How To: Adjust / Aiming Raptor Headlights

[BigJ]

From pages 74-75 of the 2010 F-150 Owners Guide, 1st Printing

AIMING THE HEADLAMPS
The headlamps on your vehicle are properly aimed at the assembly plant. If your vehicle has been in an accident, the alignment of your headlamps should be checked by your authorized dealer.

Vertical aim adjustment
1. Park the vehicle directly in front of a wall or screen on a level surface, approximately 25 feet (7.6 meters) away.



• (1) 8 feet (2.4 meters)
• (2) Center height of lamp to ground
• (3) 25 feet (7.6 meters)
• (4) Horizontal reference line

2. Measure the height from the center of your headlamp (indicated by a 3.0 mm circle on the lens) to the ground and mark an 8 foot (2.4 meter) horizontal reference line on the vertical wall or screen at this height (a piece of masking tape works well).

3. Turn on the low beam headlamps to illuminate the wall or screen and open the hood. Cover one of the headlamps so no light hits the wall.

4. On the wall or screen you will observe a light pattern with a distinct horizontal edge towards the right. If this edge is not at the horizontal reference line, the beam will need to be adjusted so the edge is at the same height as the horizontal reference line.



5. Locate the vertical adjuster on each headlamp, then use a P2 Philips screwdriver to turn the adjuster either counterclockwise (to adjust down) or clockwise (to adjust up) aligning the upper edge of the light pattern up to the horizontal line.



6. HORIZONTAL AIM IS NOT REQUIRED FOR THIS VEHICLE AND IS NON-ADJUSTABLE.

7. Repeat Steps 3–5 for the other headlamp.

8. Close the hood and turn off the lamps.

 

[dadraptor]

Gen 3 update to this thread: the adjustor screws are plastic (so be gentle) and are located about 6" down the back of the headlamp, not on the top like other generations. Look for a small half moon indentation on the back of the housing and thats where you slide the screwdriver in to access the adjustor screw. Most interestingly, they are opposite in the adjustment direction from what i read / saw from older models. Clockwise will adjust the light down. I put the 2.5" geiser springs on my 22' Gen 3 and found that 5 full turns clockwise was about the right light angle.