How to replace headlights on a 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997 Ford F150, F250, F350. Here's a link for the headlights from Amazon: www.amazon.com...
Gotta love Ford and their crazy designs. I just replaced mine and it was almost comical how much work it was to replace them. It wasn't real hard to do but it was very time consuming.
Just tore mine apart about 5 mins ago while watching your video on my phone. Thank you for doing such a thorough job. I was a little scared to try it till I watched your video. Only thing I'd add is the dang stock horn is in the way on the passenger side. Otherwise I followed step by step and it was pretty painless. Thank you! Keep up the good work and keep that truck looking good.
The amount of work it takes just to get the headlight assemblies out is mind blowing what the hell is Ford thinking when they did all this stuff they have to be the hardest vehicle I've ever had to work on
You were spot on with the instructions. Thanks for the great how to. The clips were the hardest part. They were a bear to get off due to all the dirt "welding" them to the plastic. One additional step I did was to remove the batteries. I could not get my arm in far enough to remove the marker light bolts with them in place.
Good video, for my 97 f250, I found it easier to get at the lower turn signal nuts by going at it from underneath. While peeling back the inner fender liner, 7/16 did the trick!
Thanks for the well detailed video. Was expecting this to be as easy as 123 and discovered its a easy as 2÷3. Didn't realize you basically half to take the whole front off just to replace some headlights!
A far cry from garbage my friend. I bought my 97 f250 7.3 4x4 new. Paid $27k. It's 23 years old now with 250k on it. Still runs like a top. It's just starting to rust under the paint by the bed wheelwells. Besides the normal tires, brakes, batteries, and a few sensors, my truck has been awesome. Actually 100% rock solid. Still getting 17mpg too. I never got stuck with this truck. I put a 2800lb slide in truck camper on the back and have over 50k miles driving on long island beaches. Since buying this truck, my brother has gone through 2 dodge and 1 Chevy truck. He is back with ford now. One friend has 780,000 miles on his truck. Ford mechanics call the 7.3 powerstroke,"the million mile motor". Say that. Million mile motor. Plus you can double the horsepower and torque with a few minor mods if that's your thing. The craziest thing is that similar 94-97 f250/350 7.3 trucks are selling for $12k-$24k and mine is in better shape. I've seen some over $30k. You will never see a dodge or Chevy from any year hold the value like a 94-97 f250/350 with the 7.3 powerstroke. It's the best pickup truck ever made period!!!
I love my '93 7.5 F250 with 1-ton suspension and yes, a gasser. Drove it from California to Florida and back in 2007 with no problems; in fact sound as a rock. Gas mileage terrible, but I don't miss the diesel gargle sound and it's not my main town vehicle. Trigger's quiet as a church mouse. That said, I will have a diesel someday too. Love the 7.3 culture. Very helpful video. Thank you~~
This is what I have been doing all day....will finish tomorrow. Big job but this video helped out a lot!! I got the headlights, corner lights and turn signals so it is a bit more involved. The nuts on the inside of the hood on backside of lights is a super pain in the.....knuckles. The only good thing about this...I will never do it again!
Good Vidio. Few Suggestions. - You not need to remove the Big Black Plastic Part. You can reach in from the Outside with Needle Nose Plyers and Pull ALL Clip from Outside. - If you use Snap Ring Plyers on the 3 Clips. It's a lot easier.
Thanks bub, For what is worth I Took the extra time and pulled the battery and Battery rest out and it made it a breeze, "You helped me get the job done with out destroying ole Betsy"! Awesome stuff
Great video I've watched this before and it is really helpful. Been trying to figure out how to replace the headlights properly. This is my first vehicle and I'm glad that I get to get it back running.
I got mine all chromed out and now i cant do it i got work at 3am right now 7pm next week im gonna watch this again and see how it goes thanks for explaining!
Love the video, but when you took the head light retainers out the top ones are able to be taken out through the top just take the rubber piece you pulled up on to show use, but also taking the whole thing out is easier for the bottom one
Thanks for the nice straight forward video. I just changed the lights on my wife's Acura MDX. Like most things I do the first time, the first side took about three hours and the other side took about an hour! I'm going to do my '95 F350 tomorrow and it looks a lot easier especially thanks to your video.
