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JONATHAN MCDONALD: So you've replaced the headlights
in your Mustang, and your first time out driving at night
reveals that they really don't light up the road at all.
It's definitely not a light transmission problem.
It's all about the adjustment, or lack thereof.
Just because your new headlight's bolted right in,
doesn't mean you're done with the install.
If you own an '87 to '93, '94 to '98, or '99 to '04 Mustang,
we're going to show you how to stage your car up
for the adjustment procedure, what you're going to need,
where the adjusters are, and what they do.
First and foremost, what you're going to want to do
is find you a place that's going to be
as dark as possible, flat level ground.
Move your car all the way up against that wall
or door as close as you can get it without touching.
Turn your headlights on.
Grab you some blue painter's tape or something equivalent.
Any type of masking tape will work.
Make you a horizontal tape line across each one
of the light beams and make you a vertical tape line
across the center of each one of the light beams.
Now move your car back 25 feet.
Now a handy tool to have in your arsenal
is this headlight adjusting wrench.
It'll work on '87 to '98.
On an '87 to '93, here's where your horizontal adjuster
is and here's where your vertical adjuster is.
Go ahead and use your tool to either move the adjuster
in or out, depending on where the beam is pointing at.
And you want that beam to land, final adjustment,
where the beam is just down and to the right
of where your tape lines intersect.
On a '94 to '98 Mustang, remove your radiator
cover so you can have full access
to your inside adjusters.
Here's your horizontal adjuster and here's
your vertical adjuster.
Adjustment process is the same as it was on the Fox body.
On a '99 to '04 car, man, they made it a whole lot easier.
It is super simple to adjust these headlights.
All you need is a Phillips' head screwdriver.
Here's your horizontal adjuster and here's
your vertical adjuster.
Go drive your Mustang and enjoy the clarity
of having properly adjusted headlights.
Go on over to latemodelrestoration.com
and check out more Mustang lighting solutions.