How to Replace Driver Side and Passenger Side Headlight Bulbs 07-13 Silverado 2500HD (Fast and Easy)
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- DIY! See step by step how-to change the headlight bulbs in the 07-13 Silverado's without having to remove the grill! See links below for bulbs we used, and I hope this helps you replace the headlight bulb in your silverado next time it goes out.
Job Time: 1 Beer (less than 20 mins)
Parts Required:
LOW BEAM OPTIONS
BUDGET Low Beam Replacement Bulbs: amzn.to/3gpTsIM
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BEST Low Beam Replacement Bulbs: amzn.to/3rpt8Vs
LED Low Beam Replacement: amzn.to/40gbGBm
HIGH BEAM OPTIONS
Basic High Beam Replacement Bulbs: amzn.to/34Cd9dq
Better High Beam Replacement Bulbs: amzn.to/3rqsqXS
Best High Beam Replacement Bulbs: amzn.to/3upLBmB
LED High Beam Replacement: amzn.to/3J58Sys
Tools Required:
Rubber Gloves
Flathead Screw Driver
1:00 How-To Locate Driver Side Headlight Bulb
1:20 Step 1: Turn Bad Bulb 1/2 Turn Counter Clockwise and Remove From Housing
1:27 Discussion of Diesel Driver Side Headlight Replacement (Remove Driver Side Battery)
2:02 Step 2: Unplug Bad Bulb by Popping off Two Tabs
2:37 Step 3: Plug in New Replacement Bulb
3:02 Step 4: Set New Bulb into Housing Sweet Spot
3:21 Step 5: 1/2 Turn Clockwise to Securely Tighten Bulb
3:27 Locate Passenger Side Bulbs and Decide You Need To Remove Air Filter Box
3:48 Step 1: Unplug Mass Air Flow Sensor
4:04 Step 2: Loosen Hose Clamp on Intake
4:18 Step 3: Remove Air Filter Box
4:27 Repeat Previous procedures mentioned for driver side to replace the passenger side headlight bulb
5:22 Visitor intrudes in shop
5:34 Discussion of How-To Remove Entire Headlight Housing, By Removing the Radiator Cover and Grill
Really hope you found some of this info helpful and if you did, do me a quick favor and give the video a thumbs up. Also comment below your experience doing this job and if removing the grill was mandatory for you. A big thank you to the 1054 guys who have found some of the how-to content on this channel and decided to subscribe. And for those of you who are following along that was beer number 138 on our way to finishing the EPS 1000 beer challenge, so I'd encourage you to SUBSCRIBE so you don't miss any of the rest of maintenance, repair, or upgrade videos I'll be doing to these trucks, over the course of those 1000 Beers.
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Top 5 best time saving diy I've seen. Take the bumper off... what a bunch of ass hats. Thanks man.
ha yeah won't catch me fighting with a bumper for a bulb. Appreciate you watching and taking the time to leave a comment. Cheers
@@EscapePowerSports thanks for imparting your knowledge
Quick, simple, and good quality videos to clearly see where and what to do! Ty
Bahaha you have the best video for this! Screw all them other ones. You take the cake!
haha appreciate that, glad you found it helpful. Thanks for watching and taking the time to leave such a nice comment. Cheers
Outstanding sir. I thought I was gonna have to take my bumper off. You saved me a lot of time
not a problem, that's definitetly the goal with this silverado maintenance playlist to save ya'll time or money and share what I learn (usually by doing it the hard way first) glad it went smoothly for you. Thanks for watching and taking the time to share your experience in the comments. Cheers
Unfortunately I have huge hands so I'm stuck doin it the long way 🤣
I never even thought about removing the grill, just looked at the area where the bulb housing was & figured it out ,
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Thank you. Made my day off a lot easier
Great job...quick and a lot easier than taking the grill and that big radiator cover off, and the bolts inside the wheel well. Well at least I hope I don't have to, and you covered both very well.
