[AT] tractor hauler a pain to install headlights.

[Phil Auten]

You betcha! I replaced the headlight bulbs in my '09 F-150 recently. Had 
to remove the entire housing assembly to do it. It was not really that 
hard, but on my old '91 I could do it from the back side in less than 30 
min. for both sides. Took at least twice as long for the '09.Vehicle 
manufacturers are not concerned with you being able to repair their 
vehicles. As a matter of fact, the dealers are very happy with this 
since their repair facilities make far more money for them than new 
vehicle sales.

Phil in TX


On 1/15/2020 9:35 AM, Cecil Bearden wrote:
> 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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