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big improvement on the fogs... bright enough that i could drive with just those...
general question... if i can't get the right alignment from the wheel well, what's the rough tear down time? couple hours?
i've seen a few posts of this being done but i'll need to make sure i get the right order of operations...
Just got my low / high SL1s today for my 2018 XLT... install should be quick once I figure out how to get more of the wheel well liner out of the way i've glanced at the f150 manual from the ford site but i'm going to need to get more creative...
FYI-->In the Video, I posted up above, of someone going thru wheel wells it showed turning tires inward. I had to turn outward because my tires are oversized.
FYI-->In the Video, I posted up above, of someone going thru wheel wells it showed turning tires inward. I had to turn outward because my tires are oversized.
oooo thanks for the pointer - that's what i ended up doing with the fog lights...
i may end up having to pull a few more push pins...
i only tried quickly at lunch to see what i was up against and i'll be able to put in a bit more time tomorrow night
There are lots of how-to YouTube videos on the installation of many kinds of bulbs into the factory housing. You want to see what the bulb looks like before the dust boot is covering it?
I just want to see how these particular bulbs fit within the housing and the factory dust boots. And how well they fit into the socket would be nice too. But that is a hard picture to get since you'd have to take it from the front.
I had to get extended dust boots for the ones I have now so the "fins/straps" would fit. And the bulb itself once fully seated and locked in place can move/shift a little within the hole even with the 3 tabs fully secured. It's like the neck of the bulb could be bigger so there's less slop.
I don't know if this will help some of you or not. But in regards to working in the wheel-wells instead of removing the headlights, I had the best luck and most room turning the wheel towards me instead of away.
I really didn't want to risk scratching, damaging or maligning anything by removing the entire headlight assemblies... especially just to replace a couple of bulbs. And, this way (at least for me) I didn't have to do any aiming adjustments.
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I just want to see how these particular bulbs fit within the housing and the factory dust boots. And how well they fit into the socket would be nice too. But that is a hard picture to get since you'd have to take it from the front.
I had to get extended dust boots for the ones I have now so the "fins/straps" would fit. And the bulb itself once fully seated and locked in place can move/shift a little within the hole even with the 3 tabs fully secured. It's like the neck of the bulb could be bigger so there's less slop.
FYI-->In the Video, I posted up above, of someone going thru wheel wells it showed turning tires inward. I had to turn outward because my tires are oversized.
Any tips, tricks or advice on placement of the driver inside of the headlight housing? I have mine arriving this week and going to try to go through the wheel well first...
01-22-2018, 01:25 PM
i've glanced at the f150 manual from the ford site but i'm going to need to get more creative...
