Adjusting those dang headlights

[Docwyte]

Pretty sure they all do

 

[bloc]

Pretty sure they all do

Nope, in the US, 2016-21 landcruiser only.

 

[Docwyte]

Nope, in the US, 2016-21 landcruiser only.

Ah, didn't know that.

 

[bloc]

Ah, didn't know that.

Yeah they changed strategies over the years as the beam cutoff got more and more sharp. My 2013 (all 13-15s I think) have a knob on the dash to adjust manually for more or less load in the cargo area. @ryanCA can probably tell us whether his earlier model originally equipped with halogens even has the knob.. from memory they didn’t but I’m not sure.

 

[Docwyte]

The knob is a nice system, I wish Toyota had continued with that

 

[deltapine1]

Adjusting headlights in a new 200

forum.ih8mud.com

This may help you.

 

[ryanCA]

Yeah they changed strategies over the years as the beam cutoff got more and more sharp. My 2013 (all 13-15s I think) have a knob on the dash to adjust manually for more or less load in the cargo area. @ryanCA can probably tell us whether his earlier model originally equipped with halogens even has the knob.. from memory they didn’t but I’m not sure.

no knob on 2008

 

[ryanCA]

Adjusting headlights in a new 200

forum.ih8mud.com

This may help you.

sadly does not apply

 

[deltapine1]

sadly does not apply

Sorry about that. I didn't see any vehicle listed in your signature and made an assumption based on your Lexus photo.

We had an 08 briefly. Those headlights were adjusted like the 100 series. Six turns would be equal to something like 3/16 of an inch with the vehicle level and frontend 16 ft from a wall.

 

[bloc]

The knob is a nice system, I wish Toyota had continued with that

Agreed.

 

[Docwyte]

The rod in mine is sorta of a PITA. Plus even with my 6112's on the lowest perch I had to get the Weber carb linkage rod to swap in to get the headlights where they needed to be

 

[HoffCruiser]

Yeah they changed strategies over the years as the beam cutoff got more and more sharp. My 2013 (all 13-15s I think) have a knob on the dash to adjust manually for more or less load in the cargo area. @ryanCA can probably tell us whether his earlier model originally equipped with halogens even has the knob.. from memory they didn’t but I’m not sure.

Is there a way to make them higher from the engine bay? Because the knob doesn’t seem to go high enough on the highest setting.

 

[ryanCA]

@bloc Mine has two screws that you hav to get to engine bay to move headlight. It is a pain in the butt on my 08

It took me an hour to adjust, now they are way too low

SIGH
Downside of being poor in a poverty spec POS 08