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I'm finally doing an HID retrofit on my 2nd Gen Explorer. I was unable to loosen the glue, (even at 300 degrees F, the glue was not budging) so I just cut the first headlight open with my Dremel. Now that I am about to order parts, I am wondering about resealing the housings after the retrofit is done. I've watched most YT videos on the topic (most of those videos the headlights were heated open), but I can't find a thorough explanation of the best way to reseal my headlights after they've been cut open. Without clips, screws or even a ledge to hold the lenses in, the material has to not only be watertight, it needs to securely hold the headlight lenses in place so they don't fall out from the vibrations of daily driving. Stupid...
I have a 1998 Eddie Bauer with a 4.0 SOHC and my auto headlights quit working a couple of months ago. My regular headlights work fine but i can't the auto lights to come on at all. I have checked all the fuses under the dash and they are all good. I have been looking through some of the posts on the forum but the only thing that i can find is to check and see if the switch on the mirror is on, which was the first thing i did when it stopped working. The little green light on the rear view mirror comes on at night, so i guess that means the sensor is working, i think. I also bought two more rear view mirrors at the junk yard and hooked them both up but still no auto headlights. Is there a reset switch that i have to hit when i change...
im not to sure where to mount my light switches so i wanted to see where you guys mounted yours. sooo lets see some pics! thats in my 2wd.... i would put it in the same spot but theres a 4wd selector in its place... i know the mounting kit for the cd player is upside down... thats how i got it and i never fixed it... so gimme some ideas with pics! please haha
Hello Members, to make my Ford Explorer street legal in Germany it is mandatory to have white positioning lights at the front. Unfortunately the Explorer doesn't support these. The previous owner used the side markers and placed them in the front light housing, where they will put out white light. Unfortunately this position was for LED Police flasher and the heat of the bulb melted the housing of the front light. My wife and me decided to use another opportunity and replaced the original Halogen Fog lights in the Bumper with LED Fog lights, including white LED positioning light and LED DRL. My wife made some modifications to the bracket which holds the OEM Fog light and I modified the electrics. I grabbed the “ignition on” signal...
Hey everyone, long time reader first time poster! I have an issue that has just cropped up. I recently replaced both turn signal bulbs in the front and rear with the LED variants for each. I'm getting hyper flash on the inside signal indicator, but the bulbs blink at the correct speed. I know I can use ForScan to fix the hyper flash issue. The issue I'm concerned about is that the rear LED signals blink fine individually and when the hazards are on. However, when I press the brake pedal, both signal LEDs illuminate as well. I've searched for similar problems but couldn't see anything like this. I took the LED out and put the regular bulb back in and it did the same thing. None of the wires appear to be shorting out or even stripped...
I'm over in the UK, and I have US Spec (red turn signal) lights fitted, cos I like how they look. However, our turn signals need to be orange, so I need to adapt my reverse light to accept switchback LEDs. Is there a socket that will take a dual filament bulb that will fit in the hole used by the single filament bulb socket? Top image is reverse hole. 2nd image is the stop/tail bulb Si
Self Have been Driving mine for the past year as it is a base model "SIGNATURE LIGHTING" is missing from the Head Lamp trying to push some replacement in its place 1st One Failed as i need to have a Factory installed Board which will be replaced by the below https://www.diodedynamics.com/store/catalog/product/view/id/23048/s/2016-ford-explorer-multicolor-led-boards/category/536/ 2nd One Might go with this but we need to open up the casing to install it https://www.xkglow.com/XKGLOW_Sequential_Switchback_Strips_for_Headlight_p/xk043001.htm Looking for any other suggestions / Guidance from the experts
Hi All, I have a 2006 all black Limited that I would like to "update" a bit since this is still my daily driver. I'm pondering some various tweaks here and there and am curious about tinting my headlights - just a bit. I love the look of some of Ford's new "sports appearance packages" and would like to get that subtle tint on the headlights: My question is how do I achieve this tint on an older model while making it still appear "stock"? I've seen some places that will use tint and others that will spray, but I'm concerned with how dark each will appear. I'm not overly concerned about being able to restore to stock so long as the result is similar to the new sport packages. That said, I've also seen some folks use that reusable...
I have a 2012 Explorer limited that came with the factory HIDs, I was in the mountains this week driving down some very dark roads and I was really struggling to see as the lights seemed very dim even (I ended up following an F150 most of the way home as it headlights were way better) I had LEDs on my old truck and have HIDs in my other car and both seen way brighter, just wondering if there is an upgraded HID bulb available or even an LED conversion kit maybe?
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