How to Remove & Replace 2018-2020 F-150 Factory Halogen Headlights

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  • เผยแพร่เมื่อ 18 ส.ค. 2021
  • This video will walk you through the process of removing the factory halogen headlight assemblies on your 2018-2020 F-150.
    If you are looking to replace just the headlight bulbs without removing the entire housing, you can remove the front wheel well liners to access the back of the headlights and remove the bulbs.
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  • @willdaway2223
    @willdaway2223 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    never has a TH-cam video changed my mind about somthing I was going to try to do myself.

  • @bradfallin2698
    @bradfallin2698 2 ปีที่แล้ว +58

    That's the most F upped thing I've ever seen for what should be a minor maintenance procedure.

    • @mbrick
      @mbrick 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      You must not have worked on many Subaru or Audis...

    • @NoStepOnSnek762
      @NoStepOnSnek762 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      How is changing the entire headlamp assembly a "maintenance" item?

    • @AJsRidesaneReviews
      @AJsRidesaneReviews ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yea all the new trucks are that way. Got to take damn near the whole front end just to replace a assembly

  • @jilllatif2330
    @jilllatif2330 ปีที่แล้ว +71

    I didn't know that you had to take the whole truck apart to replace the headlights. Forget that! I'll just buy a new truck.

    • @xxdemonshitxx
      @xxdemonshitxx ปีที่แล้ว +1

      🤣🤣🤣

    • @Pancho_86
      @Pancho_86 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      You don't 😂 this is ridiculous. This is about 10 steps too many

    • @Pancho_86
      @Pancho_86 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      I just finished mine, did both headlights in 20 mins

    • @frankwright8721
      @frankwright8721 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      You've got to be fucking kidding

    • @alexgalvan412
      @alexgalvan412 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@Pancho_86you gonna drop a video or nah?

  • @eddyflo2978
    @eddyflo2978 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Awesome, I'll be taking my 2 week paid vacation so I can have enough time to attempt this

    • @Pancho_86
      @Pancho_86 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I'm sure you've done this by now but I just did mine and it took 20 minutes for both lights. This way is absolutely ridiculous and unnecessary. You can remove some screws in the wheel well that hold the liner in, fold the liner back until you have enough room, reach up, remove the dust cover and change the bulb. It's so easy, I didn't even get half way through my beer

  • @WanderingBobAK
    @WanderingBobAK ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Great detailed video, but ABSOLUTELY NUTS to have to go through all these steps to replace a headlight!!!

  • @yanuriroschev7270
    @yanuriroschev7270 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I can't believe there is this much effort involved in simply trying to change out a light bulb. Seriously!

    • @ShortbusBoss
      @ShortbusBoss 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      If you want to simply change the bulb you can access it from behind the wheel liner

  • @Bangbangbigelow
    @Bangbangbigelow 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    This video has made me decide to hand in my Man card and switch to a Prius

  • @Kennykoo65
    @Kennykoo65 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Oh cool. So you don’t actually have to remove the tailgate

  • @g.l.2096
    @g.l.2096 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I had replaced my housings with the Alpharex Pro Series Projector headlights when I bought my F-150. They come with H7 Halogen bulbs, so you HAVE to remove the headlight housing to replace both the high and low beam bulbs. I didn't know that when I switched to the Alpharex, but since I installed the Alpharex my self, I went ahead and replaced the bulbs myself. This video is the greatest to walk me through the process!!!

  • @David-qk6pr
    @David-qk6pr 2 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Terrible engineering, they should offer free lifetime headlight replacement with every purchase.

    • @drizler
      @drizler หลายเดือนก่อน

      I’ve been doing my own wrenching for almost 50 years and believe me I’ve seen DUMB. With this mess I’d say Ford really jumped the shark. There is absolutely no excuse for creating a headache like this for a regular maintenance item. When you consider how often Halogen headlights burn out it’s even worse. Truly FOUND ON THE ROAD DEAD👎🏻

  • @uatallone
    @uatallone 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I agree with the other comments; however, I will say I appreciate this video because I could not have done this myself without it. Pain in the butt, but I was not paying Lord knows how much at a shop for them to do it.

  • @sneaki25
    @sneaki25 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Boy looking at these comments I realize I wasn’t the only one that said nah I will just pay somebody

  • @treybeam7783
    @treybeam7783 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Damn I’ve changed my mind on replacing mine smh 🤦🏼‍♂️

  • @FredS-yr4hd
    @FredS-yr4hd 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    im upgrading a buddies grille to the raptor style and he also ordered some new headlights. this will make the whole process easy for me in the end!

  • @alidaimasoum733
    @alidaimasoum733 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Awesome buddy, thank you

  • @cancan1970
    @cancan1970 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great job thank you!!