Agreed and thank you. I appreciate you watching and taking the time to leave some good feedback in the comments. Cheers
Best tutorial video for this on youtube. Simple and quick. Thanks
appreciate the kind words, thanks for watching and taking the time to leave a comment, Cheers
Wish I found this video before I changed the bulbs last time by taking my bumper off. Much easier this way!
me too haha, oh well next time it'll be that much easier. Thanks for watching and taking the time to leave a comment. Cheers
dude! you rock! very well explained and i could see what you're talking about because the camera work was excellent ! thank you so much !
no problem, glad it was helpful for you. Someone recently wrecked into one of our silverado's so stay tuned for bumpers, grill, headlight, and trailer receiver install videos to come, and maybe some accessory light vids. thanks for watching and taking the time to leave such a nice comment. cheers
3 years later and this saved me tons of time! Mucho thanks brother!
no problemo, glad it was helpful for you. Appreciate you watching and taking the time to leave a comment. Cheers
Your video saved me lots of time and frustration, thank you for the great info!
Out of all the videos showing how to perform this feat, your's was the one that I followed and was the best. I admit I did not drink a beer while using your method, but I did have a glass of bourbon afterwards, hehe...Thanks, Brother!!!
awesome glad it was helpful for you, thank you for watching and taking the time to leave a comment, Cheers to that glass of bourbon
Yee, best how-to video for this. Thanks!
This is getting saved for later, for when the other side goes out.
cool, glad it was helpful for you I appreciate you watching and taking the time to leave a comment. Cheers
This was a big help. Changed both headlights in under 15 minutes. Chevy service told my wife she would have to leave her truck 4-6 hours, minimum. Thanks!
glad it was helpful, saving ya'll time and money is pretty much the goal for these videos so that's great to hear. Thanks for watching and taking the time to share your experience in the comments. Cheers
WOW! Great video! It saved me a lot of time and money in labor! Most of these videos involve removing the grille!
awesome, its definitely the goal of sharing what I learn about these trucks, is the hope that it will save someone, somewhere, some time and or money. So I really appreciate you watching, and taking the time to share your experience with this in the comments. Cheers
Thanks man worked on my 2013 gmc 2500 saved me a lot of time !!!!
awesome glad it was helpful for you on your gmc. I appreciate you watching and taking the time to leave a comment. Cheers
wow thanks. saved me a lot of grief and time !!!
awesome, that's the goal with these videos, thanks for watching and taking the time to leave a comment. Cheers
Bests video I've seen on this subject, TY
that is the goal. appreciate you watching and taking the time to share that feedback in the comments. Cheers
Great taste ... Less filling. Great video
Cheers to that haha
U R DA MAN! Thanks! 👊
Awesome Help! Im a first time mechanic (got tired of getting jipped so working on my vehicles myself lol)
This easy vid was better than others Ive seen so thank you. Ive supbscribed for sure !😁
Best video I’ve watched!
glad it was helpful for you Appreciate you watching and taking the time to leave a comment. Cheers
Good stuff, thank you!!
Great help! Thank you.
no problem, glad it was helpful for you. Thanks for watching and taking the time to leave a comment. Cheers
Great video Much easier than removing top piece grill and head assembly as. I have a Ranch Hand tube grill guard…
Thanks- I only watched parts of the video and it took about 6 minutes to replace both bulbs on my 09 Silverado 1500. Awesome thanks! You probably mentioned this in part of the video I skipped haha but give them a quick test b4 reassembling. One of my led bulbs didn’t work. I just needed to flip it 180. Thanks again!!!!
no problem, glad it was helpful for you. Appreciate you watching and taking the time to share your experience with this job in the comments. Cheers
Thank you for the video. I needed to replace the driver side bulb on my 1500, and other videos I watched had me removing the entire grill.
awesome, glad it was helpful for you. Thanks for watching and taking the time to share your experience in the comments. Cheers
Thanks very helpful....
