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Offline Mark b

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light alignment
« on: 14 October 2014, 21:28 »
ive just put in angel eye projector headlights but wanted to get a garage to check or adjust the main beam anyone know how much they charge to do this ?
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Re: light alignment
« Reply #1 on: 14 October 2014, 21:39 »
depends.... every MOT place can do it...
when I put gti headlights in my mk3 I took it to a local garage / MOT place and he did it for a fiver....
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Re: light alignment
« Reply #2 on: 14 October 2014, 21:59 »
put angel eyes in my old mk3 and local garage alined thew for free -only took 5mins.
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Re: light alignment
« Reply #3 on: 14 October 2014, 22:15 »
so just a few quid cheers guy's
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Re: light alignment
« Reply #4 on: 15 October 2014, 12:32 »
yeah, few quid, all they do is put it on the light alignment machine, look to see how they need to be adjusted, rotate a screw a few times, jobs a goodun.
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Re: light alignment
« Reply #5 on: 15 October 2014, 23:04 »
getting done tomorrow there's a vosa mot station near me he said he will do it for £10
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Re: light alignment
« Reply #6 on: 16 October 2014, 15:43 »
got my lights aligned but anyone know why the drivers side is brighter then the other the bulb is in correctly


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Offline matty james

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Re: light alignment
« Reply #7 on: 16 October 2014, 16:01 »
is your engine running in the picture ?
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Re: light alignment
« Reply #8 on: 16 October 2014, 16:03 »
yeah engine was running I just brought it from the garage the bloke said he didnt know why is was brighter the bulbs are both the same
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Re: light alignment
« Reply #9 on: 16 October 2014, 16:09 »
swap bulbs over -see if the dim light goes to drivers side-then its a duff bulb. it happened to me once when i had angle eyes .
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