4th Gen DIY How to get your headlights out!
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04-20-2011, 10:04 PM
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How to get your headlights out!
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First of all, pop the hood and remove the insulator thing that runs across the top of the radiator, it uses six of the plastic push pin things:
One in each fender, two near the front (grill) area, and two large ones at the back of radiator:
What I do is pull up the five on the right, leaving just the one on the passenger side fender and rotate the insulator thing so that it sits on top of the engine:
Now, you have to remove the grill assembly. The grill uses four 10mm bolts along the top of the radiator support, remove these:
**NOTE: The outer two and inner two bolts are different. The outer two have threads spaced out much further since they bolt into plastic. The inner two have very close threads (and are shorter) since they bolt into metal.**
Once you have the four bolts removed, the hard part of removing the grill is next. You have to pull the grill straight out. On both sides, at the bottom of the grill (where it meets the bumper) there is a tab and insert. You have to gently, but firmly, pull on the grill straight out. Be careful as you WILL damage your paint/chrome. Here are the tab inserts:
Now, like the 3rd gen Rams, each headlight has two bolts (10mm) on the inboard side of the headlight. These are hidden by the grill. Remove them:
Next, the biggest improvement over the 3rd gen Rams is that there is no third bolt to try and access without damaging your front bumper's paint. But you do have to release the back of the headlight in order to remove it. If you look inside each front fender well (easiest to turn the front wheels fully one direction or the other) you will see a small access cover held in place by another small plastic push pin:
If you reach inside, there is a tab you have to push up to release the back of the headlight. It's a pain to find the first time, but if you use your flash light and look, it's very obvious. Push this up and then simply pull the headlight assembly forward.
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04-20-2011, 10:08 PM
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Holy hell, that looks like a pain in the ass. Good write up JJ!
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04-20-2011, 10:20 PM
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oh, its stupid as hell........LOL
And you have to do all of that to CHANGE A BULB TOO!
All credit goes to David! He did the write up a few months ago, thanks David!
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04-20-2011, 10:22 PM
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Wow.... screw that lol. I'll stick to third gen then lol
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04-21-2011, 04:43 AM
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That is freekin insane!! Why would dodge do this settup?That is crazy.
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04-21-2011, 11:13 AM
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Honestly........no clue. I don't get it at all!
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06-18-2011, 10:58 AM
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ya its pretty crazy but its not bad after you do it a couple of times
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07-13-2011, 03:12 PM
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nice write up, ill be using it this weekend
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07-13-2011, 04:40 PM
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I'll throw my 2 cents in about the slight issue I had.
My fat kid hands were too big to really easily find the 'hidden' super secret tab on the inside. So I used the camera on my phone to find it in the small hole. Once I knew were it was presto easy out. Also, the light housing is ball socketed in and takes a good bit of force to release it.
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07-13-2011, 05:15 PM
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u dont need to remove the grill just get a long ext with a deep 10mm and put some duct tape in the socket and boom 5 mins the light is out i have a 2011 and have had my lights out 5 times and not once removed the grill
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