Really good video, content is excellent! Thanks and God Bless!😎
awesome glad you enjoyed it. Appreciate you watching and taking the time to share these kind words in the comments. Cheers
I have a 2009 Silverado I’m sitting here in the morning debating about that late then I watch your video seems easy when I finally get dressed I will hit you back and let you know how easy or hard it really was for me I have big hands have a great day enjoy your beers
cheers hope it went smooth for you. Thanks for watching and taking the time to leave a comment. Cheers
thanks - the video was great!!
no problem, glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for watching and taking the time to leave a comment. Cheers
Great Video dude!💯👍🏽
thanks, appreciate you watching and taking the time to leave a comment, cheers
I wish every video on TH-cam was like this. Great work and great explanation
appreciate the kind words and am glad it was helpful for you. Thanks for watching and taking the time to leave a comment. Cheers
Great video man. That helped a lot
thanks try to keep them as short, but thorough as I can, glad it was helpful for you. Thank you for watching and taking the time to leave a comment. Cheers
Escape PowerSports of course definitely gonna keep an eye out on your channel. my headlight came back on haha so I don’t gotta worry about it right away now but. I’ll probably replace it if it keeps going off the back on.
Awesome ! Really helpful.
glad it was helpful for you, thanks for watching and taking the time to leave this comment. Cheers
Great video. Thank you.
no problem, glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for watching and taking the time to leave a comment. Cheers
Man! Does anyone else miss the 2000-2006 silverado bulb change? Love those pins!
so much easier haha. Thanks for watching and taking the time to leave a nostalgic comment lol. Cheers
Good job
This was very helpful, wished I could have found this video before I crammed my hand in to change the passenger side low beam bulb, although the truck I'm changing the bulb in, is a GMC Sierra 1500. Thank you for this, left a like in the up position.
awesome glad to hear it was helpful for you, also interesting its the same procedure for the 1500s. cheers
Easiest guidance video ever 🤣👌👌👌
glad it was helpful for you. Thanks for watching and taking the time to leave a comment. Cheers
Thank you very helpful
no problem, glad it was helpful for you. thanks for watching and taking the time to leave a comment. Cheers
Great trick! Super easy and grateful I watched this.
me too, haha glad it was helpful for you. Thanks for watching and taking the time to share your experience in the comments. Cheers
Thank you!
no problem, thanks for watching and taking the time to leave a comment. Cheers
Thank you. Thought I was gonna have to take off the cover and grill.
no problem, Appreciate you watching and taking the time to leave a comment. Cheers
You were spot on with your time estimate. I somehow finished two beers though... thanks you saved me a bunch of effort not having to get that grill off.
Glad to hear it was helpful for you and that you were able to enjoy a couple beers while getting it done. Thanks for watching and taking the time to share your experience in the comments. Cheers
Thank you!!
no problem, Thanks for watching and taking the time to leave a comment. Cheers
Great simple directions! Maybe a shop light or flashlight can improve this!
Finally, thanks for showing the driver side, but seeing how easy it is, I can see why there isn't a lot of driver side bulb replacement videos, mostly passenger side ones.
no problem and it is really simple, especially on the gas truck. I always try and make the videos as helpful and comprehensive as possible so I'm glad you appreciated that. Thanks for watching and taking the time to leave a comment. Cheers
Thank you.
no problem, thanks for watching and taking the time to leave a comment. Cheers
Great Video , Bro !! Bottoms Up!;
cheers
Worked perfect.
awesome thanks for letting me know it worked. haha appreciate you watching and taking the time to leave a comment. Cheers
@@EscapePowerSports only thing that was worth a mention is that your check engine light will come on for about a day due to unplugging the sensor. Maybe add that to description?
