coolerbythelake Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 (edited) Hi everyone, I’m wondering if you wouldn’t mind checking your fog lights for me and/or letting me know your thoughts on this? I recently swapped my X5 for an Aviator Black Label which I love everything about. Last week in the garage I noticed that my fog lights are not level with each other; the right one is slightly higher. I brought this to a local dealer’s attention and they had a tech “fix” it for me today. Quotes there because it looks the same to me. On my service paperwork he wrote that the left fog light wasn’t sitting in the bumper correctly and that it looks level once he fixed it. It doesn’t; it looks exactly the same as when I brought it in. He also wrote that there’s no vertical adjusting these only horizontal. I asked if they could pull up another Aviator from on the lot to compare. Much to my surprise the lot Aviator had similarly misaligned fog lights albeit with the left one higher than the right in its case. Anyone notice this on yours? Not a crazy big deal and I’m not trying to nitpick - I can’t really even tell much of a difference when they’re on anyway - but just seems a bit odd on an $80k + vehicle. My actual headlights are perfect, fortunately. Pics attached. Edited December 29, 2020 by coolerbythelake Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattie Posted December 30, 2020 Share Posted December 30, 2020 1st post - but automotive nut here..... Often seen that on newer vehicles, pass side set slightly higher to reduce glare for oncoming vehicles. I’ll check my wife’s new Av & see if the same applies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coolerbythelake Posted December 30, 2020 Author Share Posted December 30, 2020 31 minutes ago, Mattie said: 1st post - but automotive nut here..... Often seen that on newer vehicles, pass side set slightly higher to reduce glare for oncoming vehicles. I’ll check my wife’s new Av & see if the same applies. It's interesting that you say that. I talked to one of the sales guys at the dealer last night (service of course was closed at that time) and he thought the same thing. If glare was a concern, wouldn't you think the headlights would be the greater concern versus the fog lights? My headlights are perfectly even. The Aviator on the lot we compared it to had the complete opposite of mine; its left fog light was raised above the right. I had a Nautilus and an X5 before my Aviator and both had perfectly level fog lights. There's also a 2021 Ram 1500 Limited in the household with perfectly level fog lights. I'm not the most mechanically inclined and could certainly be wrong on this of course. The dealer I took it to was a local dealer. My preferred dealer and the one I got it from is down in the Chicagoland area (I'm in Milwaukee). I figured I'd save myself a drive but did end up reaching out to them today to see what their thoughts were. I texted them the same pictures and my service advisor showed one of their techs who didn't like what he saw; said that doesn't look right and bring it in. I'm driving it down the end of next week so we'll see. I'll pick up some deep dish pizza to make it all worth my time ? Would still love to hear about your wife's Aviator if you wouldn't mind checking and reporting back at your convenience. I'll be sure to throw an update on here as well with what the dealer says. Maybe I'm just crazy but we'll find out! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuzzymoomoo Posted December 30, 2020 Share Posted December 30, 2020 Interesting, I didn't know fog lights were adjustable. I thought it was just a fixed bezel in the bumper cover. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coolerbythelake Posted January 10, 2021 Author Share Posted January 10, 2021 Update: I took my Aviator down to my preferred dealer today down in Chicagoland where I ordered it from. They took a look and determined the passenger side fog light was at the correct height but the driver’s side was 4 inches lower than where it should be at. They adjusted it and they’re now perfectly level. The sun was out and, most importantly, pizza was consumed. All in all a pretty good day! 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattie Posted January 13, 2021 Share Posted January 13, 2021 Glad you got it fixed up. On Monday I was finally out at night time in my wifes' Aviator. Parked against the garage - fogs were perfectly equal in height. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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