86 GTS HID Headlights Point Too Low - Toyota GR86, 86, FR-S and Subaru BRZ Forum & Owners Community

alchemy · 03-25-2016, 10:52 PM

I drive a Toyota 86 GTS from Australia. Our cars are specced with HID xenons and LED DRL's.

My problem (and also a lot of fellow owners' problem) is that our headlights point far too low, making the total reach on flat ground maybe 10-20 metres. At night time, I can barely see anything ahead, even on flat ground.

Is there any way we can adjust these headlights to make them point up more and therefore project further?

I know in the FRS and GT models there is a manual headlight levelling switch next to the steering wheel column, however our GTS headlights come with automatic headlight adjustment and therefore that manual levelling switch isn't there... and the auto headlight adjustment keeps pointing it down too much :/

N1rve · 03-25-2016, 11:09 PM

I thinks that's how the car is. I thought that the headlights were pointed too low even at the highest setting (highest being 0).

ryoma · 03-25-2016, 11:31 PM

pop your hood and look behind your headlight housing. there should be an 8mm or 10mm hex head with a phillips in the middle (it is plastic on the BRZ). clockwise brings it down and counter clockwise raises it I believe. it is best to do it at night with your headlights pointing at a wall so you can see the cutoff moving up and down.

churchx · 03-26-2016, 09:05 AM

Wasn't there autoleveling, that needed adjustable aftermarket bit (by cusco or DIY), for cases where car height was lowered?

ARTBRZ · 03-26-2016, 09:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ryoma

pop your hood and look behind your headlight housing. there should be an 8mm or 10mm hex head with a phillips in the middle (it is plastic on the BRZ). clockwise brings it down and counter clockwise raises it I believe. it is best to do it at night with your headlights pointing at a wall so you can see the cutoff moving up and down.

What this person said above. I had my headlights replaced under warranty and the tech didn't even know about the manual adjustments. I had to do it myself.

ZionsWrath · 03-26-2016, 10:09 AM

They definitely point low. But most of my local roads are lit so I havent fucked with it but I def notice it on night backroads

SlammedSilly · 03-26-2016, 11:08 AM

on a good note the highbeams on the frs are fucking amazing. you can literally see everything, haha. i honestly dont think they point low, but thats just me, im used to the lights i guess

alchemy · 03-27-2016, 06:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ryoma

pop your hood and look behind your headlight housing. there should be an 8mm or 10mm hex head with a phillips in the middle (it is plastic on the BRZ). clockwise brings it down and counter clockwise raises it I believe. it is best to do it at night with your headlights pointing at a wall so you can see the cutoff moving up and down.

Hm thanks, this sounds promising, I'll give it a try tonight!

alchemy · 03-27-2016, 08:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ryoma

pop your hood and look behind your headlight housing. there should be an 8mm or 10mm hex head with a phillips in the middle (it is plastic on the BRZ). clockwise brings it down and counter clockwise raises it I believe. it is best to do it at night with your headlights pointing at a wall so you can see the cutoff moving up and down.

Ok I had a look and tried my best to find aforementioned hex head but found nothing. All I found was a slothead thingy (pointed to it in my attached pic).
Am I looking in the wrong place? Or maybe it's just a BRZ thing?

Attached is a pic of what I looked at (headlight housing behind left headlight)

ARTBRZ · 03-27-2016, 09:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by alchemy

Ok I had a look and tried my best to find aforementioned hex head but found nothing. All I found was a slothead thingy (pointed to it in my attached pic).
Am I looking in the wrong place? Or maybe it's just a BRZ thing?

Attached is a pic of what I looked at (headlight housing behind left headlight)

Eureka! That's the one.

Here's a video.
[ame]http://youtu.be/hye_OnwEyTs[/ame]

The stock headlights has a plastic knob instead of metal in the video.

alchemy · 03-27-2016, 11:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ARTBRZ

Eureka! That's the one.

Here's a video.

The stock headlights has a plastic knob instead of metal in the video.

Thanks a lot for your help! Just tried it and am so happy with the results. I should've done this ages ago!!

Everyone should do this if they feel that their headlights point too low! Super super easy to do and very worth the 5 minutes

quickboiau · 11-16-2020, 09:17 PM

This thread was a life saver - thanks!

03-25-2016, 11:09 PM	#2
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ryoma Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2015 Drives: 2015 Subaru BRZ Limited CWP Location: SoCal Posts: 1,561 Thanks: 34 Thanked 669 Times in 469 Posts Mentioned: 13 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	pop your hood and look behind your headlight housing. there should be an 8mm or 10mm hex head with a phillips in the middle (it is plastic on the BRZ). clockwise brings it down and counter clockwise raises it I believe. it is best to do it at night with your headlights pointing at a wall so you can see the cutoff moving up and down. __________________ My 2015 CWP BRZ Build Last edited by ryoma; 03-25-2016 at 11:47 PM.

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ZionsWrath Thanks Join Date: Apr 2013 Drives: BRZ Location: NY Posts: 4,163 Thanks: 5,989 Thanked 3,100 Times in 1,498 Posts Mentioned: 38 Post(s) Tagged: 3 Thread(s)	They definitely point low. But most of my local roads are lit so I havent fucked with it but I def notice it on night backroads __________________

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