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General Information => Troubleshooting => Topic started by: jaed_43725 on November 11, 2014, 07:41:31 am

Title: Headlight adjuster screw is stripped.
Post by: jaed_43725 on November 11, 2014, 07:41:31 am

I ended up taking the whole headlight out. Is there some tip or trick that someone here has used that I can put in a different more available adjustment setup? The dealership can no longer get them and what remains is insanely expensive. Any help is appreciated. Thanks.

Title: Re: Headlight adjuster screw is stripped.
Post by: jaed_43725 on November 11, 2014, 04:00:26 pm

I ended up taking the dremel and making the phillips into flat head screws. And I ordered a new kit of all 3 screws with bushings off of EBay, but they have to come from the UK.

Title: Re: Headlight adjuster screw is stripped.
Post by: fatmobile on November 30, 2014, 09:30:37 pm

I ground down part of a nut and it fit right onto the stripped plastic piece.
 I also made a couple all metal adjuster pieces when a plastic piece broke.

Title: Re: Headlight adjuster screw is stripped.
Post by: bajacalal on December 02, 2014, 11:11:45 am

That's been my experience too, the 20 year old plastic strips and there is no aftermarket item that fits our particular cars (if you have a mk2) and VW does not care to provide a replacement and the only ones I've found are used or on ebay from europe.

Title: Re: Headlight adjuster screw is stripped.
Post by: fatmobile on February 20, 2015, 12:18:58 pm

 I made a few metal headlight adjusters for the MK1:
(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7498/15460221234_aeac33fd69_o.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/pyaF9w)

Also ground down a nut so it would fit down in the right area, when the threads would no longer grip the plastic:
(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7398/16593327242_26e9116c2f_o.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/rhi961)