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Anybody got details on how to adjust front headlights after a lift?

Used search cant find anything specific. How do you adjust the front headlights after a lift? Any simple fast ways of doing this? Thanks
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Park 25 feet from a wall, on flat ground. Easiest way to do this is at a Costco, Walmart, Target, etc. Anything that will work for this.

Measure from the ground to the headlight on the car. Mark that same measurement on the wall with blue tape, flat line. Aim your headlights to match that height.
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Park 25 feet from a wall, on flat ground. Easiest way to do this is at a Costco, Walmart, Target, etc. Anything that will work for this.

Measure from the ground to the headlight on the car. Mark that same measurement on the wall with blue tape, flat line. Aim your headlights to match that height.
You want the top of the cutoff to be 2 to 4 inches below that blue tape line @ 25 feet away from the wall.

If you match the height you’ll be blinding everyone. At 2 inches below and lifted 3”, my headlights were still shining into people’s mirrors, so I went to 4” below and that was just about right.
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You want the top of the cutoff to be 2 to 4 inches below that blue tape line @ 25 feet away from the wall.

If you match the height you’ll be blinding everyone. At 2 inches below and lifted 3”, my headlights were still shining into people’s mirrors, so I went to 4” below and that was just about right.
Rule of thumb has always been even with the headlight bulb, ground to bulb measurement but I can see how on a lifted vehicle where that bulb is already really high up not wanting to be even would be ideal, as cars get close they would be under the bulb.

I adjusted mine (1" front "level") at about even with the tape for passenger side headlight, right below tape for driver's side and have had the wife in her vehicle double check when driving places that it's okay, never once been flashed.





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Thanks guys, used tape at 2 feet in my garage. Used a mini 8mm ratcheting wrench. Took off plastic cowling. Ive lowered the lights about 1.5 inches. Havent tried them out yet will see how it looks. Have to do the fogs next.
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Thanks guys, used tape at 2 feet in my garage. Used a mini 8mm ratcheting wrench. Took off plastic cowling. Ive lowered the lights about 1.5 inches. Havent tried them out yet will see how it looks. Have to do the fogs next.
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