never has a KZbin video changed my mind about somthing I was going to try to do myself.
@jilllatif23302 жыл бұрын
I didn't know that you had to take the whole truck apart to replace the headlights. Forget that! I'll just buy a new truck.
@xxdemonshitxx Жыл бұрын
🤣🤣🤣
@Pancho_86 Жыл бұрын
You don't 😂 this is ridiculous. This is about 10 steps too many
@Pancho_86 Жыл бұрын
I just finished mine, did both headlights in 20 mins
@frankwright87218 ай бұрын
You've got to be fucking kidding
@alexgalvan4126 ай бұрын
@@Pancho_86you gonna drop a video or nah?
@bradfallin26983 жыл бұрын
That's the most F upped thing I've ever seen for what should be a minor maintenance procedure.
@mbrick2 жыл бұрын
You must not have worked on many Subaru or Audis...
@NoStepOnSnek762 Жыл бұрын
How is changing the entire headlamp assembly a "maintenance" item?
@AJsRidesaneReviews Жыл бұрын
Yea all the new trucks are that way. Got to take damn near the whole front end just to replace a assembly
@americannic3 ай бұрын
I heard Ray was the same
@yanuriroschev727010 ай бұрын
I can't believe there is this much effort involved in simply trying to change out a light bulb. Seriously!
@ShortbusBoss8 ай бұрын
If you want to simply change the bulb you can access it from behind the wheel liner
@g.l.2096 Жыл бұрын
I had replaced my housings with the Alpharex Pro Series Projector headlights when I bought my F-150. They come with H7 Halogen bulbs, so you HAVE to remove the headlight housing to replace both the high and low beam bulbs. I didn't know that when I switched to the Alpharex, but since I installed the Alpharex my self, I went ahead and replaced the bulbs myself. This video is the greatest to walk me through the process!!!
@WanderingBobAK Жыл бұрын
Great detailed video, but ABSOLUTELY NUTS to have to go through all these steps to replace a headlight!!!
@eddyflo2978 Жыл бұрын
Awesome, I'll be taking my 2 week paid vacation so I can have enough time to attempt this
@Pancho_86 Жыл бұрын
I'm sure you've done this by now but I just did mine and it took 20 minutes for both lights. This way is absolutely ridiculous and unnecessary. You can remove some screws in the wheel well that hold the liner in, fold the liner back until you have enough room, reach up, remove the dust cover and change the bulb. It's so easy, I didn't even get half way through my beer
@c_h8623 ай бұрын
@@Pancho_86so wait, you were able to change the bulbs without removing everything? You mean from under the truck?
@pna85502 ай бұрын
yeah I have done it to mine before. I did it this way at first and gave up but figured out you can do it from wheel well. Pretty simple just wake sure u have truck off for a while bf you do it. Lots of hot stuff up there
@uatallone2 жыл бұрын
I agree with the other comments; however, I will say I appreciate this video because I could not have done this myself without it. Pain in the butt, but I was not paying Lord knows how much at a shop for them to do it.
@eddyflo2978 Жыл бұрын
Same
@Bangbangbigelow9 ай бұрын
This video has made me decide to hand in my Man card and switch to a Prius
@Cristov1237 ай бұрын
I'm a die hard Ford guy. But they really fucked up by making you take apart the whole front end to get a damn head light out... huge miss
@orestwitiw2132 ай бұрын
You don’t have to disassemble the whole front end. F150 LED’s has a KZbin video on a shortcut. I tried it and although not fun it is easier than taking apart your truck. You remove 4 screws that hold the inner liner in place and fold it behind your wheel. That exposes the headlight socket. If you aren’t installing led’s it’s easier but if you are you have to tuck the wiring and anti flicker module into the headlight housing. I did figure out that on the headlight socket there is a chrome retainer ring held in place by 3 Torx Screws and it was way easier to twist the new LED bulb in if you loosened those Torx screws put the LED in place and then tighten them! The drivers side is easier than the passengers side for the low beam as there is a wire harness that makes it a tight squeeze. The high beam is very easy to get to! I’m 69! and if I can do it most guys should be able to do it.
