headlight replacement
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RE: headlight replacement
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ummm, unless there is a major change between the 05 and 06, you cannot lay under the truck and access the headlight housing. Pulling on the fender lining is a bad idea, it it breaks, (which I have seen happen) your screwed. The idea of it is to prevent water from getting in there!!! I can access my fog lights, and one screw for the headlight housing from under the truck. Once you remove the headlight housing, you will NOT have to realign the headlights. There is a seperate screw for that. It really is a five minute job. I have done it seveal times, including this past weekend. Undo the three screw's and pull it out. Done. In fact, it took me longer to pull the bulb from the housing connector then it did to remove the headlight and put it back in!!! I would suggest removing the headlight gaskette that is between the light and the hood seal. This just makes it easier to work around. Takes 10 seconds to remove and put back on.
ummm, unless there is a major change between the 05 and 06, you cannot lay under the truck and access the headlight housing. Pulling on the fender lining is a bad idea, it it breaks, (which I have seen happen) your screwed. The idea of it is to prevent water from getting in there!!! I can access my fog lights, and one screw for the headlight housing from under the truck. Once you remove the headlight housing, you will NOT have to realign the headlights. There is a seperate screw for that. It really is a five minute job. I have done it seveal times, including this past weekend. Undo the three screw's and pull it out. Done. In fact, it took me longer to pull the bulb from the housing connector then it did to remove the headlight and put it back in!!! I would suggest removing the headlight gaskette that is between the light and the hood seal. This just makes it easier to work around. Takes 10 seconds to remove and put back on.
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Mine must be screwed then, I just looked at it again, and you cannot access the housing or the lamp cables. They have mine blocked off. No space, or flexability to prey up there either.
THE ULTI-MOD
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RE: headlight replacement
wow you guys are already replacing headlights on 3 year old trucks(or newer) mine are still the origional ones that came in the truck, what do you guys do to them(yes i do use my headlights, actually daily in the morning, and 3-4 time s a week at night on my way home)
o and my headlights are 6 (yes 6) years old
o and my headlights are 6 (yes 6) years old
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its not about how old/new the truck is... its about bulb use and hours. bulbs arnt rated for a number of days/years they are rated for a number of hours.
My primary driving times are at dark or real close to it on both sides of the clock...
There are also a lot of variants on bulb life. I for one, will not drive on a bulb that is dimming. I replace them when they start to show wear.
If you replaced your lamps right now, it would be an astonishing difference in light output.
My primary driving times are at dark or real close to it on both sides of the clock...
There are also a lot of variants on bulb life. I for one, will not drive on a bulb that is dimming. I replace them when they start to show wear.
If you replaced your lamps right now, it would be an astonishing difference in light output.
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RE: headlight replacement
I've actually read that, depending on the hours of use, you should replace your bulbs every year or two. I'm nearing that two year mark, and want to drop some SilverStars in mine, and put in the LED turn signals that have been sitting on my desk for a year now.
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shoot, i use mine a **** ton. for me its usually every 8-10 months and a year max. its not that they go out, its that they dim and you dont realize how much so until you change them out. i have silverstars, by the end of the summer ill have bixenon hid's in the headlamps and some in the fogs
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Add my $.02 for the most stupid (Dodge recommnded) headlight bulbreplacement EVER. I'm no weakling, but I could not get this headlight assembly out to save my butt. Thanks to this forum there was a Plan B which was on my back and reaching up, real careful removal and reinstall.
THE ULTI-MOD
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From: Union NJ
RE: headlight replacement
yea idk like i said i use mine a **** ton too, but i havnt tried replacing them yet bc of the hassle to get at them w/ everything in the way i cant justify it unless one of them burns out, or i cant see anything, and my dad broke a head light assembly on his(the bulb was fine) and the new one came w/ a new bulb and you couldnt tell the difference btwn the new bulb in the new assembly and the origional bulb in the old assembly on the other side of the same truck
