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[05omegav6]

They will never point in the right direction if the metal the lights are bolted to is banana shaped

All three bolts that secure the lamp units bolt to the same structure. Having done this very repair on mine as a result of a similar bump last year, the front panel isn't really supported in the middle so can twist if knocked. 

Check the structural alignment as I suggested, and if the gaps are smaller behind the busted light then take it back and get them to fix it properly

Looking at your pic the radiator was damaged so highly unlikely that the slam panel is straight  that's why like lights aren't right

[omegafin]

I'm starting to get a tad confused now .. so lets have a recap ...



Sensors - these are on the suspension arms UNDER the car....

Actuator Arms - these are inside the lights and are know to break as quite brittle, aluminium ones are availabale and can be retrofitted

Lights themselves - As Ex Taxi Al has just posted ......

all 3 bits need to be correctly adjusted and working if the lights are to work correctly ......

Problem is that lights are always down so servos never ever move them, Only bumber, grill ,xenon , radiator, fan assembly and bonnet silghtly damaged but not any metal or fixing parts

The sensors UNDER the car are stucked in one position.

I read the error codes with o.p-c.o.m there were 8 fault codes but they didn't came back after clearing.

tester had option to test the servo motors so in 0.8V they are down and 4.2V up so they seem to work OK. So levelling might work when sensors are repaired....

[05omegav6]

Hopefully it is just the sensors then

Can't see the front panel being straight if the rad got busted though will upload pics from my repair tomorrow 

[dbug]

I rear-ended a car this morning.
The driver got out of the other car, and he was a DWARF!!
He looked up at me and said "I am NOT Happy!"
So I said, "Well, which one are you then?"   

[Andy B]

I rear-ended a car this morning.
The driver got out of the other car, and he was a DWARF!!
He looked up at me and said "I am NOT Happy!"
So I said, "Well, which one are you then?"   

Coat ..... door!  ------------> 

[doz]

Before you right the sensor off check the wiring. " of the 3 wires on the front of mine were broken in the loom some where. So I ran two new ones in.

As for the dwarf joke. Somebody put some doggy doo in his coat pocket before he gets to the door

[omegafin]

My reader showed voltage for both sensors so wiring should be ok ?

But how this should work when starting ?
Should it work like my friends bmw in starting lights go first up and then to right position .

Or is it in omega so that sensors are read first and lights  wont move if position is right

Thinking that even if my sensors are stuck should my lighs go up and the down when started or if sensors are stucked in low position or broken somehow  lights wont move at all

[Andy H]

There is a knack to installing the leveling motor in the back of the headlight:
 1 tilt the headlight reflector until it is pointing as low as it will go (use the plug on the back of the bulb as a 'handle')
 2 engage the rod on the motor with the arm on the reflector (I think it has a ball & socket joint but it is while since I last did this)
 3 push the motor home and twist to lock in position

If the motor isn't engaged then the reflector will flop down and point at the floor.

[omegafin]

There is a knack to installing the leveling motor in the back of the headlight:
 1 tilt the headlight reflector until it is pointing as low as it will go (use the plug on the back of the bulb as a 'handle')
 2 engage the rod on the motor with the arm on the reflector (I think it has a ball & socket joint but it is while since I last did this)
 3 push the motor home and twist to lock in position

If the motor isn't engaged then the reflector will flop down and point at the floor.

motors is engaged in the reflectors and I can steer them by op reader.

Just wondering should them first raise when started and then go to the right position

[Brikhead]

...should my lighs go up and the down when started???

I used to have a 2001 Vectra CDX with factory fit xenons, they would fully adjust up and then drop back down every time they were switched on but I've never noticed this on an Omega, I've had a mini facelift Mv6 and two facelifts...

[Andy H]

There is a knack to installing the leveling motor in the back of the headlight:
 1 tilt the headlight reflector until it is pointing as low as it will go (use the plug on the back of the bulb as a 'handle')
 2 engage the rod on the motor with the arm on the reflector (I think it has a ball & socket joint but it is while since I last did this)
 3 push the motor home and twist to lock in position

If the motor isn't engaged then the reflector will flop down and point at the floor.

motors is engaged in the reflectors and I can steer them by op reader.

Just wondering should them first raise when started and then go to the right position

I don't think mine do.

[Brikhead]

I don't think mine do.

Maybe the reason why Omega headlight adjusters have a reputation for being fragile?

[Andy H]

I don't think mine do.

Maybe the reason why Omega headlight adjusters have a reputation for being fragile?

I think the leveling motors are fairly dependable. It is the manual adjusters that are easily broken.

[05omegav6]

They do, depends on the loading of the car perhaps

[Entwood]

I've NEVER noticed the headlights move on either the 2.5 Elite with HID's or this £.2 Elite with HID's ... The only time I've actually observed movement is when a Tech2 has been motoring them !! When driving they just point at the road like they sholud !!