Headlight level adjuster

[Motorhole]

Quick one,

The headlamp level adjuster underneath the headlamp swich, for correcting for heavy loads/towing - do I need this to be operational for an MOT? Or do the headlamps just need to be aiming correctly?

Cheers guys.

[pacerpete]

Headlamps aimed correctly is all that matters. There is a manual adjustment facility where the hydraulic actuator attaches to the headlight.

Your hydraulic headlight levelling is undoubtably dead, like 99.9% of so equipped E30s

[milescook]

Fairly sure myself and many others don't have one? So you could always pull it out?

[Motorhole]

Yeah that's the plan. It's hanging loose in the passenger footwell right now and I'd rather just bin it.

[hennabm]

Only needs to work if you have HIDs fitted. The other option, as mentioned, is to remove it if HIDs are fitted.

[harry_p]

As its not self levelling surely its irrelevant hids fitted or not, so long as the lights point where they're supposed to when presented for the test?