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Are most of you folks just adjusting up until you start getting flashed or leaving them set the way they came. Reason I am asking, I recently put on some more lights and thought I would check mine. If I set them as directed by many, they are going to be set way too high and blind everybody as the middle of the low beam light is 44 inches off the ground. At 25 feet, my low beams are hitting about 9-10" low but if I raise them to be in spec, they are going to be shooting over small cars and shining right into the passenger compartment of others. Not to mention, the damn screws are so tight I am afraid to try harder to turn them as I might end up breaking them.
I looked online and there was some good guidance on adjusting proper height using a wall at a certain distance and measuring. I sprayed my screw mechanisms with this stuff which one of our powerplants was using for something https://interflon.com/products/inter...-super-aerosol
They moved with literally no resistance afterwards so don't force them. I am leveled on 37" and have done the forbidden LED in halogen housings... I almost never get flashed. Used to get flashed at stock configuration (no level, factory tires, halogen bulbs) often.
I looked at several videos and the middle of the low beam light, which happens to be the top light and the bright under it, is rather high. I went behind a local Lowes last night and used the side of their building with no sidewalk and a nice level parking lot. I have noticed a few times that while driving out in the middle of nowhere, the light does not carry as long as I think it should. If I go by videos, the lights would not be correct so I thought about raising them up about half way and see what kind of reaction I get from others.
I have that exact same spray in one of my lockers with reloading/cleaning stuff so I will give it a try. I have a few and was wondering what might work best. My truck is stock height and I don’t think it would be too bad if the low beam was on the bottom. I suppose many have their lights lower than spec like mine and I just never checked them.
I looked at several videos and the middle of the low beam light, which happens to be the top light and the bright under it, is rather high. I went behind a local Lowes last night and used the side of their building with no sidewalk and a nice level parking lot. I have noticed a few times that while driving out in the middle of nowhere, the light does not carry as long as I think it should. If I go by videos, the lights would not be correct so I thought about raising them up about half way and see what kind of reaction I get from others.
I have that exact same spray in one of my lockers with reloading/cleaning stuff so I will give it a try. I have a few and was wondering what might work best. My truck is stock height and I don’t think it would be too bad if the low beam was on the bottom. I suppose many have their lights lower than spec like mine and I just never checked them.
I imagine it's different for where people live and drive most. I live in the NW hills of CT so most of my driving I wouldn't notice a bigger need for the light to carry since it's lots of winding roads. I was only concerned with not blinding people on low and haven't touched them since. Middle of nowhere flick on the light bar and light up the night is the best solution.
I just used that spray so I will let it soak a bit and see if these adjustments free up a bit. If so, I will go back over again tonight and see if I can raise them up about 5" and then see if I get flashed going back home.
EDIT - An hour later and they won't budge. What a great system they have on a part that is supposed to allow for routine adjustment depending on the type of loads you may be hauling with your truck.
First of all, use the provision for the 6mm allen socket, NOT a philips screwdriver. Less likely to strip out the adjustment mechanism that way.
As far as aiming, what I do is go out onto a flat, open, dark gravel road or parking lot and turn the low beams on. I then adjust them to a reasonable target out in front of the truck where it's obvious that A) I'll be able to see the roadway well enough while driving and B) nobody will be blinded driving toward me. The aiming at a wall trick doesn't work well for trucks that sit up as high as these do. It's better to aim them visually rather than by a set of rules.
EDIT - An hour later and they won't budge. What a great system they have on a part that is supposed to allow for routine adjustment depending on the type of loads you may be hauling with your truck.
I flooded the crap out of mine with it so it would get to all of the mechanism
I will spray a bunch more in there tomorrow and see if it helps. I see the back of the light on the drivers side so I sprayed some down on those plastic gears as well but it barely moves.
Yes, following the “procedure” in the owners manual would put them too high. I would say mine need to come up a bit but not being able to get them to move prevents any adjustment anyway. This is from the manual.
As mine are about 10” below my 44” horizontal reference line, no idea where they originally measured from when they set these up. My Ranch Hand bumper dropped the front about .25” so I would not think it should be so far off. Thanks for the replies and I will work on it again tomorrow afternoon and see if it gets better. If not, I may just have to live with it. I do have extra lights on front that are useful when no traffic is around but being in SoCal, this does not happen very often on any of the usual roads. I had this light bar on the old truck
Several years ago I found some helpful tips from Headlight Revolution in the video linked below.
I finally bought a truck with factory LED headlights a few months ago. But for several years I put LED bulbs into halogen assemblies. Using some of HR's information I seldom got flashed.
The one hint that I paid particular attention to was if road signs were lighting up at a far distance when low beams were on.
That is one of the videos I watched while looking for adjustment options. I know where I want them, just can’t get the damn rod to turn so I can make the adjustment. Might need to pull each battery so I can get behind the light and see if I can free them up.
FINALLY…got these damn things to turn counterclockwise. Went back to my spot and raised them up. Still below what Ford calls for but should be much better than I had before. Need to make a run over to Palm Springs one of these nights and see how these work away from city lights and traffic. Going to add a few sprays of lubricant to these lights as part of my yearly things to do on the truck.
FINALLY…got these damn things to turn counterclockwise. Went back to my spot and raised them up. Still below what Ford calls for but should be much better than I had before. Need to make a run over to Palm Springs one of these nights and see how these work away from city lights and traffic. Going to add a few sprays of lubricant to these lights as part of my yearly things to do on the truck.
Awesome! Adding that to my service routine.
After reading your concern about headlight aiming, I have been monitoring mine. Truck is stock, has LED headlights, the low beams lights up the road fairly well, wish there was more, fogs are in Bambi mode so always on.
I'm assuming that the lights were adjusted correctly from the factory, and no issues with state inspection, I have yet to be flashed by oncoming traffic.
I might measure mine just to see how they are aimed.
I'm assuming that the lights were adjusted correctly from the factory, and no issues with state inspection, I have yet to be flashed by oncoming traffic.
This is an assumption that I wouldn't make. When I put LED bulbs in a brand new 2020 F 250 I went to adjust the lights. Found that they were adjusted as high as they could possibly be right off the dealer lot.
That being said, the new 2023 that I recently bought with factory LED seems to be good so far.
This is an assumption that I wouldn't make. When I put LED bulbs in a brand new 2020 F 250 I went to adjust the lights. Found that they were adjusted as high as they could possibly be right off the dealer lot.
That being said, the new 2023 that I recently bought with factory LED seems to be good so far.
For clarity, when I stated that I had LED head lights, I mean factory installed lights.
True there is no guarantee with aftermarket LED bulbs in a halogen or even a LED light of the correct adjustment.
For clarity, when I stated that I had LED head lights, I mean factory installed lights.
True there is no guarantee with aftermarket LED bulbs in a halogen or even a LED light of the correct adjustment.
I knew what you meant. Long story short, don't trust the adjustment because the truck is new is my experience.
