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Trying to adjust headlight height. Did they change the headlight housing in 2021?

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So after watching 5 videos about how to adjust the height of your headlights… I can’t find the bolts to turn… There are some white plastic ones that take a hex head closer to the top and father out to the sides.
Am I just missing them?
I had to stop to pick up dinner. Going to try to look at it again.
I think my headlights are super high at this point. Maybe a decked and Alu cab has put enough weight to angle it up but that seems kinda weak to me.
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My Mojave 2021 had white adjuster screws with a Phillips tip head in middle, and the weight you added and with stuff in it could drop your rear raising the headlights. My Mojave got more flashes from other drivers after putting a 170 pound cap on back, adjusted as per all the videos problem solved…..Jack
 
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Ok figured it out. All the videos are on one type of housing vs my housing. There was another write up in the DIY section on my type. I just posted a combined post in DIY that shows where both adjustment locations are.
 

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Is it LED vs Halogen, perhaps??
 

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Is it LED vs Halogen, perhaps??
Maybe… I went back and watched a but all of them are not clear… I did find one that showed the adjustment location that I have.

also noted that one is clockwise to go down and the other is counter clockwise to go down… lol
 

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what are yours?
Point you almost made is that when people show such things, it MAY be helpful to say "I have halogen lights and this is how you adjust them on mine" or words to that effect because things can change and the housings for LED are very different.
 

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Point you almost made is that when people show such things, it MAY be helpful to say "I have halogen lights and this is how you adjust them on mine" or words to that effect because things can change and the housings for LED are very different.
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Maybe… I went back and watched a but all of them are not clear… I did find one that showed the adjustment location that I have.
Point you almost made is that when people show such things, it MAY be helpful to say "I have halogen lights and this is how you adjust them on mine" or words to that effect because things can change and the housings for LED are very different.
I have stock halogen.
I posted pictures of the differences of the housings in my DIY thread
 

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I have a 2021 with factory LEDs and it was like every video or thread I saw about it.

White phillips head plastic screws with one side being slight harder to get to.
 

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Yoshi... Didn't realize there even was a different set up for adjustments. I did mine awhile back when I added my Rubicon suspension and leveling kit and it was pretty easy. I went my one of the many Youtube vids myself.
 
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I have a 2021 with factory LEDs and it was like every video or thread I saw about it.

White phillips head plastic screws with one side being slight harder to get to.
So the ones that are towards the center of the housing and deeper (about half the depth of the housing)

the halogens are on the outside and near the top of the housings.
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