I'm trying to remove my stock headlight assembly (corners are seperate and are staying put) to replace with a lightning assembly. I've removed the top plastic splash guard and have pulled up on the two retaining tabs. The headlights wiggle some, but there is something else hanging them up. What might I be missing? The wiring is disconnected so I know it is not that. Any ideas or suggestions? I have to get them back up and running for night driving.

Vehicle: 2002 F-150 Supercrew Lariat FX4

 

Pull up on the tabs a bit harder, maybe?

 

yea just pull harder, they are hard to put in also. ive had 4 different sets of headlights trying to find the perfect ones and i still havnt found the perfect ones.

 

Figured it out. Tabs were up high enough, but they still wouldnt slide out. As soon as I removed the corners the headlight assembly slid right out. I had more trouble putting the corners back in then I did the headlights. All i all, the change over took me a straight 20 mins for all 4 assemblies.

 

what did you do? did you install HID's or bulbs or replace the housings?

 

I changed out the assemblies. I wanted to convert from the stock (frosted) lens on my 2002 F-150 to the lightning model (clear) and eventualy will go HID's. I found a set of lightning headlight assemblies (2000 F-150) with corners/signals on ebay. Seller had the title misspelled with no spaces and it wasnt coming up on search engines. I got all 4 pieces for $35.00. They even came with the blue tint H5 9007 bulbs.

Now that I'm an expert on this (LOL) I am waiting to order my 8000k bi-xenon HID conersation kit.

 

God thats cheap... ******* a**hole... lucky b*st*rd
Next time tell him to spell good so the rest of us can find it lol. I've been looking for a pair too!

 

I couldnt believe it either. He had the title as "2000 F150 headlihgts&corners" Starting price was $35.00 and other than one other person who had asked a question, no one else found it. He had only 1 bid and that was mine for the $35.00 plus shipping. They work great.
Best deals on ebay are found with misspellings in the titles. Search engine dont do spell check.

 

im putting new headlights in my 99, corners have to come out..how do they come out?

 

in my 2002 F-150 there is a star screw on the top of them, easy to get to. Remove the screw and they slide out on guides. They go back in just as easily.

 

Thanks for the help...saw that screw....just couldn't believe thats all there was to the process...my headlights came in broken anyway..so i guess i have plenty of time to practice taking them out...can't believe i asked this question 3 times....guess EVERYBODY knows how corner lamp challenged i am now....

 

LOL. Glad I could help. I originally thought that once I lifted the tabs the headlights would just slide out. It was out of frustration and learning how to cuss in several new languages that I took out the corner piece and THEN, the headlight just slide out. Makes everything so much easier.

Have fun.