My wife's 2015 Prius has had 3 major accidents involving hitting deers within a timespan of a year, the headlights and bumpers have been replaced everytime. This time I have noticed when they put the car back together that the passenger and driver side headlights are too low and I'm pretty sure they were not calibrated before they released the vehicle back to us, this is the exact video that I needed to learn how to adjust the lights for myself and get it back int specs. I appreciate the time you made by making this video and uploading to UA-cam, it was very informative and straight to the point. ~cheers! 👌
Been a mechanic for 40 years… you teach me something new on most videos… I did not know the right side had to be higher… makes perfect sense… we don’t do head light alignment due to the cost of the machine… but I have done them just the way you do it. Thanks for the video!
Thank you, Peter, for your very appreciated knowledge , explanation, and sense of humor. I'm at my Toyota dealer right now with my 2013 Toyota Prius for something else. But I can't wait to get home and adjust MY right headlight beam because of your link! Thanks for saving me the $300.+! 👍
Thank you! When I looked under the hood, I thought the adjusters were just that...but I wasn't sure. With your confirmation (about minute 5:00), you gave me the confidence to give it a try. I adjusted them up some to confirm they worked. I still need to work with my wife to get the exact right adjustment but now I can easily do it in less than a minute when we are together at night. THANK YOU SO MUCH!
@@guymann4016 I thought I would try a joke without a ;-) at the end just to see if anyone would notice. My unscientific observation is that I lost approximately 80% of the thumbs up.
You're amazing! I thought it was really smart to check if it had either automatic light adjustment sensors or manual ones first before you started messing around with it. Great mechanic! :)
This video was very helpful, I have a 2010 pruis that I had to change the bulbs to led and they still were not helping so I ended up installing 55w hid kit and still was not giving light output to the point it should have, this video helped me figure out the actual problem! Thank you so much. It was very nice of you to share and help everyone else out!
Great video. I do projector HID retrofits on vehicles. The headlights on that Prius are D2S HIDs in pretty good quality projectors. You're correct about the right side of the road needing a higher beam of light than the left, but those projectors have built-in 'step-ups' for that purpose. The headlight beams should be even, otherwise you'll have 2 step ups instead of just one. Originally, the passenger light was aimed too low. It should be raised to about where you put it, but the driver side should be raised to match. That way the cutoff line is even, and the step up is even as well. Afterwards, a night time test drive should be done to make sure the light beam stays below the windows of other drivers, unless you have a template 25ft in front of the vehicle
Thank you! Very clear and helpful and you are such a warm and pleasant person. A pleasure just to watch the video, now I'll see if I can test my headlights. I just had the front lens covers buffed which I hope will solve the problem.
Adjusting the R/H lamp higher will cause the light to beam into the R/H mirror in the front of you or the L/H mirror to your right. Hopefully it won't be a cop and you get written up. Then you will have to go the expensive way. That Prius has a good beam pattern and looks easy enough to adjust. There are so many videos out there how to adjust headlights. With projectors you have a very hot beam and it is allowed because of the distinct cutoff. Old school lamps had a somewhat of a beam and way too much flood. Best beam pattern I ever got from a sealed beam was to use the Hella H4 conversion. It actually had the Textbook Beam pattern that was non existent in any other sealed beam. Worked great on my 55 Chevy truck, 57 Olds Super 88 Tri Power, 70 El Camino, 71 Chevelle, 70 Opel GT, 74 Sportscoach motorhome and 94 Miata. You can get a good education on headlights at Headlight Revolution. You are going to have to back that car up to get at least 22ft from the headlamp face to the wall. Measure from the floor to the center of the headlight, (Sometimes marked with a dimple). Measure up from the floor at the wall one to two inches lower than the center of the headlight. Make sure tape measurer isn't sitting on a concrete bump at the wall. Adjust the headlights to the one or two inch lower than center mark. On older sealed beams you would adjust to the center of the non-existent hotspot unless you run Hella lamps. Great news, because that Prius has projectors with a distinct cutoff, you can go to a brighter bulb. Well maybe, My wife's Lexus has special ($$$) Lexus bulbs. There are so many bulbs out there with Junk beam patterns, I suggest consulting Headlight Revolution. I'm not a big fan of projectors and never off road with them. I feel they need a little flood to escape above the cutoff. Enough to illuminate above the car in front of me to be able to illuminate street signs. I hear newer design headlights are getting DOT approval to do this. Projectors take getting used too and I don't like getting used to anything. LoL I'm not digging the 6000 and 5000 color temp. I need a little yellow to get contrast.
