05-07 Headlight Conversion on 2000 Excursion
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05-07 Headlight Conversion on 2000 Excursion
Turbo and I did some wrenching/cutting in his shop today. I'm still blowing header panel plastic out of my nose =)
Got 'er all done in about 4 hours taking our time and freezing my fingers/toes off in 28F temperatures. Never done it before so the first light took a while, but we were much quicker with the second light. Used the Riff Raff walkthrough, which was very helpful.
Turbo said it best, "It looks 7 years newer!" I like it a lot, very happy with how it turned out.
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The connector that came with the assembly seemed too deep and didn't quite fit the stock connector, so I just pulled the bulb from the new assembly and used the old connectors.
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Finished product:
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Running lights:
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All On:
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Family Exs (my V10 and Turbo's newly acquired 6.0)
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Got 'er all done in about 4 hours taking our time and freezing my fingers/toes off in 28F temperatures. Never done it before so the first light took a while, but we were much quicker with the second light. Used the Riff Raff walkthrough, which was very helpful.
Turbo said it best, "It looks 7 years newer!" I like it a lot, very happy with how it turned out.
Attachment 288293
Attachment 288294
Attachment 288295
Attachment 288296
Attachment 288297
The connector that came with the assembly seemed too deep and didn't quite fit the stock connector, so I just pulled the bulb from the new assembly and used the old connectors.
Attachment 288298
Finished product:
Attachment 288299
Attachment 288300
Running lights:
Attachment 288301
All On:
Attachment 288302
Family Exs (my V10 and Turbo's newly acquired 6.0)
Attachment 288303
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just the 9008 main bulb and amber turn signal it came with. Left the old running lights in also. Haven't done major night driving yet and they are shooting at the ground pretty bad because I didn't have time to adjust them yet, but they're still better than those old pieces of crap.
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Good job! Thanks for taking the time to post the pictures.
Where did you get the lights? Aftermarket or OEM?
Where did you get the lights? Aftermarket or OEM?
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