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Old Feb 27, 2016 | 07:13 PM
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I recently got coilers installed, and tonight was the first time that i drove at night with them on. My headlights are point down and is not getting the distance that it use to have, can someone tell me how to adjust(preferably with pictures or videos) my headlight so that they are pointing more upwards? I thought I've seen a thread on how to do it but i can't find it anymore. I drive a 2014 is250
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Old Feb 27, 2016 | 07:37 PM
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here you go:

https://www.clublexus.com/how-tos/a/...springs-362554
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Old Feb 27, 2016 | 07:52 PM
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I had no idea you can adjust them this way...

This is how I did it:

Park car on level ground in front of a wall
Open the hood
Look behind each headlight, there will be a dial(The dial has triangular angles) that is visible when looking from above. The dial itself is in a pretty tight spot, you may also use a socket wrench but I found a screwdriver to be the easiest.
Use a long flathead screwdriver and turn the dial right for higher, left for lower...

Not sure if this method will cause any issues, but i've had it like this for a while and it's been a-okay.

Hope it helps.
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Old Feb 27, 2016 | 08:39 PM
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Originally Posted by Brokenis
I had no idea you can adjust them this way...

This is how I did it:

Park car on level ground in front of a wall
Open the hood
Look behind each headlight, there will be a dial(The dial has triangular angles) that is visible when looking from above. The dial itself is in a pretty tight spot, you may also use a socket wrench but I found a screwdriver to be the easiest.
Use a long flathead screwdriver and turn the dial right for higher, left for lower...

Not sure if this method will cause any issues, but i've had it like this for a while and it's been a-okay.

Hope it helps.
Worked great, thanks so much!
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Old May 9, 2016 | 12:00 AM
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Originally Posted by TrueDat96
Worked great, thanks so much!
Hi this method works perfectly. Do you guys remember how many turns to the right you had to do?
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Old May 9, 2016 | 12:49 AM
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I have my car lowered on F sport springs but never thought about this before. I definitely try this tomorrow.
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Old May 9, 2016 | 12:57 AM
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Originally Posted by 3ISRC
Hi this method works perfectly. Do you guys remember how many turns to the right you had to do?
There is no exact number of turns. Just got to find a flat parking lot and aim your headlights at a wall. Turn until they both look like they are pointing straight across. And even on both left and right side.
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Old May 9, 2016 | 02:33 AM
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all this time after having my coils installed ive been using my highbeams....
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Old May 9, 2016 | 07:22 AM
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This should be a sticky of some sort lol. It's so easy to do that lowered IS should do immediately.
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Old May 11, 2016 | 09:54 PM
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Originally Posted by Brokenis
I had no idea you can adjust them this way...

This is how I did it:

Park car on level ground in front of a wall
Open the hood
Look behind each headlight, there will be a dial(The dial has triangular angles) that is visible when looking from above. The dial itself is in a pretty tight spot, you may also use a socket wrench but I found a screwdriver to be the easiest.
Use a long flathead screwdriver and turn the dial right for higher, left for lower...

Not sure if this method will cause any issues, but i've had it like this for a while and it's been a-okay.

Hope it helps.
Are these the dials you mentioned?




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Old May 15, 2016 | 12:37 AM
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Originally Posted by leo877
Are these the dials you mentioned?



Yes that's the one. Now you can't really adjust the plastic dial. Instead, use a flat head and adjust from the top. It's the ones that looks like small cones.
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Old May 15, 2016 | 11:00 AM
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when i lowered my car, my lights leveled by themselves. I have the LED's, got my car back and turned it on, and the lights leveled themselves. didnt know the LED's headlights did that
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Old May 15, 2016 | 12:16 PM
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The LEDs do not have auto leveling. The HIDs do I believe, but not the LEDs. This has been a common discussion and misconception that LEDs have auto leveling. Hence why there is a thread for LED owners to manually adjust it themselves.
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Old May 15, 2016 | 09:19 PM
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By auto leveling do you mean up and down movement if so then I can assure you that my car has this feature.
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Old May 16, 2016 | 06:34 AM
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When I first put my headlights on after lowering on RSR downs I was up against my garage and physically watched the headlights adjust (2015 with LED headlights). Ever since, they do not do it. Now I'm not saying they have that feature or not as I'm not positive but I can say I did witness them adjusting
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