I recently had my 2008 Prius HID’s converted to LED’s. In 2 months one of the bulbs went out, warranty replaced both headlight bulbs for free. In another month, the OTHER bulb went out. My guy got the idea to use commercial LED’s used on big rigs on my car bc there seemed to be a overwattage problem burning out the bulbs prematurely. Worked like a charm. Problem was I couldn’t see bc beams turned down too low. He fixed it for most part except passenger side can be raised more. Now I have nice bright LEDS on both headlight and fog lights. Better yet, the headlight beams were adjusted (for most part, passenger side bugs me) and my bulbs have not burned out so far. Have you encountered headlight problems with Prius’?
Yeah, I just came back after working on that thing for an hour and the only thing it changed was the height of the HIGH BEAMS. Did not do anything for the low beams. Ill just have to get a different LED for my low beams.
Thanks for the video Peter. Are those oem or aftermarket bulbs? I have removed several sets of Aftermarket LED bulbs when customers were disappointed with them
I used to put masking tape on wall with lights on BEFORE I started adjusting to see exactly how much I raised it when done. Put tape on where light beams are showing on wall. !!
2013s still caught the death shudder... I'd probably still own one and have bought another if it weren't for my 2012 coming down with the death shudder. I hear that the problem was solved for the 2014s...
Good vid, BUT my passenger low beam is SEVERELY aimed to the left (driver's side). The passenger high beam is aimed forward correctly. Odd, I know. Looking for a solution. Subscribed.
Hi ! My 2008 Yaris has an intermittent problem. Example: I start at home and go to store. Everything is Ok, good idle, good acceleration, no light on dash and no code. When I want to start after 30 minutes, it start but stop after 2 or 3 seconds. Try again, but same result. After 3 or 4 trial, it crank but no start at all. After 45 minutes or 1 hour, it start normally. It is very intermittent. The car as 181,000 km. I suspect the pump relay. My Toyota dealer had never see this !!!
My wife's 2015 Prius has had 3 major accidents involving hitting deers within a timespan of a year, the headlights and bumpers have been replaced everytime. This time I have noticed when they put the car back together that the passenger and driver side headlights are too low and I'm pretty sure they were not calibrated before they released the vehicle back to us, this is the exact video that I needed to learn how to adjust the lights for myself and get it back int specs. I appreciate the time you made by making this video and uploading to UA-cam, it was very informative and straight to the point. ~cheers! 👌
Very refreshing to see a mechanic who CARES, not only about their customer, but all motorists. THANK YOU!
I changed my bulbs with very pure quality led but was not giving throw after watching this I tried and it actually worked thank you for sharing 👌✅
Been a mechanic for 40 years… you teach me something new on most videos… I did not know the right side had to be higher… makes perfect sense… we don’t do head light alignment due to the cost of the machine… but I have done them just the way you do it. Thanks for the video!
Peter, you're a light in this dark world!
Thank you, Peter, for your very appreciated knowledge , explanation, and sense of humor. I'm at my Toyota dealer right now with my 2013 Toyota Prius for something else. But I can't wait to get home and adjust MY right headlight beam because of your link! Thanks for saving me the $300.+! 👍
Thank you, I never knew it was this easy. Awesome video.
Thank you! When I looked under the hood, I thought the adjusters were just that...but I wasn't sure. With your confirmation (about minute 5:00), you gave me the confidence to give it a try. I adjusted them up some to confirm they worked. I still need to work with my wife to get the exact right adjustment but now I can easily do it in less than a minute when we are together at night. THANK YOU SO MUCH!
