Decklid panel fitment

[JohnnyMacklin]

@NJ3 Thank you for the info! Mine looked exactly like the picture in the first post and even though it's a little thing, it always bothered me. After making some adjustments to those screws it looks so much better.

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[merlin803]

Thanks for all the info in this thread, the deck lid not aligning with my lights on my 23 Mach 1 has aggravated me for about a year, lol.

I finally got around to giving this a try and it is much better now.

 

[StangTime]

Thanks for this info @NJ3 I had a slight misalignment with stock taillights and I thought I could fix that when I changed them for the ice white versions. After installing I still had the uneven bottom edge. I planned to use plastic washers to move the taillight out, but I noticed the taillight hardware has a sealing gasket to keep water out of the trunk. If the gasket and cup washer are not pressing against the hole in the sheet metal, water will get in. I ultimately abandoned the idea and accepted them the way they fit. Now armed with your info, I am going to adjust them to get that alignment perfect. My wash mit always gets caught on the decklid corner sticking out.

 

[NJ3]

Thanks for this info @NJ3 I had a slight misalignment with stock taillights and I thought I could fix that when I changed them for the ice white versions. After installing I still had the uneven bottom edge. I planned to use plastic washers to move the taillight out, but I noticed the taillight hardware has a sealing gasket to keep water out of the trunk. If the gasket and cup washer are not pressing against the hole in the sheet metal, water will get in. I ultimately abandoned the idea and accepted them the way they fit. Now armed with your info, I am going to adjust them to get that alignment perfect. My wash mit always gets caught on the decklid corner sticking out.

I was going to use washers when I first attempted to adjust my taillights but when I noticed that sealing washer I knew adding washers wasn't going to work.
With time and patience you can get the taillights to line up with the decklid panel almost perfect.

I accepted the misalignment of the taillights to the decklid on my 2015 Mustang because there were so many panels that weren't aligned. But on my 2023 I couldn't accept it.

 

[merlin803]

As long as the 3 adjustment nuts are tightened back up after adjusting the screws, is their any danger of the light not being properly sealed?

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