T25 Headlight aim too low?

[WALLOP]

I am on my third T25 avensis but this is the first that wasn't a company car and the first i felt able to mess about with and try to improve. Each car in my view and compared to any other car i have had has had the dipped beam set too low and so illuminating too little of the road ahead which has affected night time driving to the extent that i was getting eye strain at night.

If you take off the plastic engine bay cover and look at the rear of the headlight housing you will see a white plastic bolt head with an optional screwdriver insert. Mark the bolt head and surround with a marker pen so that you can reset to original spec if you need to. I found that by turning this bolt anticlockwise you raise the headlight aim and vice versa. My optional headlight aim was found by turning through 270 degrees from standard and also upgrading the headlight bulbs.

Make sure you turn both headlight bolts by the same amount to keep the beam level . I have not had an M.O.T since but no one has flashed me to say they were being blinded by the light and if the M.O.T tester does raise the issue then 30 seconds with a spanner reverts the aim back to original spec.