US Mustang with LED Fogs, Did you know?

Greets all,

I didnt know if this was the right place to put this, but if its wrong please move it.

I have been searching for Fog replacements for my GT because the LED lighting in my opinion sucked cause it didnt light up the road. Well during looking at the Canadian Fogs and EU fogs (Both are halogens), I saw those two had a screw to adjust them, plus I figured they would be brighter.

Well I noticed something while I was looking on Google, I ran across a picture that showed that our LED fogs and it looked like there was a adjustment screw, so I went outside and peeled back the wheel cover to access the fog light and put something in front of the fog light to see if I was right, and lo and behold the fog lights CAN be adjusted up or down!

Which leads me to believe Ford does the EXACT same thing Chevy does, they install the Fogs but dont adjust them. Last month when I complained to my dealer about it, they said yeah you cant do anything with them, obviously they dont even know its adjustable.

I'm sorry if anyone already knew this, but if I can adjust them properly then I dont need to replace them!

I attached a picture to show you guys (screw is on the left), and you can use either an allen wrench or a phillips screw driver.

nice find! I wonder if my MDX fog lights are the same. They don't seem to be aimed very well at all from the factory either.

Well here are some shots after adjusting the Fog lights properly, These are the stock LED fog lights on the mustangs.

The first is the fogs after I adjusted it against a wall, the second is the fogs and the low beams against the same wall (Both at 25 feet away), the third is the fogs in the dark, from the drivers seat. I would guess the curb is 30-40 feet away. Now if you compare these shots to un-adjusted fogs at the same distance, I'm sure you can see the difference.

robertwsimpson said:

nice find! I wonder if my MDX fog lights are the same. They don't seem to be aimed very well at all from the factory either.

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My guess would be yes. All fogs should be adjustable.

AngelDeath said:

My guess would be yes. All fogs should be adjustable.

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I can confirm that ST fogs are not. I've seen a few cars that use static lamps. Super stupid.

I feel like the first photo of the adjusted fogs makes them seem too high relative to where they are mounted in the bumper. On my old car, I did a headlight and foglight projector retrofit. Even with the projectors in the fogs, I had to keep the aiming pretty low to avoid blinding anyone at 50 feet+, which is what it looks like yours will be doing.

Still pretty cool to know I can aim mine up a bit, they aren't doing anything right now.

BigEasyGT said:

I feel like the first photo of the adjusted fogs makes them seem too high relative to where they are mounted in the bumper. On my old car, I did a headlight and foglight projector retrofit. Even with the projectors in the fogs, I had to keep the aiming pretty low to avoid blinding anyone at 50 feet+, which is what it looks like yours will be doing.

Still pretty cool to know I can aim mine up a bit, they aren't doing anything right now.

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It could be slightly high, but I have been driving at night with just the fogs on to test it on a two way single lane road, and no flashing. Normally from what I have read the main top cut off of the fogs (Brightest part of the beam) should meet the bottom of the headlight cutoff.

AngelDeath said:

It could be slightly high, but I have been driving at night with just the fogs on to test it on a two way single lane road, and no flashing. Normally from what I have read the main top cut off of the fogs (Brightest part of the beam) should meet the bottom of the headlight cutoff.

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That's incorrect because at some point, the foglight beam will cross over the headlight beam and then continue shining higher and higher solely due to the difference in mounting locations. You may not have been flashed yet, but its only a matter of time.

The correct light aiming procedure is to face a blank wall with your car parked on a flat surface 25 feet away. Use a tape measure and measure the height of both your headlights (specifically the center of the projector) and your foglights on the car. Then go to that wall and mark a spot 2" lower than the height of your headlight measurement and another 1-2" lower than your foglight measurement (foglights don't need to drop as fast). Align your light cutoffs to those marks and you're done.

Your foglights are not meant to mingle with your headlights in showing you the main road, they're job is to light the ground in front of you for about 200 feet, then the headlights take over.

Hope this helps