HELLA are making hydraulic headlight adjusters again

[Brianmoooore]

On at least one of the E30s I've owned the pipes went along the other side of the engine bay and through the bulkhead by the battery.

Ben

As I said in another recent thread concerning the routing of radio wiring, BMW provided detailed instructions for the fitting of these options at the supplying dealer, but that didn't stop the occasional fitter going their own way.

[BenHar]

On at least one of the E30s I've owned the pipes went along the other side of the engine bay and through the bulkhead by the battery.

Ben

As I said in another recent thread concerning the routing of radio wiring, BMW provided detailed instructions for the fitting of these options at the supplying dealer, but that didn't stop the occasional fitter going their own way.

I meant that maybe this kit would fit if it was tried on the other side.

Ben

[Brianmoooore]

I meant that maybe this kit would fit if it was tried on the other side.

That's what I said in my last but one post.
Now that you've mentioned it, I think that one of mine has the pipes on the RH side as well.
The problem is that the kit doesn't come apart, so you need a hole in the bulkhead big enough for the adjuster to go through, so that restricts the cabin entry points to the grommet below the glove box or the engine ECU wiring grommet by the front battery tray.

[BenHar]

Your E34 electrical conversion is much better.

But why bother? If the man from the ministry is fussy just hide the control with some gaffa tape.

Ben

[TurtleDesignTech]

They'd probably fit if you reversed them and added a small grommet for the pipes next to the engine loom to cabin grommet, but that wouldn't be OE fitting, of course

I did consider this and it might have to be the long term solution if I can't find some RHD ones.

[RTTBMW]

UPDATE

Finally got around to fitting these this last weekend.


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Bad news - they only reach to the passenger glove box, so they must be the left hand drive version.

I am contacting HELLA to see if they make a right hand drive version. Will see what they say....

Any chance you could take a few photos of them connected to the headlight. Mine arrived in the post today! My existing ones are cable tied away from the lights, so I am not sure how they are fitted in place. Thanks in the meantime!

regards

Richard

[TurtleDesignTech]

UPDATE

Finally got around to fitting these this last weekend.


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Bad news - they only reach to the passenger glove box, so they must be the left hand drive version.

I am contacting HELLA to see if they make a right hand drive version. Will see what they say....

Any chance you could take a few photos of them connected to the headlight. Mine arrived in the post today! My existing ones are cable tied away from the lights, so I am not sure how they are fitted in place. Thanks in the meantime!

regards

Richard

You have to line up the 3 points on the light adjuster end with the slots in the back of the headlights and twist to get them to lock in.

The slots look like this. This is one of them detached from the back of the headlights.

[TurtleDesignTech]

Your E34 electrical conversion is much better.

But why bother? If the man from the ministry is fussy just hide the control with some gaffa tape.

Ben

I did look into this, but a new set of E34 headlight adjusters are over £100 now anyway. Not much difference in price.

[RTTBMW]

I see what you mean they don't fit. So a hole through the firewall maybe the only solution! Anybody any suggestions to the safest place under the steering to cut a hole and fix the grommet to! Any luck with contacting HELLA.

regards

Richard

[Brianmoooore]

They'd probably fit if you reversed them and added a small grommet for the pipes next to the engine loom to cabin grommet, but that wouldn't be OE fitting, of course

Position the grommet close to the grommet for the engine loom and cut a 3mm wide channel between the two to slide the pipes through.

[RTTBMW]

So you are saying the gromments are close together. The adjusters have to go through the firewall and they are big and the control is even bigger if I went from engine bay to dash. So I would have to remove the engine loom grommet to get the adjusters through! I think I got your thinking! Took me a minute! Thanks! Need to check whether the can be reversed. When first looking at it I though one side was really short!