No headlight adjustment screws?

[Fly2High]

That's all I got on the subject!!!

US has old school plastic hex fittings (white) to adjust each headlamp independently.

Australia seems to have a pop out button to adjust them together up or down. No left or right adjustment.

The last is a self leveling format which I believe is what is shown by the OP.

No wonder they charge so much for the car. Just on the lighting, they need three different setups! What a waste.

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[Bikeman315]

No wonder they charge so much for the car. Just on the lighting, they need three different setups! What a waste.

Don’t blame Ford. Blame government regulations. I’m sure Ford would love to make just one system.

 

[OzS550]

This is what all Oz Mustangs have. I'm amazed you guys don't get this. As you say, it all comes down to Gov regs.

Our 15 - 17 cars don't have the illuminated shark gills at the side of the head lights for instance.

 

[vincentjm]

That's all I got on the subject!!!

US has old school plastic hex fittings (white) to adjust each headlamp independently.

Australia seems to have a pop out button to adjust them together up or down. No left or right adjustment.

The last is a self leveling format which I believe is what is shown by the OP.

No wonder they charge so much for the car. Just on the lighting, they need three different setups! What a waste.

I bet the importers have done this. Definitely does not look like an OEM part, and no adjustability to it either. They also changed a ton more stuff like putting a relay between every LED strip in the tail lights, thus disabling the sequential turn signals (which are perfectly legal here anyways, and if they wanted to disable it, they could've just used forscan instead of tearing into the BCM), completely changed the wiring for the front turn signals, added headlight washers, and some more things. Really annoying having to backtrack all these things just to get it back to "stock". Thinking about just buying new headlights altogether.

 

[TheSnowmanMafia]

well the thing is though mine are american 35w headlights, not the 25w euro ones.

Interesting, I guess since Switzerland isnt part of the EU Ford didn't have to send the EU spec headlights?

Weird.

 

[vincentjm]

Interesting, I guess since Switzerland isnt part of the EU Ford didn't have to send the EU spec headlights?

Weird.

Dealerships here sell EU spec mustangs. I'm not sure of our laws regarding headlights. I know for a fact that any amber lights in the front are illegal though lol.

 

[PKs]

This is what all Oz Mustangs have. I'm amazed you guys don't get this. As you say, it all comes down to Gov regs.

Our 15 - 17 cars don't have the illuminated shark gills at the side of the head lights for instance.

Strange. My Australian 2018 does not have this. Is yours earlier or later.

 

[OzS550]

Strange. My Australian 2018 does not have this. Is yours earlier or later.

One of the early builds, Dec '15 and delivered in March '16.

 

[PKs]

One of the early builds, Dec '15 and delivered in March '16.

Wonder why they dropped that then. My adjustments are on the light itself. It does have automatic levelling though so that may negate any manual adjustments.

 

[rangerryda]

Why can't the US models be adjusted properly from the factory? Mine were sky high and blinding the piss out of everyone I came across. I brought them down 3/4 turn and now they're on par with 3 of my co-worker's cars that also have projectors.

When I hit the gas, it might as well be a high beam though lol.

 

[Elp_jc]

I brought them down 3/4 turn

Where is the adjustment? You have LEDs on your 2019 premium, right?

ALL headlights need to be adjusted initially somehow. The auto-leveling (if equipped) just compensates for cargo via arms attached to the suspension that measure travel (with a rheostat).

 

[Zathras]

On my '18, it seems like the regular beams were aimed OK (maybe a tinge lower than i would like) but the high beams are aimed into space. I rarely use the high beams so I haven't tried any adjustments (and I don't want the low beams any lower than they are now).

 

[rangerryda]

Where is the adjustment? You have LEDs on your 2019 premium, right?

ALL headlights need to be adjusted initially somehow. The auto-leveling (if equipped) just compensates for cargo via arms attached to the suspension that measure travel (with a rheostat).

Yes, LED's. In the US we don't get the auto-leveling. It's mandatory in the EU if I recall correctly. The factory should be aligning them to a DOT standard but clearly they're fudging the standard a bit. I noticed the same thing on a friend's Explorer. He got high beamed all the time, too.

Just mark where factory setting was with a sharpie and adjust to the same level another car that you know doesn't blind people.

The 35 watt US headlights are quite powerful though. I love their output when properly aligned.

 

[Mustang5ohMan]

Are the taillights adjustable?

 

[Elp_jc]

Just mark where factory setting was with a sharpie

Where are the adjustments for the headlights? Other folks were saying there aren't any. They have to have a way to adjust them. I haven't driven my car at night yet, but want to know how to adjust them if necessary. Typically the horizontal adjustments are blocked, but should be there too. Thx.

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