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HID adjusting

Discussion in '2nd Gen. Tacomas (2005-2015)' started by RDAY, Sep 18, 2009.

  1. Sep 18, 2009 at 7:51 PM
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    RDAY

    RDAY [OP] Well-Known Member

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    I cant get it right 1st its to high then to low then seems right to me but everyone flashes me. Can I take it to the toyota dealer do they have a special way to adjust it?
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  2. Sep 18, 2009 at 8:17 PM
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    InfidelTaco

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    dude... look for the 2 nuts on each light and find a wall with level ground in front of it. trial and error. but keep track of where it was on a previous setting
     
  4. Sep 18, 2009 at 10:02 PM
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    Razorecko

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    I had the same problem. Than i went with some ebay projector lights and have hids in those. They're perfect. The stock housings give off way too much secondary light with hid systems
     
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  5. Sep 18, 2009 at 10:50 PM
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    Kyouto42

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    Find a wall and about 40' run of level ground to it. (back of a supermarket or such). Drive the truck up to the wall, throw down some tape to mark where the lights center are (just use + pattern). Back the truck up about 40' straight on, turn the low's on. Adjust so the drivers side is in quadrent 4 (lower right) of the pattern, probably around 10" or so below the x-axis and about 5" or so to the right of the y-axis. The pass side should line up to the y-axis, and ever so slightly below the x-axis (couple of inches).

    That's not the 'offical' settings from Toyota, if you run a search for headlight adjustment it should show up something chris threw up with the official procedure... but this works as a rule of thumb for most cars and should keep the flashing down :D
     

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