Good video. I'm gonna put in some new headlights on my 96 f150. Just put new ones on my 96 mustang and that was wayyy more of pita than I expected. Looks like my truck won't be much better lol. Your video gives me more confidence tho. ✌️
thank you. my middle bolt on the grill just disintegrated and broke off the plastic trim. regardless your video is very helpful! why would they make it easy lol
About how much time does this take? I noticed that you didn't have to remove the batteries to get your ratchet down there or to recover those 11mm nuts. Lucky you! Great tutorial 👌
Hey I have a 97 f350 7.3 manual and I’m looking for LED lights I found some part number 9007 and it wants me to get the conversion kit do I need it or not and for my side lights what would you recommend for those LED as well
I know this is an old video, but where did you buy those extra clips for the back of the headlights for those adjusting nuts? I can't find them anywhere.
Can you just replace the lense covering the headlights? It appears there's clips holding them on (?) I just need new lenses and not the entire headlight....
You weren't clear.. 1992-1996 F150 and 1992-1997 F250 and F350.. In 1997 the F150 was a totally new truck. Gone was the bulletproof 4.9 straight six to the beginning of the spark plug debacle that plagued the V-8 engines as well as the new for 1997 V-6. So great video but it doesn't cover any F150 beginning in 1997.
What a royal pain in the ass, my wife has a Honda and it took me 15 min to replace both, lol😂 Thank You for this video tho, truck looks a lot better with the new headlights!
That stinks! The ones I got were only $50 or so and seem to work well if you want to switch back. I think the OBS trucks look good enough as is, figured the 'original' look was the way to go.
Who ever designed that...Was not much of an Engineer... Engineers are taught to design things to simplify the operation of changing them in and out easily !!!!!
🤣🤣🤣 if you believe that then I have a bridge for sale. As a heavy truck mechanic I've found very few engineers that seem interested in making it easy to work on. Especially Volvo class 8 trucks.
I don't fully remember what I had; they were Nitto Terra Grapplers maybe? Not sure if I had a bad batch, but two of them started to have their tread separate on me. I replaced them with some BF Goodrich all terrain's and haven't had an issue.
These headlights are okay, probably not quite as good as OEM. I had some trouble getting one of the headlight clips on and ended up cracking part of the black plastic support in the process. They are a little loose from the adjuster mechanism, but for the price they work and look great! Considering how cheap they are, I'd probably get the same ones again if I were to redo it. Just be ready with a pocket knife to whittle away some plastic on at least one of the headlight retainers.
By the way here's the link to the headlights I got from amazon: www.amazon.com/Passenger-Headlights-Replacement-F2TZ13008B-F2TZ13008A/dp/B008G2306U/ref=sr_1_19?s=automotive&ie=UTF8&qid=1546102820&vehicle=1997-54-669-656-47-53-11-8-3501--3-2-125-468-2-0&sr=1-19&ymm=1997%3Aford%3Af-350&keywords=headlights
I just got the cheap ones from amazon: www.amazon.com/Passenger-Headlights-Replacement-F2TZ13008B-F2TZ13008A/dp/B008G2306U/ref=sr_1_19?s=automotive&ie=UTF8&qid=1546102820&vehicle=1997-54-669-656-47-53-11-8-3501--3-2-125-468-2-0&sr=1-19&ymm=1997%3Aford%3Af-350&keywords=headlights
@@Rnddiesel Oh then why not restore the headlights instead of replacing them...It is very easy and looks good as new if done correctly...now you can at least practice on the old ones for the next time you need new lights..
Replace them its the only way to make them look new,haven't seen a restoration look even close to a new one and restoring won't last, sorry they fade real quick
@@robertlewis4130 I do headlight restoration and if you do it right and put a ceramic or graphene coating on afterwards they will last for years with minimal maintenance..
Waste of time and effort for my experience. I just needed to change my left headlight and all I needed to do was take out the coolant tank to get it out the way and pull the headlight from there.
after taking way longer than it should, plastic parts breaking, bolts next to impossible to access on my ford f150. all I have to say to the designers of the pickup is that your mothers are all 304s
U should of not moved them they should be adjusted from before u take them out. I don't know yours where mint like I said mine yellow original all Canada. Water SALT heat and 40 years soon not many cars make it
@@merholland8707 Oh you've got a super duty then, either that or f250/f150? Somewhere around 1996 they switched the f150 body style, and 1997 was the last year of the old body style for larger than half ton trucks.
Gotta love Ford and their crazy designs. I just replaced mine and it was almost comical how much work it was to replace them. It wasn't real hard to do but it was very time consuming.
You should see Chevy. I had to take off the front bumper to just change the light.
My 05 Duramax you pull a couple of PN swing it out unplug it plugged new one put the rods back in Presto Bango
Just tore mine apart about 5 mins ago while watching your video on my phone. Thank you for doing such a thorough job. I was a little scared to try it till I watched your video. Only thing I'd add is the dang stock horn is in the way on the passenger side. Otherwise I followed step by step and it was pretty painless. Thank you! Keep up the good work and keep that truck looking good.