Thanks Peter, This might be your most illuminating video so far.
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@@guymann4016 I thought I would try a joke without a ;-) at the end just to see if anyone would notice. My unscientific observation is that I lost approximately 80% of the thumbs up.
You're amazing! I thought it was really smart to check if it had either automatic light adjustment sensors or manual ones first before you started messing around with it. Great mechanic! :)
This video was very helpful, I have a 2010 pruis that I had to change the bulbs to led and they still were not helping so I ended up installing 55w hid kit and still was not giving light output to the point it should have, this video helped me figure out the actual problem! Thank you so much. It was very nice of you to share and help everyone else out!
I do so enjoy watching your UA-cam always good and helpful information . thank you Peter
Thank you so much. It works and thanks to this tip I see better at night while driving
Thank you for your informative and detailed video, I was able to adjust my Prius 2014 headlights.
I really appreciate it.
Great video. I do projector HID retrofits on vehicles. The headlights on that Prius are D2S HIDs in pretty good quality projectors. You're correct about the right side of the road needing a higher beam of light than the left, but those projectors have built-in 'step-ups' for that purpose. The headlight beams should be even, otherwise you'll have 2 step ups instead of just one. Originally, the passenger light was aimed too low. It should be raised to about where you put it, but the driver side should be raised to match. That way the cutoff line is even, and the step up is even as well. Afterwards, a night time test drive should be done to make sure the light beam stays below the windows of other drivers, unless you have a template 25ft in front of the vehicle
Thank you so much. This is just exactly what I needed and very clearly and well explained.
Thank you! Very clear and helpful and you are such a warm and pleasant person. A pleasure just to watch the video, now I'll see if I can test my headlights. I just had the front lens covers buffed which I hope will solve the problem.
If you like me don’t have five minutes for the "warm-up" in the video and want to jump right to headlight adjustment click here 4:40 😉
Adjusting the R/H lamp higher will cause the light to beam into the R/H mirror in the front of you or the L/H mirror to your right. Hopefully it won't be a cop and you get written up. Then you will have to go the expensive way. That Prius has a good beam pattern and looks easy enough to adjust. There are so many videos out there how to adjust headlights. With projectors you have a very hot beam and it is allowed because of the distinct cutoff. Old school lamps had a somewhat of a beam and way too much flood. Best beam pattern I ever got from a sealed beam was to use the Hella H4 conversion. It actually had the Textbook Beam pattern that was non existent in any other sealed beam. Worked great on my 55 Chevy truck, 57 Olds Super 88 Tri Power, 70 El Camino, 71 Chevelle, 70 Opel GT, 74 Sportscoach motorhome and 94 Miata. You can get a good education on headlights at Headlight Revolution.
You are going to have to back that car up to get at least 22ft from the headlamp face to the wall. Measure from the floor to the center of the headlight, (Sometimes marked with a dimple). Measure up from the floor at the wall one to two inches lower than the center of the headlight. Make sure tape measurer isn't sitting on a concrete bump at the wall. Adjust the headlights to the one or two inch lower than center mark. On older sealed beams you would adjust to the center of the non-existent hotspot unless you run Hella lamps.
Great news, because that Prius has projectors with a distinct cutoff, you can go to a brighter bulb. Well maybe, My wife's Lexus has special ($$$) Lexus bulbs. There are so many bulbs out there with Junk beam patterns, I suggest consulting Headlight Revolution.
I'm not a big fan of projectors and never off road with them. I feel they need a little flood to escape above the cutoff. Enough to illuminate above the car in front of me to be able to illuminate street signs. I hear newer design headlights are getting DOT approval to do this. Projectors take getting used too and I don't like getting used to anything. LoL
I'm not digging the 6000 and 5000 color temp. I need a little yellow to get contrast.
Great video, thank you Peter.
Thank you Peter. Very helpful. You are D man. Good night Humboldt Co. The left coast :)
Thank you man, I was replacing the headlight assembly on both sides and so I was wondering what to do with the adjustments.
