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Old Jan 31, 2004 | 06:49 PM
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Hey guys

How do you adjust the headlights? I can't find the adjustments, and I haven't been bold enough to go exploring just yet.

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Old Feb 1, 2004 | 05:46 PM
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why do u need 2 adjust ur headlights?????????????????
Old Feb 1, 2004 | 09:23 PM
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I have ridden in front of the GX and it seems as though the left headlight is pointed a little higher than the right... is it supposed to be like that?

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Old Feb 2, 2004 | 04:38 PM
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brent had the same problem..technically the left should be lower than the right bc of oncoming traffic...anyway, for you guys who wanna know

at the top of the truck, you will see 2 holes (only ones on the black plastic cover over the front area) each on the left and right side...if you slide a philips screwdriver into the holes, they should come to rest on something that looks like a wheel with teeth on it..that is your vertical adjustment..THERE IS NO HORIZONTAL adjustement..and the high and low beams are linked..adjust one -> you adjsut both...if you want pics, I can provide them. Its a no brainer adjustment with a wall and level ground..took me forever to find out about the veritcal adjust only.]

oh yea, i guess yota/lex made the left higher bc they thought the driver would weigh closer to 200 lbs?!? I know mine were slightly higher on the left. FWIW.

Later..off to the gym
Old Feb 2, 2004 | 11:15 PM
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Did you adjust them
Old Feb 3, 2004 | 05:25 AM
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doing that tonight..using the old standard 25' w/ a 3" drop method...should hopefully be easy since no horizontal align is necessary..
Old Feb 4, 2004 | 05:33 AM
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adjusted the lights...no brainer..found the factory settings actually to be a bit low..i forget that these are projector lenses with a horizontal cut-off, so you can actually adjust these higher than normal and get away with it...for non-hid lights, these projectors really are nice
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