@Cristov1232 ай бұрын
@orestwitiw213 I guess I'll have to check out that video. Hopefully won't have to touch them again for a while since I recently replaced both lights lol
@David-qk6pr2 жыл бұрын
Terrible engineering, they should offer free lifetime headlight replacement with every purchase.
@drizler5 ай бұрын
I’ve been doing my own wrenching for almost 50 years and believe me I’ve seen DUMB. With this mess I’d say Ford really jumped the shark. There is absolutely no excuse for creating a headache like this for a regular maintenance item. When you consider how often Halogen headlights burn out it’s even worse. Truly FOUND ON THE ROAD DEAD👎🏻
@rmpharris3 ай бұрын
This is to replace the entire headlight assembly not the light bulbs. I replaced my light bulbs on my 18 F150 in about 15 minutes. That was both sides.
@jasonseigfried8941 Жыл бұрын
How many of yall think this is the process to replace the bulbs? Those are accessible through the fender wells. An i hate to break it to you but, any reasonably modern car is going to require a bit of dissasembly of the front end usually including the entire front bumper on cars to get the housings off.
@DeltaFoxtrotWhiskey37 ай бұрын
This is the procedure to replace the bulbs. You can’t just reach around behind them to get them out like you could on the 98 Taurus or the 2006 Jeep Liberty or the Mercedes Sprinter.
@jasonseigfried89417 ай бұрын
@@DeltaFoxtrotWhiskey3 except that you can through the wheel well and fender cover. i did exactly that on my 2018. to replace the actual housing i get the massive dissasembly. but for just the bulbs its not as intense.
@Vbhs332 жыл бұрын
Damn I’ve changed my mind on replacing mine smh 🤦🏼♂️
@Kennykoo65 Жыл бұрын
Oh cool. So you don’t actually have to remove the tailgate
@austinstarling25159 ай бұрын
😭😭😭
@sneaki252 жыл бұрын
Boy looking at these comments I realize I wasn’t the only one that said nah I will just pay somebody
@Boosted-truck Жыл бұрын
So I just did this like 5 minutes ago. Followed everything he did and it was really simple. Was about 1.5 hours to do both and most of that was researching the video to see the next step lol. My only part of advice is that, if you are doing the fog lights too. To just change the bulb out when the headlight is out, save you from laying on the ground to just do it when the light it out! Went smoothly to replace all 6 bulbs!
@karlhaistjr80663 ай бұрын
Great video man thank you! Wife had a truck deer incident right before a fishing trip up North and this video made it a breeze. Thank you!
@danielberghamer6478 Жыл бұрын
GREAT VIDEO. Trying to replace the bulbs by crawling through the wheel wells (as simplified in other videos) is close to impossible. This process is well worth the time to get it done. However, the design by Ford to necessitate all this is seriously flawed. Thanks for the video!
@FredS-yr4hd2 жыл бұрын
im upgrading a buddies grille to the raptor style and he also ordered some new headlights. this will make the whole process easy for me in the end!
@cpradel26838 ай бұрын
This is to change the headlight not the bulb. Owners manual even says to go thru the wheel well. I replaced my fog light (with led) and low beams (led bulbs) in 15 minutes each side.
@ernestcote28362 ай бұрын
It’s one of those if you did it every day, it would be easy to do. But if you watch the video a few times and actually try it, it really isn’t that hard to do. It should take no longer than an hour or two to swap out the fixtures.
@eltuck223 жыл бұрын
All that just to get the housings out 🤦🏻♂️
@jbericks9 ай бұрын
Many comments about how ridiculous this is to change out bulbs. That’s correct, it is ridiculous. HOWEVER this is how the entire headlight assembly is removed, not the only to change the bulbs. The bulbs can be replaced easily by removing a few screws from the wheel well liners.
