I have a 2013 FX4 and I found the three screws holding the headlight fixture, I removed them and it was loose but I didn't want to pull to hard without being sure I should. Is that all that holds that assembly on? I know it's expenseive so I didn't want to pull to hard.

I'm trying to get to the running lights wires to add some running lights. I made a bar with some lights to put behind the grille. Is there somewhere else those wires are easy to get to?

I'm waiting for Helm to release the wiring manual for sale. Until then it's hard for me to find out what wires are doing what.

 

You gonna have to give it a good tug straight back. There is kind of a clip that hold the headlight from the back, as well as the screws.

 

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Thanks for the instruction sheet and thanks for the advice to just pull a bit harder. That's what I thought but I wanted to be sure.

I'll try it again this weekend

 

Amazingly enough, the owner's manual actually has pretty good instructions for this, since you need to do it to replace bulbs.

 

LOL...I didn't even look in the owner's manual.


Thanks

 

tug baby! i put in some of the "best" silverstar bulbs and couldnt tell a difference. these headlights suck on my '12.

 

I have a 2013 FX4 and it came with the HID lights. They are the best focused beam I have ever seen. Maybe you can find a pair off of a wrecked truck sometime to swap out.

I only need to get the headlight out to acess the running lights circuit so I can add some more running lights.

 

Here is a video I used when I installed my Silverstar Ultra's

http://www.carcarekiosk.com/video/20...ghts/headlight

 

Wow, pretty much an idiot proof video. I would have been scared to break something by just "yanking it out of there" before seeing this. Good link, rep sent

 

Same here, I used the Phillips equavalent to Silverstars and there was no difference that I could notice. I ended up with some LED driving lights. Now THOSE helped!

 

Thanks for the help...I got the headlight out and installed a wire tapped off of the yellow/brown wire that goes to the running light. It only has 8.5VDC on it so it wouldn't trigger a 12V relay. I want to use a relay to not add much of a load to the existing circuit.

The research I've been doing is pointing towards using a 6V relay with an inline resistor to drop the voltage down. The relay has a 22 ohm coil so if I use about an 11 ohm 1 watt resistor I should end up with about 6V across the coil.

I'm going to look for some parts locally this weekend but I'll probably have to end up ordering them.

 

Happy to have been assitance.