The amount of work it takes just to get the headlight assemblies out is mind blowing what the hell is Ford thinking when they did all this stuff they have to be the hardest vehicle I've ever had to work on
Thanks for pointing out all of the nuts and bolts. Thorough and much appreciated how-to.
You were spot on with the instructions. Thanks for the great how to. The clips were the hardest part. They were a bear to get off due to all the dirt "welding" them to the plastic.
One additional step I did was to remove the batteries. I could not get my arm in far enough to remove the marker light bolts with them in place.
Good video, for my 97 f250, I found it easier to get at the lower turn signal nuts by going at it from underneath. While peeling back the inner fender liner, 7/16 did the trick!
Thanks for the well detailed video. Was expecting this to be as easy as 123 and discovered its a easy as 2÷3. Didn't realize you basically half to take the whole front off just to replace some headlights!
THANK YOU for this, some of the details OTHERS leave out or skip over !
Good job showing how to set up the headlights aiming ! Thanks for sharing how to get er done in good fashion. 😉
Man-O-Manischewitz, the best trucks are in Texas! Love those 90's model F Series. Dare I say The Finest Trucks Ever Made? I do, I just did.
They are absolute garbage.
A far cry from garbage my friend. I bought my 97 f250 7.3 4x4 new. Paid $27k. It's 23 years old now with 250k on it. Still runs like a top. It's just starting to rust under the paint by the bed wheelwells. Besides the normal tires, brakes, batteries, and a few sensors, my truck has been awesome. Actually 100% rock solid. Still getting 17mpg too. I never got stuck with this truck. I put a 2800lb slide in truck camper on the back and have over 50k miles driving on long island beaches. Since buying this truck, my brother has gone through 2 dodge and 1 Chevy truck. He is back with ford now. One friend has 780,000 miles on his truck. Ford mechanics call the 7.3 powerstroke,"the million mile motor". Say that. Million mile motor. Plus you can double the horsepower and torque with a few minor mods if that's your thing. The craziest thing is that similar 94-97 f250/350 7.3 trucks are selling for $12k-$24k and mine is in better shape. I've seen some over $30k. You will never see a dodge or Chevy from any year hold the value like a 94-97 f250/350 with the 7.3 powerstroke. It's the best pickup truck ever made period!!!
How can you say garbage? Of all the Engines i delt with at work International wise the 7.3 is my favorite
I'm not a automobile expert but my 95 351 is probably the most beautiful beastly thing I've owned.
@@nehemiahgrubbs2470 ppp
I love my '93 7.5 F250 with 1-ton suspension and yes, a gasser. Drove it from California to Florida and back in 2007 with no problems; in fact sound as a rock. Gas mileage terrible, but I don't miss the diesel gargle sound and it's not my main town vehicle. Trigger's quiet as a church mouse. That said, I will have a diesel someday too. Love the 7.3 culture. Very helpful video. Thank you~~
This is what I have been doing all day....will finish tomorrow. Big job but this video helped out a lot!! I got the headlights, corner lights and turn signals so it is a bit more involved. The nuts on the inside of the hood on backside of lights is a super pain in the.....knuckles. The only good thing about this...I will never do it again!
Good Vidio. Few Suggestions.
- You not need to remove the Big Black Plastic Part. You can reach in from the Outside with Needle Nose Plyers and Pull ALL Clip from Outside.
- If you use Snap Ring Plyers on the 3 Clips. It's a lot easier.
thanks buddy.95 f150 2wd 4,9L.i'm afraid of a future without these trucks in it.
Don't worry, there won't be a future without these old trucks if folks like you and me keep them going!
Great job! Thanks. Concise, clear, well filmed.
Great tutorial, my 97's are foggy with condensation behind the lenses. Need this mod ASAP.
Thanks bub, For what is worth I Took the extra time and pulled the battery and Battery rest out and it made it a breeze, "You helped me get the job done with out destroying ole Betsy"! Awesome stuff
Great video I've watched this before and it is really helpful. Been trying to figure out how to replace the headlights properly. This is my first vehicle and I'm glad that I get to get it back running.
Love that sound!! 👍🏼👍🏼
This will help with my 94 thank you for explaining how to do this!
Been a while!! Glad to see the pickups still tickin.
Me too, that's one of the benefits to the 7.3 after all!
Makes me miss my '72 Dodge D100. Was like 3 exposed screws. New lights are $6. Glass so always clear
Great video. A lot of information without all the jibberish on the other videos.
