E85 Roadster headlight adjusters?

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r3vmatch

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Hi all,

On the E85 headlights, on the part of the headlight near the side of the bumpers should there be a threaded adjuster behind the hollow metal cylinder, or is it just the metal cylinder that goes through the headlight assembly? If anyone has pictures of the side of the headlight that would be very helpful, I could only find "head on shots" with the bumper off.

Here's are pics from my car and according to Real OEM there should be two adjusters (item #1 in the RealOEM picture) and two metal cylinders (I seem to only have one). I'm in the US, shots are of LHD side:

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My car, '06 3.0si Roadster, Xenon, only seems to have one adjuster (to move light toward car or away) but nothing for the side, near the wheel arch. The lights seem "too tucked in" and I think a missing adjuster is the likely reason.
 
Hi all,

Any thoughts? I'm down this rabbit hole because my headlights seemed to be "tucked in" and not flush with the bumper.

I spent the past hour just loosely trying to adjust one of my headlights and it seems like the metal cynlinder acts a bit like a cam and lets the light move up or down near the fender / plastic clip to bumper. I'm hoping when all the four screws are tightened down, the headlight can't slide on the cylinder.

I pulled the adjuster attached to the front and learned it's made by WITTE , called a 'WITRON' adjuster. I tried to test fit it to the headlight cylinder side but I can't possibly see that working. Maybe I've missed something?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:WITOL_4tel_Schnitt.jpg
 
Hi R3vmatch. I've received your p.m but replied here as it's easier to post a photo here. Out of the 4 long bolts that secure each headlight to the front carrier panel the one I have numbered 3 in my photo (and the one circled in red in your photo) below is the only one that has an adjuster on it. None of the others. Hope this helps :thumbsup: Si20210321_201001~2.jpgIMG-2521.jpg
 
Thanks so much for this response! Very helpful, seems RealOEM has it wrong. Also apologies to all for putting this in the wrong section, I'll ask an admin to move it.
 
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