Replacing headlight housing on 3rd gen? My 2003 needs black housings

[4FordFamily]

I saw the lights on ebay, how hard are they to replace and do they have sealing issues like some housings?

is there a write-up on here?

 

[TFCeddieB]

You mean like these?

Anzo black crystal lights & corner lights. www.anzousa.com

 

[TFCeddieB]

Easy to install, had to aim. I did one at a time... left one factory housing installed and went outside (dark) to aim. Then installed the second one and aimed it. By the way... they're built at least as well as the factory housing. Black Corners included. I think they look great... especially on a black Explorer. And they're DOT approved.

 

[97awdx]

What did they cost you?

 

[4FordFamily]

Can this be achieved by painting the inside of the housing ourselves? Many on chargerforums do that. The whole "bake at 300 for 5 minutes" then pry them apart, paint, re-caulk, done.

 

[TFCeddieB]

What did they cost you?

About 225. Best price I could find inc. shipping was from AutoAnything.com

 

[TFCeddieB]

Can this be achieved by painting the inside of the housing ourselves? Many on chargerforums do that. The whole "bake at 300 for 5 minutes" then pry them apart, paint, re-caulk, done.

Dollar for Dollar, for my time - I'd rather just buy the new set than worry with taking the original set apart. Could probably be done with alot of taping, etc...

 

[4FordFamily]

Dollar for Dollar, for my time - I'd rather just buy the new set than worry with taking the original set apart. Could probably be done with alot of taping, etc...

hmm fair enough. I'm just not sure if I want to get in to installign these, my last headlight install was a nightmare on my 95

 

[Uafan]

I have them, no issues here.

 

[edgar_88]

i have them without the ambers, install was cake man. you can find em reeeeal cheap on ebay. but if you still wanna take em apart heres a guy who took them apart and did what a lot of charger/magnum/300 guys are doing (towards bottom)

http://www.cardomain.com/ride/3156451

 

[4FordFamily]

i have them without the ambers, install was cake man. you can find em reeeeal cheap on ebay. but if you still wanna take em apart heres a guy who took them apart and did what a lot of charger/magnum/300 guys are doing (towards bottom)

http://www.cardomain.com/ride/3156451

nice, thank you edgar!

 

[edgar_88]

no prob