Gave you a sub and thumps up , thanks for saving me a lot of time
not a problem glad it was helpful. Thanks for watching, subbing, liking, and taking the time to leave a comment. Cheers
Thanks!
no problem, appreciate you watching and taking the time to leave a comment. Cheers
love the GSD He is Gorgeous
appreciate it, her name is Joy and I won't tell her you said so or it'll go to her head. haha appreciate you watching and taking the time to leave a nice comment. Cheers
Thank You for the advise and helping me change my Low-beams. Lose that damn Beer habit and you can live to be an old bastard like me.
not a problem, glad the video was helpful for you. Living to be an old bastard is certainly a part of this young bastards plan. Cheers
Miigwetch for this info..I got the diesel so it's a bit of a mission to switch the bulbs..I did subscribe based off of this video being very helpful..be well..
no problem, and yeah it seems everything is a bit tougher on the diesels. Thanks for watching, subbing, and taking the time to leave a comment. Cheers
Thanks man, I was worried about breaking air box trying to get it out, and was about to start taking g the front of my truck apart to get to the bulb.
glad you were able to avoid that, hopefully everything went smoothly for you. Appreciate you watching and taking the time to share your experience in the comments. Cheers
I was worried it was gonna be hard to replace, because I live in Alaska and my garage is full of stuff, thank god it’s warm today @ 26 degrees. Thanks for the video it was very helpful…
no problem. glad it was helpful for you. I appreciate you watching and taking the time to leave this comment. Cheers
Thankx 👍
no problem, thanks for watching and taking the time to leave a comment. Cheers
Thanks for the video just replace my
awesome glad it helped. Thanks for watching and taking the time to leave a comment. Cheers
Unfortunately my truck is a plow truck so the battery screws are so rusty it would've been more time consuming removing the spare battery. However, I found that just removing the shroud and the bolts holding in the housing along with just removing the top bolts of the grill, gave me enough wiggle room to replace the bulb without taking the entire grill off.
Great video.
The only thing I would have done differently is use the little pocket screwdriver for those clips. I have known guys break the clips with a big screwdriver. It happened to me once while on vacation ( and didn't have my pocket one) . The screwdriver I did use was a 6". But you can get a lot of leverage,and those clips ( like we do) get weaker as they age.
Hope this helps .
Those little screwdrivers can do a million things,so don't discount them. Sometimes bigger is NOT better😂😂😂😂😂.
Job time? 1 beer 🍺 🤣🤣 love it
only accurate way to measure job time for Saturday truck maintenance in my book. Appreciate you watching and taking the time to leave a comment. Cheers
Be sure to check out the wiring harness, mine was burnt, had to pull out headlight housing anyway and change wiring harness
Thanks for the information, now I know why I prefer my 79 chevy to my 13 Silverado. I'd like to meet the designer who thought this would be a good idea. What an idiot. But thanks again, hopefully I don't lose my mind now changing a simple headlight bulb.
glad it was helpful, there usually not to terrible. Hope it goes smooth for you and I appreciate you watching and taking the time to leave a comment. Cheers
U da man !! Thnx !!
no problem thanks for watching and taking the time to leave a comment, Cheers
Took me 9 beers time. My wife was pissed lol, cheers
haha that's hilarious, cheers
Just caught this because I gotta change my first bulbs on my ‘08. Changed many halogens, but never thought of wearing rubber gloves. Was always careful not to touch them.