Just got my first truck 1995 Ford F-150 and the headlights needed replaced this video helped a lot
I got mine all chromed out and now i cant do it i got work at 3am right now 7pm next week im gonna watch this again and see how it goes thanks for explaining!
Thanks for this video, helped taking out the front grill made all the difference.
Love the video, but when you took the head light retainers out the top ones are able to be taken out through the top just take the rubber piece you pulled up on to show use, but also taking the whole thing out is easier for the bottom one
I really appreciate how well this video was put together. It was super helpful. Thank you!
Thanks for this!! Helped me a lot. You the hero.
What a pain in the rear, but I can finally see again!!
Replacing mine today! Thanks for the video makes it easy.
Thanks for the nice straight forward video. I just changed the lights on my wife's Acura MDX. Like most things I do the first time, the first side took about three hours and the other side took about an hour! I'm going to do my '95 F350 tomorrow and it looks a lot easier especially thanks to your video.
Good video. I'm gonna put in some new headlights on my 96 f150. Just put new ones on my 96 mustang and that was wayyy more of pita than I expected. Looks like my truck won't be much better lol. Your video gives me more confidence tho. ✌️
Thanks for the vid my headlight socket rattled out and melted my bucket ! What a shame
That’s nice ! I can finally install my clear headlights !
why am i watching this video AFTER i broke my headlight trim and probably some of the screws/headlight itself... good thing im gettin new ones soon!
thank you. my middle bolt on the grill just disintegrated and broke off the plastic trim. regardless your video is very helpful! why would they make it easy lol
I'm in Canada mine 1993 are yellow this I need to do so they can shine threw. Most guys use the bright blue. Very bright good video
Use snap ring pliers on the clips if you have em. 👍
Great video! I started mine wrong but recoverable.
Why did you change them? The link to order them is in the video description right.
About how much time does this take? I noticed that you didn't have to remove the batteries to get your ratchet down there or to recover those 11mm nuts. Lucky you! Great tutorial 👌
Dude, I cannot see the two trim bolts you speak of down below. Looked forever. Not sure what I’m missing.
I’ll be doing this in a few weeks and I’ll also watching this video again while I’m replacing the head lights and the builds
awesome tutorial man thanks! very helpful and detailed just like a pro
Very good how to video!
Hey I have a 97 f350 7.3 manual and I’m looking for LED lights I found some part number 9007 and it wants me to get the conversion kit do I need it or not and for my side lights what would you recommend for those LED as well
Thanks to your vid I know how to replace my headlights. Thank you
Thanks brother..thats a bad ass truck..good job
Very detailed, thanks! Did mine today.
I know this is an old video, but where did you buy those extra clips for the back of the headlights for those adjusting nuts? I can't find them anywhere.
Are you talking about these clips: www.amazon.com/Headlight-Retainer-Clip-Ford-Durable/dp/B078NWC16Q ?
Can you just replace the lense covering the headlights? It appears there's clips holding them on (?) I just need new lenses and not the entire headlight....
Thanks for this video. Informative! Also, thanks for the Amazon link!
THANK YOU. !!
Great video!! Short and very helpful! Thank you
Aaahhh, I watched this video hoping you'd show how to replace the adjusters to the new headlights...
Good video though. Thanks
You weren't clear.. 1992-1996 F150 and 1992-1997 F250 and F350.. In 1997 the F150 was a totally new truck. Gone was the bulletproof 4.9 straight six to the beginning of the spark plug debacle that plagued the V-8 engines as well as the new for 1997 V-6. So great video but it doesn't cover any F150 beginning in 1997.
Gracias me ayudo mucho en mi f150 cestón de 1992
Good vid bro remind me of me 30 yrs ago lol.
Good video, but man....that valance! Holy crap 😳
Hey what model of lamp are you using?
Nice Vidya doing my 95 today
Got mine on order. Thanks
Where can I buy does clips that hold the light or what are they called ??
I found them thank you for your help
What a royal pain in the ass, my wife has a Honda and it took me 15 min to replace both, lol😂 Thank You for this video tho, truck looks a lot better with the new headlights!
Where did you get that valance lol?
How many people does it take to change a light bulb?
Thank you so very much sir. God bless
U was so helpful man thanks alot i will subscribe im a youngsta with the obs 93 f150.
I'm glad I could help!
I change light on 94 f250 put smoked headlights in what a mistake cant see a dam thing a night
That stinks! The ones I got were only $50 or so and seem to work well if you want to switch back. I think the OBS trucks look good enough as is, figured the 'original' look was the way to go.
@@Rnddiesel throwed the other ones in dumpster long time ago they was fogged up and junk
@@sun9912 Darn, yeah 20+ years will do that to them!
