Can you adjust them yourself? I dont know if they will be anything near the same but on my AU there are orange plastic screws things (look like the top of a tap) on the back of the lights in the engine bay and depending on which way you turn them they move the lights up and down. Just a suggestion
Hahha the AU/BA headlights on all of my AU/BA cars have pissed all over my EL Ghia. They are fantastic and have put me in a position where i dont even need to fit spotlights anymore for country driving.
The EA,B & D series headlights were quite good actually. Alot better than the next series, however the AU and BA headlights I have experienced have been excellent.
I cant fault the BA headlights, if you have problems it has got to be adjustment.
The EL in XR8 form was a dissapointment headlight wise after the excellant EB lamps. The EL was fin on high beam but the drop to low was always a big one.
The 6 lamp BA set-up makes the high to low dip much better. The AU was probably as good if not better than the BA but id did have a bad rap for dazzling on-coming drivers.
What-ever you have adjustment makes a huge improvement, and no the dealer will not normally set them at pre-delivery, they usually try to offer headlight aim as a cost option at the first service. Its not that hard to set up with measuring tape a level surface to a wall.
They are sold to Ford already pre-aimed , and the only adjustment ever done is on the production line ( if any ) .I know this because I programmed the aiming station , and its checked every week for allignment.
The EA,B & D series headlights were quite good actually. Alot better than the next series, however the AU and BA headlights I have experienced have been excellent.
The optics in the polycarbonate lenses are vastly better with half the amount of light . 55w is all thats needed these days. Anything over 60 watts and the bezel will start to melt .
They are sold to Ford already pre-aimed , and the only adjustment ever done is on the production line ( if any ) .I know this because I programmed the aiming station , and its checked every week for allignment.
That I couldn't tell you , but we are given a tolerance to work to . Most of the body panels are pre laser cut and robot welded at Ford anyway which keeps the build of every car consistent .
That I couldn't tell you , but we are given a tolerance to work to . Most of the body panels are pre laser cut and robot welded at Ford anyway which keeps the build of every car consistent .
Sounds fair for a manufacturer, the fact that the dealer wont optimise the factory setup at pre-delivery, and wants to charge on 1st service to rectify any problems, says I'll keep setting them myself.
The headlights on the BA XR/FPV are top notch. I upgraded to the +50 Philips globes and all is good. Like others I don't need spotties anymore either. I found the AU XR was fantastic as well. Hella deserve much credit for these headlights which are superb. Try driving an American car or say, a Honda Accord and see how good the Fords are!
I think mine need adjusting too as I went for a cruise down the south coast over New Year and the ride back in the dark was not as much fun as it was with the sun out.
It's not so bad under street lighting, but if there's no other lights around the beam is currently not as good as what my old XF had. Hight beam is awesome and the change back to low is very noticeable.
Sounds like my Grandmother’s NA Fairlane where she kept asking them to adjust the lights but was continually told they were ok (she is no fool by the way), until she said she would rather drive my grandfather’s Subaru Brumby at night – then they did adjust the lights and it did improve the light pattern.
Agreed! I was thinking this last night while keeping an eye out for roo's. Both the AU & BA lights are superb, compared to the reasonably ordinary EF-EL items.
Genebaby, did they adjust them for you in the end?, or stick to this "your car is lowered" line? If the car's lower, they can adjust 'em to suit you'd think.
They didn't seem too worried about the lowering maybe having an effect. I'll see next time I'm on a dark, dark road....they should be adjustable. Just happened to have it their today so I figured I'd ask...
That's interesting about being lowered never thought about it, but i'd be surprissed if it was an issue with it being lowered to upset the aligement of the lights.
Cheers John
The optics on the new lenses makes up for 90% of the aim. The rest is left for incar adjustment which is done before Ford sees them . If you have lowered your car , then I can only imagine you'd need to adjust them up a poofteenth , if any at all
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