@DeltaFoxtrotWhiskey37 ай бұрын
No they can’t. I just tried that. I couldn’t even fit my hand in there to get the dust cover off.
@Freabyrd2 жыл бұрын
Anything worth doing, is worth doing right! That's why I'm definitely paying someone to do this when I replace mine after watching this. Is it possible to make it any more frustrating to replace a stinking bulb .
@Qxvvs Жыл бұрын
How much was it to pay someone
@bustersterling76672 жыл бұрын
I just tried to replace mine with LED but didn't do it this way. I removed four screws in the wheel well and a clip, removed the dust cover. I then tried to turn the bulb counterclockwise but couldn't budge it. I was afraid of breaking it so I just stopped and reattached everything. I'll definitely look for someone to put these on.
@c_h8623 ай бұрын
Very detailed explanation. 🎉🎉🎉
@13TH41Squach6 ай бұрын
During the first step (fender flare removal) your video shows the retaining clips stuck to the trim piece. Like you, my retaining clips were also stuck. What you failed to show was the step removing those clips and attaching them back to the flare. If your clips stick to the trim piece, you cannot properly attach the flare. Make sure to remove the clips from the trim and reattach to the fender. Hopefully this comment saves some headache.
@alidaimasoum7339 ай бұрын
Awesome buddy, thank you
@northcarolina78538 ай бұрын
the old style fords were only 3 screws..i changed mine in my 2019..it took me 2hrs..just take ur time and u will be ok
@adventuresofluqmitakbi213811 ай бұрын
Wanted to replace the HL on my work truck, but Im not goimg through this entire ridiculous process to replace one lamp. This video also helps me make the decision to not buy an F150 as my personal truck. I think I'll go with a chevy
@fordf15077 ай бұрын
Kill some time and reach through the wheel well 👍🏼👍🏼your welcome 😊
@dsemenenko0 Жыл бұрын
What are those wiring at the back of headlight called?
@cancan19702 жыл бұрын
Great job thank you!!
@BaristaShin2 жыл бұрын
What a shitty design by Ford. I guess mine stays
@banoo41392 жыл бұрын
I just wanna replace the bulb..
@tedanoch3 ай бұрын
Great vid
@MrMoto65511 ай бұрын
Makes me miss my 98 Chevy. All i had to do was take out 4 screws! Did both in the autozone parking lot....
@MrMoto65511 ай бұрын
Just finished replacing my driver's side bulb. I removed 2 screws and bent the fender cover back and reached up inside to remove the bulb. Took about 10 minutes.
@jonathanluu72907 ай бұрын
This is not bad compared to trying to add running lights on a tow mirror for a base model. But im still not looking forward to it
@hunterman600cc10 ай бұрын
Some Ford engineer walked in on his wife getting jumped by a mechanic and has been taking it out on us ever since.
@michaelboyle43212 жыл бұрын
Looks like the factory headlights are staying!!!! Eff that
@billbowers39302 жыл бұрын
All that nonsense just to remove a headlight. Engineering gone amok again.
@seanbranstetter34982 жыл бұрын
🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️ engineers are the wors
@243bmk3 ай бұрын
I came here cause i bought a used 2019 and the passenger side bight is aimed at the ground and is apparently stuck. I was going to try to remove the assembly an "un-stuck" it. In my old 06 Silverado, you popped the hood and pulled 1 pin and the whole yhing just rolled out. It was like a 6 second operation. This is absurd.
@scottc9215 Жыл бұрын
You don’t need to disassemble the entire front end. You can remove 4 screws from the inner fender and remove them from behind. It’s a pain, but it’s not this!
@rdsii64 Жыл бұрын
As much as I love my truck, all this to replace a headlight is beyond wrong.
