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Old Dec 7, 2019 | 12:07 PM
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Originally Posted by persuader
Very cool work Adam. I was planning of doing the same thing as you with my car but then I thought about how problematic replacement canisters and relays can be, so I instead decided to go with the electric headlight door motors many folks on here have.
I thought about this too. If I run into issues with the reproduction parts, I may go this route down the road.
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Old Dec 7, 2019 | 03:17 PM
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Originally Posted by AdamMeh
Hey Mooser - you are correct sir. Mine were marked with letters A - D and they have a specific order to help aim the headlights. Looking at the front of the car the order is C B D A from left to right (A would be the drivers side outside light - C is the passenger side outside light etc.).
That makes me think for those of us who drive a left hand drive car in a right hand drive country could we swap the A-D buckets around to align the lights better for our conditions ?
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Old Dec 7, 2019 | 05:03 PM
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That makes me think for those of us who drive a left hand drive car in a right hand drive country could we swap the A-D buckets around to align the lights better for our conditions ?
I always though that difference was actually in the headlight lens itself ?
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Originally Posted by Mooser
I always though that difference was actually in the headlight lens itself ?
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Yes I believe it is as the beam needs to not point at oncoming driver but often it takes a bit more adjusting to get it correct.

When I put my headlights in i do some testing.
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