Headlight Aiming on 2014 Prius v lowercase v not an uppercase v model 3

Look in the back of the headlight housing for a bolt head with a serrated wheel next to it. Looks like this, located at center of picture:



Turn clockwise to lower, counter clockwise to raise.

 

Have you checked your owner's manual?

 

When you look closely at the photo xliderider supplied, you'll see the sort of funnel-shaped guides formed into the plastic, pointed right at the "serrated wheel". They are there to guide the tip of your long Phillips screwdriver down to mesh with the teeth of that wheel, so you can adjust by simply twisting a screwdriver from above, without having to reach the hex head of the bolt.

Bear in mind the gearing effect on the twist direction: turning the screwdriver clockwise is the same as turning the bolt head counterclockwise, and vice versa.

But yeah, look in the manual, because it should also specify what correct aim is and how to know when you've got it.

-Chap

 

Both my Camry and Prius liftback only have the one vertical adjustment, no horizontal adjustment.

When you say the one bolt you found is "horizontal", do you mean that the bolt is oriented in the front to back horizontal plane? If so, that's the bolt you want to turn to adjust the vertical height of the headlight cutoff.

It takes an 8mm socket, or as previously mentioned, you can try a philips screwdriver to adjust.

Hint, when turning the bolt, I count how many teeth on the wheel rotate by. Then you can check the aim and adjust accordingly by counting the increments.