Headlight dip setting - Revision history

Mr Wiki at 13:16, 17 April 2007

2007-04-17T13:16:26Z

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	When you look directly at the dip light fitting you can see a dirty bronze coloured piece of metal that sits on the lower half of the lens. This is a small lever that has a small piece of black plastic on it. If this lever is gently pushed up it moves a few mm which cuts off the extra bit of light that could shine in other drivers' eyes when you are driving on the right. It produces a flat top beam, without the 'uplift' found on right hand drive dipped beam.		When you look directly at the dip light fitting you can see a dirty bronze coloured piece of metal that sits on the lower half of the lens. This is a small lever that has a small piece of black plastic on it. If this lever is gently pushed up it moves a few mm which cuts off the extra bit of light that could shine in other drivers' eyes when you are driving on the right. It produces a flat top beam, without the 'uplift' found on right hand drive dipped beam.


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Stu at 22:11, 10 April 2007

2007-04-10T22:11:33Z

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	It is possible on S2 Elise to adjust the "~~Dip~~ setting" on the ~~Headlights,~~ for right hand drive cars going to left hand drive countries.		It is possible, on the S2 Elise, to adjust the "dip setting" on the headlights for right hand drive cars going to left hand drive countries.

	===Remove the headlamp cover===		===Remove the headlamp cover===
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	In photo four, you can see there are two small knurled bolts, there is another knurled bolt, this is under the wheel arch liner at the top, I took off the wheel arch liner, but it could be left on.		In photo four, you can see there are two small knurled bolts, there is another knurled bolt, this is under the wheel arch liner at the top, I took off the wheel arch liner, but it could be left on.

	=== Adjusting the ~~Dip~~ setting ===		=== Adjusting the dip setting ===


	When you look directly at the ~~Dip~~ light fitting, you can see, a dirty bronze coloured piece of metal, that sits on the lower half of the lens~~, this~~ is a small lever that has a small piece of black plastic on it~~, if~~ this lever is gently pushed up, it moves a few mm~~, and this~~ cuts off the extra bit of light that could shine in to other drivers eyes when you are driving on the ~~left~~. It ~~only~~ produces a flat top beam, without the 'uplift' found on right hand drive dipped beam.		When you look directly at the dip light fitting you can see a dirty bronze coloured piece of metal that sits on the lower half of the lens. This is a small lever that has a small piece of black plastic on it. If this lever is gently pushed up it moves a few mm which cuts off the extra bit of light that could shine in other drivers' eyes when you are driving on the right. It produces a flat top beam, without the 'uplift' found on right hand drive dipped beam.

Mr Wiki: Headlights dip setting. moved to Headlight dip setting: title

2007-03-12T08:51:13Z

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2007-03-12T08:50:21Z

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	It is possible on S2 Elise to adjust the "Dip setting" on the Headlights, for right hand drive cars going to left hand drive countries.		It is possible on S2 Elise to adjust the "Dip setting" on the Headlights, for right hand drive cars going to left hand drive countries.

	[[Remove the headlamp cover]]		===Remove the headlamp cover===

	In order to do this the headlight plastic cover needs to be removed. ~~http://wiki.seloc.org/a/Remove_the_headlamp_cover~~		In order to do this the headlight plastic cover needs to be removed.

			How to [[Remove the headlamp cover]]

	In photo four, you can see there are two small knurled bolts, there is another knurled bolt, this is under the wheel arch liner at the top, I took off the wheel arch liner, but it could be left on.		In photo four, you can see there are two small knurled bolts, there is another knurled bolt, this is under the wheel arch liner at the top, I took off the wheel arch liner, but it could be left on.

			=== Adjusting the Dip setting ===
	== [[Adjusting the Dip setting]] ==


	When you look directly at the Dip light fitting, you can see, a dirty bronze coloured piece of metal, that sits on the lower half of the lens, this is a small lever that has a small piece of black plastic on it, if this lever is gently pushed up, it moves a few mm, and this cuts off the extra bit of light that could shine in to other drivers eyes when you are driving on the left. It only produces a flat top beam, without the 'uplift' found on right hand drive dipped beam.		When you look directly at the Dip light fitting, you can see, a dirty bronze coloured piece of metal, that sits on the lower half of the lens, this is a small lever that has a small piece of black plastic on it, if this lever is gently pushed up, it moves a few mm, and this cuts off the extra bit of light that could shine in to other drivers eyes when you are driving on the left. It only produces a flat top beam, without the 'uplift' found on right hand drive dipped beam.

happy.smiler: Dip setting on the Headlights, for RHD cars going to LHD countries

2007-03-12T08:19:19Z

Dip setting on the Headlights, for RHD cars going to LHD countries

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It is possible on S2 Elise to adjust the "Dip setting" on the Headlights, for right hand drive cars going to left hand drive countries.

[[Remove the headlamp cover]]

In order to do this the headlight plastic cover needs to be removed. http://wiki.seloc.org/a/Remove_the_headlamp_cover

In photo four, you can see there are two small knurled bolts, there is another knurled bolt, this is under the wheel arch liner at the top, I took off the wheel arch liner, but it could be left on.

== [[Adjusting the Dip setting]] ==

When you look directly at the Dip light fitting, you can see, a dirty bronze coloured piece of metal, that sits on the lower half of the lens, this is a small lever that has a small piece of black plastic on it, if this lever is gently pushed up, it moves a few mm, and this cuts off the extra bit of light that could shine in to other drivers eyes when you are driving on the left. It only produces a flat top beam, without the 'uplift' found on right hand drive dipped beam.