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Old Jul 10, 2024 | 02:01 PM
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I found instructions to adjust the height of the bulbs with the screws. However, I have the LED ones that turn with the wheel and it looks different. I see no screws to adjust. Is it normal for them to seem a little low?

Against a wall, they’re straight and look good. But driving, it just seems like they could be a tad higher. How do you raise them a bit on the LED version?
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Old Jul 10, 2024 | 09:15 PM
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I had the same issue on my 2017 LS460 with LEDS. It is adjusted the same way as the regular ones. It is actually shown in the owner's manual (see attached).








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Old Jul 10, 2024 | 10:24 PM
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Thank you so much!
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Old Aug 7, 2024 | 11:03 PM
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I turned the dial a full 1.5 times and saw now height change. How many rotations does it take?
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Old Aug 8, 2024 | 05:56 AM
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Just move it till you get close to the height you want.
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Old Aug 8, 2024 | 06:54 AM
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So if I understand… the plastic one highlighted in the picture, you just insert and turn screwdriver. The other one is a metal gear dial and slowly (and difficult) turn it gear teeth by gear teeth?
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Old Aug 8, 2024 | 08:43 AM
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Originally Posted by lili43
So if I understand… the plastic one highlighted in the picture, you just insert and turn screwdriver. The other one is a metal gear dial and slowly (and difficult) turn it gear teeth by gear teeth?
You turn them both with a screwdriver. I used an electronic driver with a flexible extension. Find the correct sized Philips head. You can easily strip the plastic. I didn't have a 30' level area to do it in so I used a piece of cardboard to measure where I started and finished. Just a black line and moved the light half an inch. Drove it around to see where it was. Took 2 months to dial it in but it's good now.

There are 2 adjustment screws. The outside one is a white plastic cap, this adjusts horizontally. There is an inside one about 6 inches away from the white cap and 4 inches lower. The inside screw adjusts vertically. Both can be found on the outer half of the headlight assembly under the fender panel so you have to remove 2 black cowls to reach them.

It seems to me that the horizontal adjustment took more turns to move than the vertical.

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Old Aug 8, 2024 | 09:21 AM
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So they’re BOTH plastic (and look the same) that I have to turn?
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Originally Posted by lili43
So they’re BOTH plastic (and look the same) that I have to turn?
No, only the outside ones are plastic. The inside ones are metal. Pics are above.
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