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Headlight adjustment

Discussion in '2nd Gen. Tacomas (2005-2015)' started by BrotherJohnny14, Feb 28, 2022.

  1. Feb 28, 2022 at 4:18 PM
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    BrotherJohnny14

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    Bought some Spec D headlights back in December. Me being the idiot I am I waited until now to try to adjust the headlights (mainly because I don’t have any where to park flat and make adjustments) anyway, I went to a parking garage today and was trying to adjust the headlights best I could. Seems like the headlights aren’t really level. There are to two set screws to adjust the height and side to side but nothing that I’m aware of to balance the levelness of the headlights. Anybody now any tricks around this to possibly level the beam?
     
  2. Feb 28, 2022 at 6:22 PM
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    Can you describe Levelness?
     
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    Are you trying to say the headlight cut-off beam isn't level? Might just be poor quality housings. My 2015 cutoff is perfectly horizontal
     
  4. Mar 1, 2022 at 3:03 AM
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    It’s not a straight line. One of the headlights is running at an angle like it’s going down hill from left to right
     
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    Not sure what you exactly call it. It’s not a straight line left to right. One of them looks like it’s running down hill
     
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    Left to right? Do you mean driver’s to passengers or the other way around?
    If you’re in the driver’s seat, the passenger side will cast more light up and to the right.
     
  7. Mar 1, 2022 at 4:34 AM
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    No. I understand that. I understand you have “steps” in each headlight. I’m saying if I cover up my passenger headlight and only cast my driver light it is not a flat line horizontally. It’s angled downhill going from drivers to passengers. It’s suppose to be a straight aside from the step in it
     
  8. Mar 1, 2022 at 4:38 AM
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    I am guessing 1 of 2 things. Either you will need to go back in and reseat the bulb in the housing as something may be funky there, or the reflector bucket itself may be at an angle in which case there's really nothing you can do via easy means.
     
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