex shaped.
I used a nut driver (4mm size) to turn the screw inward until the gap was satisfactory. The nut driver bit needed to be modified (turned down) so its wall thickness was much thinner. I did this on a belt sander. This was because the space between the screw to be turned and the plastic wall surrounding it is very tight. Note: I had difficultly adjusting one of the screws because the screw was recessed too much for even the tool to grab. I needed to patiently turn the screw by grabbing the threads with a small vice grip. I turned the screw small increments at a time. Also, the fit was so tight, I heated the driver's tip with a propane torch. When it was hot enough, I pushed it over the screw while it pushed (melted) the plastic around it.
I don't have after pictures at the moment. That will come in the future. I hope this helps. |