  • @Boosted-truck
    @Boosted-truck ปีที่แล้ว

    So I just did this like 5 minutes ago. Followed everything he did and it was really simple. Was about 1.5 hours to do both and most of that was researching the video to see the next step lol. My only part of advice is that, if you are doing the fog lights too. To just change the bulb out when the headlight is out, save you from laying on the ground to just do it when the light it out! Went smoothly to replace all 6 bulbs!

  • @eltuck22
    @eltuck22 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    All that just to get the housings out 🤦🏻‍♂️

  • @danielberghamer6478
    @danielberghamer6478 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    GREAT VIDEO. Trying to replace the bulbs by crawling through the wheel wells (as simplified in other videos) is close to impossible. This process is well worth the time to get it done. However, the design by Ford to necessitate all this is seriously flawed. Thanks for the video!

  • @bustersterling7667
    @bustersterling7667 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I just tried to replace mine with LED but didn't do it this way. I removed four screws in the wheel well and a clip, removed the dust cover. I then tried to turn the bulb counterclockwise but couldn't budge it. I was afraid of breaking it so I just stopped and reattached everything. I'll definitely look for someone to put these on.

  • @fordf1507
    @fordf1507 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Kill some time and reach through the wheel well 👍🏼👍🏼your welcome 😊

  • @jasonseigfried8941
    @jasonseigfried8941 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    How many of yall think this is the process to replace the bulbs? Those are accessible through the fender wells. An i hate to break it to you but, any reasonably modern car is going to require a bit of dissasembly of the front end usually including the entire front bumper on cars to get the housings off.

    • @DeltaFoxtrotWhiskey3
      @DeltaFoxtrotWhiskey3 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      This is the procedure to replace the bulbs. You can’t just reach around behind them to get them out like you could on the 98 Taurus or the 2006 Jeep Liberty or the Mercedes Sprinter.

    • @jasonseigfried8941
      @jasonseigfried8941 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@DeltaFoxtrotWhiskey3 except that you can through the wheel well and fender cover. i did exactly that on my 2018. to replace the actual housing i get the massive dissasembly. but for just the bulbs its not as intense.

  • @BaristaShin
    @BaristaShin 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    What a shitty design by Ford. I guess mine stays

  • @dsemenenko0
    @dsemenenko0 ปีที่แล้ว

    What are those wiring at the back of headlight called?

  • @northcarolina7853
    @northcarolina7853 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    the old style fords were only 3 screws..i changed mine in my 2019..it took me 2hrs..just take ur time and u will be ok

  • @jbericks
    @jbericks 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Many comments about how ridiculous this is to change out bulbs. That’s correct, it is ridiculous. HOWEVER this is how the entire headlight assembly is removed, not the only to change the bulbs. The bulbs can be replaced easily by removing a few screws from the wheel well liners.

    • @DeltaFoxtrotWhiskey3
      @DeltaFoxtrotWhiskey3 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      No they can’t. I just tried that. I couldn’t even fit my hand in there to get the dust cover off.

  • @adventuresofluqmitakbi2138
    @adventuresofluqmitakbi2138 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Wanted to replace the HL on my work truck, but Im not goimg through this entire ridiculous process to replace one lamp.
    This video also helps me make the decision to not buy an F150 as my personal truck. I think I'll go with a chevy

  • @pensador978
    @pensador978 ปีที่แล้ว

    Good video

  • @banoo4139
    @banoo4139 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I just wanna replace the bulb..

  • @quegrill
    @quegrill 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Anything worth doing, is worth doing right! That's why I'm definitely paying someone to do this when I replace mine after watching this. Is it possible to make it any more frustrating to replace a stinking bulb .

    • @Qxvvs
      @Qxvvs ปีที่แล้ว

      How much was it to pay someone

  • @cpradel2683
    @cpradel2683 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This is to change the headlight not the bulb. Owners manual even says to go thru the wheel well. I replaced my fog light (with led) and low beams (led bulbs) in 15 minutes each side.

  • @michaelboyle4321
    @michaelboyle4321 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Looks like the factory headlights are staying!!!! Eff that

  • @billbowers3930
    @billbowers3930 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    All that nonsense just to remove a headlight. Engineering gone amok again.

  • @100WhiteShadows
    @100WhiteShadows หลายเดือนก่อน

    During the first step (fender flare removal) your video shows the retaining clips stuck to the trim piece. Like you, my retaining clips were also stuck. What you failed to show was the step removing those clips and attaching them back to the flare. If your clips stick to the trim piece, you cannot properly attach the flare. Make sure to remove the clips from the trim and reattach to the fender. Hopefully this comment saves some headache.

  • @MrMoto655
    @MrMoto655 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Makes me miss my 98 Chevy. All i had to do was take out 4 screws! Did both in the autozone parking lot....