nice, I'm not scientiest so who knows if rubber gloves are totally safe for bulbs, but I figure its better than my greasy hands. Appreciate you watching and taking the time to share your experience in the comments. Cheers
LINKS ARE UPDATED! Also here's how to replace the entire headlight housing if you want to see how to do that. th-cam.com/video/8JZsQsT7768/w-d-xo.html
LOW BEAM OPTIONS
Basic Low Beam Replacement Bulbs: amzn.to/3gpTsIM
Better Low Beam Replacement Bulbs: amzn.to/35FdxZi
Best Low Beam Replacement Bulbs: amzn.to/3rpt8Vs
LED Low Beam Replacement amzn.to/3glYfej
HIGH BEAM OPTIONS
Basic High Beam Replacement Bulbs: amzn.to/34Cd9dq
Better High Beam Replacement Bulbs: amzn.to/3rqsqXS
Best High Beam Replacement Bulbs: amzn.to/3upLBmB
LED High Beam Replacement: amzn.to/3J58Sys
cute pup
Thanks, her name is joy, and is a great helper around the shop. Thanks for watching and taking the time to leave a comment. Cheers
If I'd have known how easy this task was I wouldn't have put it off for a week. Great vid, EASY PEASY
glad it was helpful for you and you got it done. Thanks for watching and taking the time to share your experience in the comments. Cheers
Your video is clear and easy to follow. Thankfully for owners of these model years it is much easier to do this. I had a 2010 Chevy Malibu and I paid $130 for the dealership to change my headlight bulb. When I looked it up it involved dropping the front bottom pan and messing with the airbag sensors! This scared me so I left it to the shop to do. My 2013 Silverado appears much easier to do. My question to you and others is this, is it wise to change both sides at the same time? Since both can fail at the same time at the end of its life!?
certainly wouldn't hurt to replace or upgrade both at once. And we are fortunate it is a very do-able job. Thank you for watching and taking the time to share your experience and leaving a thought provoking question in the comments. Cheers
Easy with factory housing I’ve been fighting trying to get my bulb back in for a solid 15 20 minutes
I tell u what, I was nervous. I followed your steps on the passenger side and it worked. Thank u so much. U got my vote. If I wanted to put LED lights , can u help instruct again ? Again thank u.
awesome, glad it was helpful for you. And yes that's a great idea for a vid. We will probably do a headlight upgrade vid after I've tested some of my favorites on both of our trucks. Thanks for watching and taking the time to share your experience and leave a good vid suggestion in the comments. Cheers
Great Vid... I have gorilla paws but I do have a daughter that doesn't.! Thanks
thanks and some little paws will definitely come in handy for this one, and good luck to ya'll on the job. Thanks for watching and taking the time to leave a comment. Cheers
hope someone reads this and knows all you have to do is pull up on the airbox and move it enough to get your hand down there...then you wont need to losen anything or take anything apart.
I just read it, and will try it as I have to replace that bulb today. Thank you, and thank God for leading me to read your comment.
great advice, I'm upgrading my low and high beams this weekend so I'll have to give it a shot also. Thanks for watching and taking the time to share a great tip in the comments. Cheers
On the driver side replacment, if you can't slide your hand to make that turn because you cant fit your hand in there, like I. Instead of taking that panel off and taking the housing out. You can take the battery plate out (right behind the washer fluid container) remove those 9 10mm bolts out, pull the washer fluid container back. You have room to replace that bulb without taking that grill out.
awesome, thank you for taking the time to share an alternative method, probably a better alternative to pulling the grill. Thanks for watching and taking the time to share this information with everyone. Cheers
Heck yeah guy
cheers
Going to give her a try tonight BOTH my low beams went out the passenger side last night the driver side pulling out of the driveway this morning drove in today using my fog lights 🤷♂️
haha, let us know how it goes, and I guess you gotta do what you gotta do, but that's bad luck to have them both go out. Hope the video helps it goes smoothly. Cheers
Fancy That..
cheers
Hope it only takes me 1 beer 🍺
sometimes it goes smoothly and occasionally a frustration beer or two might be required. Let us know how it goes and good luck. Appreciate you watching and taking the time to leave a comment. Cheers
👍👍
I did it the same way
seems like the way to do it to me. Thanks for watching and taking the time to leave a comment. Cheers
New headlight in mine did not want to rotate all the way hopefully it don't mess with it.
My airbox is mounted with some hardware and I gotta go through the bottom to get to it. Gonna have to pick me up some sockets that will reach. I got one side done though!
