[AT] tractor hauler a pain to install headlights.

[Gilbert Schwartz]

Cecil, I think you just explained to me why I see so many General Motors late-model pickups on the street with only one front light operating. I always wondered why the owner didn't just replace the unit. I don't know if any of the other trucks have that problem. Maybe it's just because there are a lot of General Motors pickups floating around locally. I know that my 04 Dodge was simple for changing the light bulbs.

> On January 15, 2020 at 9:35 AM Cecil Bearden <crbearden at copper.net> 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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