need help on headlight alignment

[ezlnh8u]

Hi there everyone, i have noticed that on my 90-e30, the left head light lights up far left and the right headlight lights up really low, that includes the highbeams as well, i was wondering if anyone can point me to the right direction on how to align them, if there is a knob that i have to turn? many thanks in advance.

[jaywood]

Do you have stock headlights? 90's came with sealed beams.

[ezlnh8u]

no the head light is a projector, and the highbeam has swapable bulbs

[davem]

There are two adjusting screws per lamp that can be turned by hand/flat head screw driver. Google some pics of e30 ellipsoid headlights to see how the reverse side looks. You'll have to remove the engine bay headlight covers. Drive a few feet away from a wall and make sure they are level.

[bmwguy325is]

http://www.danielsternlighting.com/tech/aim/aim.html

I have found some body shops that will use an aiming tool for $50

[ezlnh8u]

ok, so i took it to a local shop that does headlight alignment, they told me the knobs are not working, they turn but dont adjust the lamps, do i have to buy new head lights? or is there another way to adjust them?

[davem]

ok, so i took it to a local shop that does headlight alignment, they told me the knobs are not working, they turn but dont adjust the lamps, do i have to buy new head lights? or is there another way to adjust them?

You need to inspect the moving parts and see why they're not working properly. Some of the clips could be broken, the adjusting screws could be seized up etc.

http://www.realoem.com/bmw/showparts.do?model=1113&mospid=47309&btnr=63_0032&hg=63&fg=05

remove the head light covers (if you have them), and the front grills to remove them and take a look. The head lights are mounted to the rad support with 3 screws.

[ezlnh8u]

thanks, will do.