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Omega Help Area => Omega General Help => Topic started by: Omega VT3000 on 08 July 2016, 10:05:18

Title: Headlight adjusters - which ones?
Post by: Omega VT3000 on 08 July 2016, 10:05:18
Morning folks,

I have the broken adjuster issue that many suffer from.

I have taken a spare set of headlights apart using the oven method and found two different suppliers of aftermarket adjusters:


The ally ones look very good and obviously won't break but I am concerned they may oxidise and seize. Is this an issue?

Does anyone have any experience of the Carlami one (http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/281256289565?_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT)

One last question - I assume when it comes to reinstalling the lenses on to the headlight you put the lense and headlight body back on the oven to make the glue tacky again and then put the two back together?
Title: Re: Headlight adjusters - which ones?
Post by: 106pete on 08 July 2016, 10:58:32
I've got the carlami set off eBay and yes they do the job but I found the thread for the adjuster was very tight so I tapped out the thread myself and used grease.

While I haven't tried the ally ones I think I would prefer them?

I did think the ally ones were the first design and replaced by the others but I'm really not sure on that.
Title: Re: Headlight adjusters - which ones?
Post by: amba on 08 July 2016, 14:07:52
Have tried and used both and really they both do the job fine. :y

Its worth running a tap through the thread of either just to ensure a smooth action on adjuster.

Real difference seems just to be cost
Title: Re: Headlight adjusters - which ones?
Post by: Nick W on 08 July 2016, 15:32:19
Quote from: amba on 08 July 2016, 14:07:52
Have tried and used both and really they both do the job fine. :y

Its worth running a tap through the thread of either just to ensure a smooth action on adjuster.

Real difference seems just to be cost


(https://www.dropbox.com/s/3p74vmu9slxppk0/Adjusters%20%28640x360%29.jpg?dl=1)


Left to right: what the original should look like, what they normally look like, the aluminium adjuster, and the Carlami ones.


The aluminium ones are clearly CNC machined from a 3D model, and are excellent. The Carlami appear to be cast in a mould taken from an original, with a metal insert for the ball. Finish isn't brilliant but you can't see them when fitted. They appear to be robust which is the important thing. Having refurbished a batch of headlights late last year, the resin ones required a tap run through them to engage with the screw; the aluminium ones benefited from the same. Both are a big improvement over the thin hard plastic originals.


Ken said that he had bought the last of the aluminium ones, and they would no longer be available, hence the mix and match of both types.
Personally, If I had to do mine, I wouldn't spend twice as much just to get a prettier part.

Title: Re: Headlight adjusters - which ones?
Post by: TheBoy on 08 July 2016, 17:53:39
I have the ali ones in mine, and been trouble free for several years. I did grease the thread first to stop steel/ali corrosion.

Not used others, so can't comment.