I recently had my 2008 Prius HID’s converted to LED’s. In 2 months one of the bulbs went out, warranty replaced both headlight bulbs for free. In another month, the OTHER bulb went out. My guy got the idea to use commercial LED’s used on big rigs on my car bc there seemed to be a overwattage problem burning out the bulbs prematurely. Worked like a charm. Problem was I couldn’t see bc beams turned down too low. He fixed it for most part except passenger side can be raised more. Now I have nice bright LEDS on both headlight and fog lights. Better yet, the headlight beams were adjusted (for most part, passenger side bugs me) and my bulbs have not burned out so far. Have you encountered headlight problems with Prius’?
At 5:45 you can put the end of the screwdriver trough the holes in te metal frame. The holes are in line with headlight-screws.
Unless you rear ended someone like myself 😒
Can’t beat a Toyota Prius 😇
Just what I needed, been blinding everyone 😬
Thank you for the video, i have a 2010 Prius and my headlights suck trying to drive at night
Off to right, it’s really dark as if the bulb is burnt out. Can it be adjusted horizontally as well? Thanks for the info!!
Good job Peter. Stealership price is crazy. You probably charged her $50.
Hello, I am a Prius user from Thailand. Thanks for the clip, I have subscribed to your channel.
Fantastic god blessed you f
Thanks so much! Echo (my 2018 Prius) thanks you!
$380 to adjust the headlamps? Sounds like my Toyota dealer.
Thank you Peter TM.
Great video
what a neat trick, does this work for the 2010 Camry also?
Kirkland oil boxes? Is that oil any good?
Thank you great video
Thanks Mate cheers
Yeah, I just came back after working on that thing for an hour and the only thing it changed was the height of the HIGH BEAMS. Did not do anything for the low beams. Ill just have to get a different LED for my low beams.
Thanks for the video Peter. Are those oem or aftermarket bulbs? I have removed several sets of Aftermarket LED bulbs when customers were disappointed with them
How I can do the same adjusting on a Corolla 2020 with bi-led headlights?
cars are coming from the factory with the headlights pointing up nowadays.
I used to put masking tape on wall with lights on BEFORE I started adjusting to see exactly how much I raised it when done. Put tape on where light beams are showing on wall. !!
2013s still caught the death shudder... I'd probably still own one and have bought another if it weren't for my 2012 coming down with the death shudder. I hear that the problem was solved for the 2014s...
What do you mean by ''death shudder''?
@@hedgehogthesonic3181 bad torque converter
@@fortis619 Is it a common problem on gen 3 Prius?
how to remove the that led light in it
Hey what do you call those kind of headlamps
Good vid, BUT my passenger low beam is SEVERELY aimed to the left (driver's side). The passenger high beam is aimed forward correctly. Odd, I know. Looking for a solution. Subscribed.
My adjusters are frozen on my 1999 Toyota Corolla LE
Adjust them in the summer.
Will this work on 2011 prius plz reply fast
That was one of the few times when a total solar eclipse would help.
Great 👍
Tried adjusting headlight and the aim doesn't go up or down
Thanks
Or you could put sand bags in the back.
She needs to swap out the bulbs for super white leds.
te lenni magyar?
where are you coming from you got a nice accent
Wow low milage… ive got 330k on you!
Hi ! My 2008 Yaris has an intermittent problem. Example: I start at home and go to store. Everything is Ok, good idle, good acceleration, no light on dash and no code. When I want to start after 30 minutes, it start but stop after 2 or 3 seconds. Try again, but same result. After 3 or 4 trial, it crank but no start at all. After 45 minutes or 1 hour, it start normally. It is very intermittent. The car as 181,000 km. I suspect the pump relay. My Toyota dealer had never see this !!!
Mazda might know, since it is a Mazda 2 with Toyota emblems.
@@santiagomatamoros7885 In 2008, the Yaris is really a Toyota
Man, the Prius is one hideous car.
That one is lol.
@@Spidey1996 Glad I am not the only one.:)
@@paulparoma my 2018 Prius 2 is actually pretty cool looking
@@Spidey1996 If it looks cool to you, it's the only thing that matters. Hope it serves you well.