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Hi guys i just opened up an aftermarket copy of oem headlight for the facelift zze and noticed this:

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i might have seen the same thing in the genuine toyota lights in my first retrofit but never looked into it.

do you think its a headlight leveller?

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oh btw it says actuator on it. tracing the three wires, 2 of them just join to the two parker light wires (to power them?) so maybe the green wire is the switch.

EDIT: found the electrical diagram. should be easy to install with the headlight beam level control switch.

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On most JDM cars with factory HIDs, they either came with auto leveling, or a manual leveling knob (Also, some with washers, some without.). Even some JDM cars (Usually the mid range model.) and Euro-market Toyotas (Not sure if it's all of them or only some models though.) with Halogen lights came with the manual leveling knob.

Here's a photo of the switch in a pirated first-gen. Toyota bB (Great Wall Coolbear.). The basic shape of the switch is the same as the one in the second gen. RAV4, ZZE Corolla and most pre- 2000 Toyotas.

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EDIT: Me a noob, forgot to add pic to post.

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you da man alister! :D

I can confirm that the actuators are also in factory headlights. Hopefully its prewired for a control switch as I see some unused plugs behind the mirror control panel

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chicken Grand Master

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with help from TOCUK, i wired the actuators to a headlight beam control switch (GBP 5) following the electrical diagram:

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my corolla was not prewired so i bought the 5 pin connector housing ($11) from toyota and made the harness.

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not very exciting to watch but here is the result

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overall, didn't cost much at all (5 pounds + $11) and quite satisfying to unlock a hidden feature in the corolla. is it worth doing? probably not lol :D

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sorry for no diy yet, just waiting for some crimp terminals to arrive to complete it.

i got the switch from ebay UK. its from a toyota avensis. toyota part number is 84512 12060 http://www.toyodiy.com/parts/p_J_2005_TOYO...PNK_8401.6.html

the 5pin connector housing is 90980-10789. i modified female econoseal crimp terminals to fit in the connector.

basically have one wire for each headlight and connect to this empty pin slot: (this connects to the green coloured wire inside the headlight)

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connect those wires to pin 2 of the levelling switch

tap parker/taillight wire from headlight dimmer sw (pin 10) to pin 1 of levelling switch.

pin 3 is for switch illumination so connect to pin 1 for power

ground pin 4 and 5 to chassis

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hey prozak this is in a jap 1zz and the sportivo lights look different but hopefully they have the same parts

its got a green wire on the plug from what i can see

cool you should be fine then. keep us updated :)

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hmm that plug looks quite different to mine. that green wire is on the engine side? its probably to the parker light wire.

is there a green wire "inside" the headlight housing? near the low beam reflector?

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hmm that plug looks quite different to mine. that green wire is on the engine side? its probably to the parker light wire.

is there a green wire "inside" the headlight housing? near the low beam reflector?

green is engine side, headlight side is just yellow white black red as u can see from pic

havnt pulled headlight apart, not going to !

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hmm that plug looks quite different to mine. that green wire is on the engine side? its probably to the parker light wire.

is there a green wire "inside" the headlight housing? near the low beam reflector?

green is engine side, headlight side is just yellow white black red as u can see from pic

havnt pulled headlight apart, not going to !

whats that red wire in the distance?

That connector doesn't look like it can accomodate another wire for levelling unless there are other wires elsewhere.

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