@earlpassino3626 Жыл бұрын
You don't have to take your truck all apart... just remove your tire... a couple screws and a plastic screw clip and pull the plastic fender out of the way, revealing the lights... just reach up in and replace the damn light.
@cheeznhard Жыл бұрын
And that's pretty much exactly what it says in the description. Lol
@earlpassino3626 Жыл бұрын
@@cheeznhard Lol... I must of missed that... I just watched my friend change his headlight... after I was trying to show him this video... I guess, the 1st time he changed a headlight on this truck, it took him like 3 hours, the 1st time.
@J05U39 ай бұрын
Idk how tf, but I broke the frame that holds the shutters behind the grill, 🎉
@pensador9782 жыл бұрын
Good video
@TheF150drvrАй бұрын
Yeah, somebody gin get this labor. I'll pay.
@elijahbey33664 ай бұрын
For a minute there I thought he was going to have to remove the engine and transmission.
@lykinsxc Жыл бұрын
What is worse is my Truck is a Platinum. Three or four more steps in changing out a broken light assembly.
@gyulatakacs1824 Жыл бұрын
My 2004 silverado was like a 2 minute job.
@banoo41392 жыл бұрын
This video is to replace the unit.
@TK-xm4en Жыл бұрын
It would probably be easier to find competent engineers for future models.
@annakon84235 ай бұрын
You're showing the ford from 2018 but my husband's truck is a 2015 model and there are no bulbs in it. There's a whole system that costs obout $300. There is no bulb there. The entire Headlamp FL3Z-13C626-C lamp costs $270 plus tax and shipping. What they are doing to customers is terrible. His front light just burned out and he took it apart and couldn't find any bulbs. And no one is talking about it. And nobody didn't make any video about it . He would have to go to the service center and pay a few hundred for it. In the past, you went to the store and bought a bulb for 2 dollars and changed it in just a few minutes. It's a nightmare now.
@charcoal722 жыл бұрын
wow, I still love my F150, but I miss the old days when trucks were simple, this seem like a lot of clips and metric bolt changes.... just saying
@nickeclipse2153 Жыл бұрын
Good thing I got vacation time holy hell, these engineers literally made this so horrible, my 2012 was pop the hood take out 3-5 screws and boom that's it
@bagan880411 ай бұрын
I fucking hate Ford because of this now.
@michaellong23132 жыл бұрын
Wtf
@Omar-bu7is9 ай бұрын
Woww im getting rid of my truck thats rediculouse
@MrBmcfly10 ай бұрын
This is completely insanely stupid. Unbelievable.
@blakeprince34195 ай бұрын
This is a joke right
@zachrogers266 Жыл бұрын
I'd rather get a second vasectomy than change out these headlights.
@emilywhiteside13962 жыл бұрын
Every single time I pry the clips out they just break fml
@c_h8623 ай бұрын
This can’t be real
@jackhammer97754 ай бұрын
Ummm, no
@RaulMartinez-pq5in3 ай бұрын
I have to take the whole front apart to change a headlight?! Real fucking stupid!
@cadesmith42789 ай бұрын
Ummmmmm,,,,no.
@hawwwgjaw5 ай бұрын
This is bullshit!!! Im done buying fords.
@ES-qm6iw13 күн бұрын
NO!! Total BS!! Just go in through the wheel well.
@VictorKeithDHHS5 ай бұрын
Dumb design to remove bulbs from your truck. what happened to just reaching behind the light and pulling out the bulbs. simply stupid design
@kevinbroadway5398 Жыл бұрын
what a joke, i'd rather put some nice halogen bulbs
@Pancho_86 Жыл бұрын
Boys, do NOT waste your time with this bullshit 😂. I just did both headlights in 20 mins. Look in your wheel well and you'll see about 3-4 small screws holding the liner in. Remove those and you can fold the liner back and use the tire to hold it. You can easily reach up, remove the dust cover and change the bulb. This way in the video is absolutely ridiculous