headlight spirit level

[Mark_T]

What is the purpose of the spirit level in the passenger side headlight of the '99 986? I ask the question because I have just received a replacement pair of headlights and neither side has the level built in to it.

Thanks,
Mark

[Lil bastard]

That is an original headlamp. The level was used for headlight aiming.

This lamp has been superceded and the newer model(s) don't have them.

If your D-side lamp is missing it, it has been replaced after the part was superceded.

Cheers!

[Mark_T]

Thanks for the info! I suspected that the D-side had been replaced because of the difference in fogging on the lens, and this obviously confirms it. A matched pair of used lights seems to be a hard thing to find as even the replacement lights I got, apparently from the same car, aren't quite the same. I should probably stop being such a cheap guy and just buy a pair of new ones!

Mark