[AT] tractor hauler a pain to install headlights.

[Cecil Bearden]

My "new"2011 Silverado 2500 HD LTZ is the nicest truck and vehicle I 
have ever owned.  It runs great and for 185000 miles it uses no oil and 
pulls anything I need a 3/4 ton for.  However, the lights are terrible.  
I ordered a new set of headlights online for $140 instead of trying to 
buff out the old ones.  I spent ab out an hour trying to install them 
yesterday then gave up and looked at Alldatadiy.com.   The factory 
estimate is 1.1 hours for installation and that is about 3 hours short 
of what it will take.   My truck has a cowcatcher on the front,  It has 
to come off, the lower plastic and the bumper have to come off to get to 
the grill that has to come off and then I can get the headlight out.  
This is the problem of designing with Autocad and those other computer 
drafting programs. The designer has no idea of the clearance in the 
finished product. 1/2inch would have probably allowed removal without 
all the other parts being removed.  The grill could be removed if there 
was another 1/2 inch between the grill and the bumper.I decided to just 
try to buff the old ones.  Whoever authorized this installation should 
have been neutered with a dull knife.
Cecil
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