By some 9007 led lights that could fix it @sun420
@@lonewolfbg5367 have them 9007 in it melted plastic
Who ever designed that...Was not much of an Engineer...
Engineers are taught to design things to simplify the operation of changing them in and out easily !!!!!
🤣🤣🤣 if you believe that then I have a bridge for sale. As a heavy truck mechanic I've found very few engineers that seem interested in making it easy to work on. Especially Volvo class 8 trucks.
Thank you so much man
My right head light chrome cover is stuck
Thank you
Thanks , nice Truck
God bless Texas!
Nice watch
No mercy for the poor mechanic.
Thanks.
What tires are you running in this bud
I don't fully remember what I had; they were Nitto Terra Grapplers maybe?
Not sure if I had a bad batch, but two of them started to have their tread separate on me. I replaced them with some BF Goodrich all terrain's and haven't had an issue.
Are these lights good as oem's? Been wanting to change mine out on my 97 powerstroke.
These headlights are okay, probably not quite as good as OEM. I had some trouble getting one of the headlight clips on and ended up cracking part of the black plastic support in the process. They are a little loose from the adjuster mechanism, but for the price they work and look great! Considering how cheap they are, I'd probably get the same ones again if I were to redo it. Just be ready with a pocket knife to whittle away some plastic on at least one of the headlight retainers.
By the way here's the link to the headlights I got from amazon:
www.amazon.com/Passenger-Headlights-Replacement-F2TZ13008B-F2TZ13008A/dp/B008G2306U/ref=sr_1_19?s=automotive&ie=UTF8&qid=1546102820&vehicle=1997-54-669-656-47-53-11-8-3501--3-2-125-468-2-0&sr=1-19&ymm=1997%3Aford%3Af-350&keywords=headlights
You should check out the Tony Rojo light. Google fox shop tony rojo lights.
Where did you get them, missed in in video?
I just got the cheap ones from amazon:
www.amazon.com/Passenger-Headlights-Replacement-F2TZ13008B-F2TZ13008A/dp/B008G2306U/ref=sr_1_19?s=automotive&ie=UTF8&qid=1546102820&vehicle=1997-54-669-656-47-53-11-8-3501--3-2-125-468-2-0&sr=1-19&ymm=1997%3Aford%3Af-350&keywords=headlights
Good, thanks.
I never want to do this again, my package might as well have said “almost OEM fit”
But why did you replace them?
To make the truck look better! My old lights were a bit hazed, and I like the idea of restoring the old rig.
@@Rnddiesel Oh then why not restore the headlights instead of replacing them...It is very easy and looks good as new if done correctly...now you can at least practice on the old ones for the next time you need new lights..
Replace them its the only way to make them look new,haven't seen a restoration look even close to a new one and restoring won't last, sorry they fade real quick
@@robertlewis4130 I do headlight restoration and if you do it right and put a ceramic or graphene coating on afterwards they will last for years with minimal maintenance..
Boy, I'd rather change headlights on my 2000 Mustang. Pull 2 pins and they are out. 5 minutes each r&r.
looks like you did it the hard way
What's the easy way?
You don't sell your truck
I don't plan on it anytime soon! Besides, who'd want to buy it with a DIY intercooler, 160cc injectors, a homemade exhaust, and with over 365k miles?
I would lol I'm so in love with those trucks it's all about having a heart for them lol
@@hectorbenavidez3012 Haha, absolutely!
These trucks aren't sold, they're put up for adoption.
Waste of time and effort for my experience. I just needed to change my left headlight and all I needed to do was take out the coolant tank to get it out the way and pull the headlight from there.
Not the same on a 97 F350
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after taking way longer than it should, plastic parts breaking, bolts next to impossible to access on my ford f150. all I have to say to the designers of the pickup is that your mothers are all 304s
U should of not moved them they should be adjusted from before u take them out. I don't know yours where mint like I said mine yellow original all Canada. Water SALT heat and 40 years soon not many cars make it
Why do they make that so hard lol
3:05 hi
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That is not how my 97 looks or is set up.
That's odd, how's yours different?
I guess they changed body styles mid year. Mine is the rounded body style. They don't usually switch mid year.
@@merholland8707 Oh you've got a super duty then, either that or f250/f150? Somewhere around 1996 they switched the f150 body style, and 1997 was the last year of the old body style for larger than half ton trucks.
F150 lariat. Nothing special, but yes, they changed around June/July that year for some reason
In 97 fords offer the old body style and the new body style on the super duty truck. In case the new body style didn't sell.
What a shit design for such a small task.