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Panel/Headlight Misalignment

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This morning I came across a pretty noticeable misalignment where the top of my headlight and along the bottom of the corner panel and hood meet. Gap increased in size from right to left in picture below. Other side is more aligned. No accidents reported or such reported when purchased used. Has anyone else noticed misalignments like this?

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The bumper has to come off to access all headlight bolts.. but maybe loosen all the bolts.. adjust the headlight to fit better and re tighten? Definitely looks like it was adjusted or removed/replaced at some point.

Or it could very well be from factory knowing Ford these days.
 

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The bumper has to come off to access all headlight bolts.. but maybe loosen all the bolts.. adjust the headlight to fit better and re tighten? Definitely looks like it was adjusted or removed/replaced at some point.

Or it could very well be from factory knowing Ford these days.
Now that I think about it, the left headlight does beam down slightly lower than the right. I'll give the adjustment a try to see if it improves the alignment.
 



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