I'm glad you shared this info in the comments. I wonder if my airbox is just missing some hardware or if they vary by year? hmmm interesting the gas truck in the video is a 2008 2500, which year and model is the truck your working on? thanks for watching and taking the time to share this info in the comments. Cheers
@@EscapePowerSports I'm having the same issue on my 2014. Air filter box is mounted on something fierce
WD quick and easy
sure can be, appreciate you watching and taking the time to leave a comment. Cheers
Juat remove the Positive cable (Red). leave the ground is fine
Are you helpful? Thank you.
Why get rid of those L shape pin/rods pull right out the whole lamp in 10 seconds either side ?
Dude I really wish you had included in this video how to take that air box out. Because that's the one part I'm having the most trouble with right now. Are there any other videos on here that will show you how to do that?
dude good news, I did. Unless its different in your truck. I start removing it around 3:30 in the video and really show it good starting at 4:02 I thought? Let me know if that part helps and if not what more specifically is giving you an issue, Sorry for the confusion, but like I said let me know if it's still giving you an issue after disconnecting MAF and fully loosening the hose clamp. Mine just popped right out once it was disconnected from the air intake tube. Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment with a more specific question. Cheers
For the air box, just grab the entire box from the bottom & pull straight up. It just clips into the metal pan underneath.
Does it look like the flasher bulbs are accessible from there too? Thanks
now that's a great question, I honestly forgot to even check. I know you can get good access to everything with the housing out. th-cam.com/video/8JZsQsT7768/w-d-xo.html Hope this helps and thanks for watching and taking the time to leave a really good question in the comments. Cheers
@5:22 - when do we get the behind the scenes cut or shot of the snake's demise?
Really thanks for the video you saved me several hours and prevented me from inventing new swear words.
haha I try to keep all the gorey stuff that goes on around here off the public record. I appreciate the kind words, you watching the video, and taking the time to leave a funny comment. Cheers
What type are the low beams? The highs are h11?
I just updated links in description looks like low beams are h11 and high beams are 9005 Hope this helps and thanks for watching and taking the time to leave a good question in the comments. Cheers
My driver's side bulb wire harness is rigged up in a way that makes it so I can't turn the bulb socket the 1/4 turn I need. The wire gets tight first. siiiiiiigh. it defeated medoing it this way. I'm going to have to take the grille off
Just done the passenger side on my 2009 when I try to put it back on orange washer was stuck to the assembly remove that and it turned right in
hmm interesting. If it stays in there good I'm all for it, whatever works. Thanks for watching and taking the time to share your experience and a tip on how you were able to get it done. Cheers
It could be a problem
I only have Budweiser.
So do I need to compensate with 2 or more Budweisers and Are Bottles calibrated the same as cans??
Maybe I should drink 3 just be sure,
well make that 5 cuz i drank 3 while watching this video...well I did flip over to see Suzy and Suzy's Place
So maybe I need to run to the store and get more budweiser
well
It's get late now, I'll just finish off the last of this 12 pack and get an early start in the morning.
hahaha tomorrows always a new day. Cheers for hilarious comment
@@EscapePowerSports Merry Christmas to you and I hope 2021 is a better year for you.
It took me about a total of 20 minutes to change the bulbs in my 2011. You have to physically manhandle the Air filter container, but it does just pop right off.
I will be putting the air cleaner back on once I get it off the roof of the house. I'll probably need a beer or 2 for that too.
Thanks.
😎👍🍻
Cheers
How to replace the low beam on a 2016 Ford fusion
hmmmm not really sure don't really drive fords, I'm sure its a similar process of getting access to the back of the headlight and removing the bulb. Good luck and let us know how it goes. Cheers
What size are the bulbs
I see "H11" on all the packages, check out some of the links in the description. thanks for watching and taking the time to leave a question in the comments. Cheers
I got the clips off but my bulb is stuck no idea how to get this shit off