Headlight upgrade
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Headlight upgrade
I would like to upgrade the headlights on my 2000 Ex - one of them was damaged in a recent hail storm, it seems like the perfect opportunity to add better lighting
Are the 02-04 lights plug and play or do I need to make any mods to install them? What about going to the 05's? I know they use a different bulb, I see Clay sells a conversions harness, what about fitting the actual lights? Do the 05' lights put out that much more light then the 02-04 or is the reason for the swap more for looks?
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Are the 02-04 lights plug and play or do I need to make any mods to install them? What about going to the 05's? I know they use a different bulb, I see Clay sells a conversions harness, what about fitting the actual lights? Do the 05' lights put out that much more light then the 02-04 or is the reason for the swap more for looks?
Thanks
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02 - 04 are plug and play while with the 05-07 you have to modify the header panel and convert the headlight plug
the 05-07 headlights with standard bulbs are brighter than my 02-04 were with silverstar bulbs
the 05-07 headlights with standard bulbs are brighter than my 02-04 were with silverstar bulbs
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Any idea how much you have to modify the header panel? I'm not very comfortable cutting on my truck.
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http://www.puredieselpower.com/Tech/...Conversion.pdf
Heres a couple pics of the cutout. I saw much better ones somewhere, they had blue tape on the header panel where you were supposed to cut it. I coulda swore I saved it, but cannot find it. Maybe someone else has it, cause they were good pics and really showed where to cut.
Heres a couple pics of the cutout. I saw much better ones somewhere, they had blue tape on the header panel where you were supposed to cut it. I coulda swore I saved it, but cannot find it. Maybe someone else has it, cause they were good pics and really showed where to cut.
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Its not bad to do at all, and if you screw up another header panel is only about $60 from Ed. I am much happier with my 05' headlight output compared to the original ones.
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I am very happy with MY upgrade (from '99s) to the '02-'04 style lights, and Silverstar Ultra bulbs-haven't compaired mine to an '07 with stock bulbs, but besides the phsycal difference between the 2 styles I'll bet there isn't enough difference in brightness to worry about.
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retro-solutions.com will make you bi xenon hid's that have 9007 plug on the truck side and 9008 on the headlight side for $150ish... call them and tell them ur one FTE i think its a 10% discount
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Super happy w/ my 02-04 conversion, all plug-n-play. Also have a HD relay'd harness and silverstars. That handles all the low-beam stuff... can't compete w/ 8" HID driving lights on hi though.
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