Hi,
I'm pretty sure this is not covered yet and is not a repost but if it is, I'm sorry.
I just recently blacked out my headlights and i noticed when I moved the headlight dial, my passenger headlight wouldn't adjust, it would remain stationary, while the driver headlight moved up and down perfectly.
Has anyone had a similar problem, and how can I go along and fix this?
Thanks ahead of time.

 

Did you recheck your connections at the headlight?

 

The headlights work fine. Highbeams, indicator and signal lights. It just won't move along with the dial.

 

When you painted it, did you remove the internals to paint them?

The motor connects to the internals by a little "ball" joint, so you need to make sure that is properly seated. If the electronics are fine, it's probably this mechanical connection.

 

I basically only removed the bulbs, the wires connected to the bulbs and the power box I think. I didn't mess with anything from the inside. Could you explain where the ball joint is located in more detail? I want to know for sure before I have to take my bumper off again and my light.
Thanks.

 

Wow, I actually have pretty damn good pictures of this!

Now, first off, I'm not saying that this is necessarily your problem. However, it is a potential reason in why your level switch isn't causing movement of the passenger side. You may not even have to take the bumper off, you might be able to get the closest bulb out, get a gloved finger in the housing and pull the internals towards the back of the housing towards the ball.

Here is the outside of the housing, with the motor circled. This is the location of the ball joint, as the motor essentially just pushes the ball in or out depending on the setting.




Now, the internals. The connector on the internal component is a yellowish clip (mine is slightly damaged in this photo, the light was salvaged from a crashed car and repaired) that snaps over the ball (circled but slightly out of focus).

 

Did you ever figure this out? I recently blacked out my headlights too but my leveling switch doesn't function. I hear a little motor moving in the lights but the light level doesn't move.

 

I know is an old thread, but If anyone else has the problem...

I had a similar issue after I painted internal headlights on another car.
The problem was that when headlights were lowered to the max and driven like that for a while, the moving plastic area was touching the base plastic area of the headlight and because both were painted (and heat) they became kind of glued together. It was not so bad that you could see melted paint or anything, it just became a bit sticky. You could try to adjust it to upper max and then go in front of the car and hit them gently.