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Installing Sylvania's Xenarc High Intensity Discharge (HID) Headlight System (page 2)



Insert the lamp. This is the hard part. The aiming pins have a tendency to move and are very difficult to align because you cannot see them while inserting the lamp. We found a very simple solution... tire some twine to each of the aiming pins and feed them through the holes in the opening for each. As you insert the lamp have someone pull the twine and it will pull the pins those the holes. See passenger side lamp installation photos for an example (we didn't figure out this shortcut until the second lamp!). Alligator clips work well if you don't have twine.


The driver's side lamp is now in place.


Repeat the procedure for the passenger side.


Push the retainer clips back down. The lamp portion of the installation is now complete.


Attach the wiring harness to the battery.


Turn on the headlights. Using the marks you initially made on a flat vertical surface, aim the lights by turning the aiming pins in or out to move the beam up, down, left and right. You can now drive the truck but we recommend (and so does Sylvania) you go get it professionally aimed by a qualified shop.


Push the retainer clips back down. The lamp portion of the installation is now complete.


Place the supplied decal on your back window so the world will know where you got those sharp headlamps!


Enjoy the new look, brighter and longer lasting headlamps!

Final Impressions Mack Ratchford gave us his impressions of the headlight system about a week after the installation and we've presented his words below...

"I enjoy them. They look good, are much brighter without blinding the people in front of me and don't have as much glare as the stock lights. The best thing about them is that I don't like driving at night and I feel safer driving with them! I recommend them to everyone."






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