Well I did the Headlight mod and also changed out the orange directionaly in the headlights.




Wallyworld was all out of gray primer so I had to use black. Finished product still came out decent.









Now I just need to find time to do the side markers

I added LED's to the headlights to get rid of the orange glow of the stock bulb. I didn't want to cut or tap or splice any wires so this is what I did.

Being an 07 I had no choice but to use the load resistors. Pep Boys(Ricer Boys) didn't have them but AutoZone next door did.

Bulbs - $15 shipped from eBay
Resistors - $13 from AutoZone


Tucked the wire between the bulb and the socket peg than around the outside of the gasket. I had to keep the wire near one of the flats on the locks so the wire would fit into the hole in the headlight housing.


grounded the resistor to the screw on the inside of the radiator support just to the sides of the radiator that was holding the main wiring harness.


The new look of the painted headlights without the orange glow.

 

Nicely done!

 

very nice work

 

cool, good job

 

looks good, now you need to take a pic alittle further away so we can really see it

 

I'll be interested to see how the turn signal looks lighted. That LED is forward-directional, so it won't reflect off the reflector behind it.

 

Some night shots
I used the flash on these. Withotu the flash the lights look brighter and blury.


straight on


up close. The waves in the lense helps to disperse the straight on LED's. But there are also a few LED's in the bulb that point to the sides. Not all are facing forward.


at a bit of an angle

 

And thanks for all the compliments

 

im not one who likes the head light mode the same color as the truck but after seeing yours i stand corrected
now when you do the corners she will be really nice
nice work

 

Nice, how hard was it. Was there any chance of anything breaking?

 

looks good..

i like how you painted the cover that covers the headlight bulb its self..

looks good..how bout some full day shots (:

 

Thats legit

 

looks good

 

Put day shots of the entire front end up.

 

looks good......a little darker cause of the black primer, but it looks good...

 

sweet

 

WHATTTTTTT! MY ANGEL EYE WAS COPIED! i was the first to paint my headlight eye in the middle! but its all good im the originator :)

 

Is this one of the headlight mods people talk about on here? Do you have night shots of the lights being used?

 

red fx444 - Yes you are the 1st. I was thinking well before I got the truck that if I got one I would paint theheadlights after seeing other models (focus, ect) with painted headlights.

I was thinking of doing the dot as well but you had your truck befor me and beat me to it. But I did paint mine with like 1200 moles on the truck. I was sooo scarred I would destroy the lights and have to buy new or aftermarket ones. But I did it with only some slight damages caused by the screw driver to pry the lenses off.

 

that looks really good, i think i may give that a shot, more blue is always good.

 

Looks great man!

What method did you use to open the case/remove the lens?

 

Haven't been in this thread in a while.

I used the oven method to seperate the lense from the housing. Took some trys but they finaly came off.

Almost exactly a year after doing the headlights I was able to get back and do the side markers. Used the oven method again and they came appart a LOT easier.
I will get picks up as soon as I find them or take new ones.

 

I really want to do this mod soon. What is this oven method you talk about?

 

Looks great! Im still kinda nervous about bakin my headlights though

 

Don't be scared to put them in the oven!!!! You put the oven on 225 and let them sit 10-15 min. Then pry them apart, if they don't come loose easily then put them back in for a few more mins. Just keep an eye on them to make sure plastic doesn't melt. At 225 it would take a while for them to melt, but it's best to keep the light on in the oven and watch it..