I removed my headlights to paint the black.

And holy hell you deserve a bonze star if you can actually get them lenses off without breaking a sweat.

damn those things are a pain in the ****

Thought I would share.

Pics to come appon completion

Edit: There done after a nice chunk taken out of my finger from the slip of the pry screwdriver. Look a million times better and took a few hours to complete take 30 minutes off the time (time included to bandage cut finger) and you got yourself a nice looking set of lights.

takes some working to get the lenses to seperate so be patient you may have to re heat them a few times until you can get all of it seperated because they cool off quick.

Pics:

 

looks nice and I know how you feel about messing up your finger same kinda thing happened to me while removing my ford emblems to paint them.

 

Agreed, when I read the write ups I thought it would be easy too. Prying mine apart were a huge pain. I definitely wouldn't want to redo them.

 

Sorry for the wait. Heres some on the truck


And ya from the write ups it sounded sooo easy lol. Its a major pain in the ***. But worth it for the finished product

before

After

 

Looks good. I know what you mean by the cutting your finger thing. It happened to me last night while I was doing my emblems, but it was all well worth it

 

aww hell screwdriver aint nothin.... try an acetylene torch. still got the scar on the back of my hand to prove it. lights turned out great.

 

Looks great! Looks like it was worth the pain

 

Time to do the foglights.

 

why would you use a torch on your headlights

 

hey man look into silverstar 3157A turn signals. there kindof a blueish lookin bulb that still lights up amber, it'll make your headlights look that much better to. in my opinion. lol

 

Looks great, I like it.

 

Im gonna look into those bulbs.

And thanks guys. Yea it was definitely worth the pain haha. They look great and really make the truck stand out around here when NO ONE modifies their new body style F150's

I was also going to do the fogs but they wouldnt reflect light very good anymore. I think I would have to swap some HID bulbs in them to make them decently bright after that

 

nah not using a torch on my lights per se lol...... just sayin theres always something out there that is worse that you can do.

 

You baked the heads before prying them apart right?

I wasn't a fan of the silverstars because of the blue tint, you can find chrome turn signal bulbs that still light up amber on Ebay.

Here's the Silverstars:


Here's chrome ones:



- NCSU

 

OOO I really like the chrome ones.

buying now since the amber is flaking off my bulbs anyway


3157's right?

Like these
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/3157-...item588898be7f