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Steve___
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| 03/17/2004 5:31 PM |
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I recently lifted my 2004 Tacoma PreRunner 3" inches, got some new wheels and tires. Now, when I'm driving at night, everyone thinks I'm bright lighting them. They flash me, tail me, flip me off, etc.
How can I vertically adjust the headlights on my Tacoma so the beams are lower? And do you have to remove the air filter, or is there a work around?
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chum___
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| 05/15/2004 5:56 PM |
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Steve,
I had the same problem with my 2003 Tacoma. It is easy to do if you have a 4 mm socket or a 4 mm wrench. You don't have to remove anything. None of my metric sockets or wrenches are that small, so I made an adapter "tool."
If you look at the backside of each headlight, near the bottom of it, you will see a long, slender screw. This is the vertical beam adjusting screw. If I remember correctly, if you turn it counter-clockwise, you pull the bottom of the headlight assembly "in" towards the passenger cab and the beam is lowered. In doing the adjusting, turn on the headlights, park about 10 feet or so from the garage or other vertical wall. Put some tape in the center of each bright spot so you'll know where the beams are now. Turn the adjusting screw until the bright spot drops below the tape about 2" to 3" for the first try. You may have to tweak it up or down again to suit you.
The "tool" is a 10-32 x 5/8" long (1/2"or 3/4" should also be OK) Allen socket head capscrew. If it takes a 5/32" Allen wrench, you have the correct one, because 5/32" is essentially 4 mm. Place a couple of 10-32 nuts on the capscrew and tighten against each other. Make sure that the flats on the two nuts are aligned. The 10-32 nuts usually are 3/8" inch. Slip the socket end of this "tool" over the end of the headlight adjusting screw and use a 3/8" socket (1/4" drive works well) over both nuts and do your adjusting. Cost for the capscrew and nuts are less than $1. Good luck!
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Steve at 3/17/2004 5:30:48 PM
I recently lifted my 2004 Tacoma PreRunner 3" inches, got some new wheels and tires. Now, when I'm driving at night, everyone thinks I'm bright lighting them. They flash me, tail me, flip me off, etc.
How can I vertically adjust the headlights on my Tacoma so the beams are lower? And do you have to remove the air filter, or is there a work around?
Thanks
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