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Headlamps: Correct the installation position

Special tools and workshop equipment required

t	Torque wrench -V.A.G 1331-

Note

t	The front bumper trim does not need to be removed for correcting the installation position of the headlamp.

t	The illustration shows the headlamp on the right side.

When checking the headlight position, if the clearance is irregular with respect to the bodywork, correct the assembly position.

–	Disconnect ignition and all electrical loads, and remove ignition key.

–	Release the radiator grille → Bodywork, exterior fitting work; Rep. gr.66.

–	Fixing to the bodywork -A-, Adjustment support -1-.

–	Counterclockwise -arrow- Lifts the adjsutment support.

–	Loosen the fixing screw -C- on the rear and front sides of the headlamp (see figure).

–	Loosen the screws -D- on the top side of the headlamp.

–	Adjust the gap to the bodywork by screwing the adjustment screw in or out -arrow- on the front side -B- or the rear side of the headlamp -A-.

–	Tighten the fixing screws to the spcified tightening torque → Chapter.

–	Check headlight installation position for evenness of gaps and adjust if necessary.

–	Check headlight functions.

Note

If a headlamp is removed or adapted to the bodywork, it must always be adjusted after the installtion of the adaption.

–	Check the adjustment of the headlamp and adjust the headlamp when necessary „maintenance to be considered precisely“; → Booklet.

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