    • @MrMoto655
      @MrMoto655 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Just finished replacing my driver's side bulb. I removed 2 screws and bent the fender cover back and reached up inside to remove the bulb. Took about 10 minutes.

  • @Cristov123
    @Cristov123 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I'm a die hard Ford guy. But they really fucked up by making you take apart the whole front end to get a damn head light out... huge miss

  • @jonathanluu7290
    @jonathanluu7290 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This is not bad compared to trying to add running lights on a tow mirror for a base model. But im still not looking forward to it

  • @seanbranstetter3498
    @seanbranstetter3498 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️ engineers are the wors

  • @J05U3
    @J05U3 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Idk how tf, but I broke the frame that holds the shutters behind the grill, 🎉

  • @scottc9215
    @scottc9215 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    You don’t need to disassemble the entire front end. You can remove 4 screws from the inner fender and remove them from behind. It’s a pain, but it’s not this!

  • @rdsii64
    @rdsii64 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    As much as I love my truck, all this to replace a headlight is beyond wrong.

  • @gyulatakacs1824
    @gyulatakacs1824 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    My 2004 silverado was like a 2 minute job.

  • @lykinsxc
    @lykinsxc ปีที่แล้ว

    What is worse is my Truck is a Platinum. Three or four more steps in changing out a broken light assembly.

  • @nickeclipse2153
    @nickeclipse2153 ปีที่แล้ว

    Good thing I got vacation time holy hell, these engineers literally made this so horrible, my 2012 was pop the hood take out 3-5 screws and boom that's it

  • @michaellong2313
    @michaellong2313 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Wtf

  • @banoo4139
    @banoo4139 ปีที่แล้ว

    This video is to replace the unit.

  • @hunterman600cc
    @hunterman600cc 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Some Ford engineer walked in on his wife getting jumped by a mechanic and has been taking it out on us ever since.

  • @charcoal72
    @charcoal72 ปีที่แล้ว

    wow, I still love my F150, but I miss the old days when trucks were simple, this seem like a lot of clips and metric bolt changes.... just saying

  • @Omar-bu7is
    @Omar-bu7is 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Woww im getting rid of my truck thats rediculouse

  • @TK-xm4en
    @TK-xm4en 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    It would probably be easier to find competent engineers for future models.

  • @earlpassino3626
    @earlpassino3626 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    You don't have to take your truck all apart... just remove your tire... a couple screws and a plastic screw clip and pull the plastic fender out of the way, revealing the lights... just reach up in and replace the damn light.

    • @cheeznhard
      @cheeznhard 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      And that's pretty much exactly what it says in the description. Lol

    • @earlpassino3626
      @earlpassino3626 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@cheeznhard Lol... I must of missed that... I just watched my friend change his headlight... after I was trying to show him this video... I guess, the 1st time he changed a headlight on this truck, it took him like 3 hours, the 1st time.

  • @annakon8423
    @annakon8423 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

    You're showing the ford from 2018 but my husband's truck is a 2015 model and there are no bulbs in it. There's a whole system that costs obout $300. There is no bulb there. The entire Headlamp FL3Z-13C626-C lamp costs $270 plus tax and shipping. What they are doing to customers is terrible. His front light just burned out and he took it apart and couldn't find any bulbs. And no one is talking about it. And nobody didn't make any video about it . He would have to go to the service center and pay a few hundred for it. In the past, you went to the store and bought a bulb for 2 dollars and changed it in just a few minutes. It's a nightmare now.

  • @emilywhiteside1396
    @emilywhiteside1396 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Every single time I pry the clips out they just break fml

  • @zachrogers266
    @zachrogers266 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I'd rather get a second vasectomy than change out these headlights.

  • @cadesmith4278
    @cadesmith4278 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Ummmmmm,,,,no.

  • @MrBmcfly
    @MrBmcfly 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    This is completely insanely stupid. Unbelievable.

  • @bagan8804
    @bagan8804 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I fucking hate Ford because of this now.

  • @blakeprince3419
    @blakeprince3419 25 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    This is a joke right

  • @kevinbroadway5398
    @kevinbroadway5398 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    what a joke, i'd rather put some nice halogen bulbs

  • @user-me3wn6ii4r
    @user-me3wn6ii4r 14 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Dumb design to remove bulbs from your truck. what happened to just reaching behind the light and pulling out the bulbs. simply stupid design

  • @hawwwgjaw
    @hawwwgjaw 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    This is bullshit!!! Im done buying fords.

  • @Pancho_86
    @Pancho_86 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Boys, do NOT waste your time with this bullshit 😂. I just did both headlights in 20 mins. Look in your wheel well and you'll see about 3-4 small screws holding the liner in. Remove those and you can fold the liner back and use the tire to hold it. You can easily reach up, remove the dust cover and change the bulb. This way in the video is absolutely ridiculous