1995 Ford F-250 4X4 Headlight Replacement
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- Опубліковано 12 вер 2024
- The headlights on this 1995 F-250 4X4 were at the point where they needed to be replaced entirely. They had the typical yellowing common to acrylic lenses exposed to the sunlight. Additionally, they also had water inside due to a combination of failed lens seals and poor design that didn't allow the unit to vent any trapped moisture to the atmosphere.
While it's possible to polish most lenses that have yellowed, the microscopic scratches left behind just accelerate the aging process all the more and they will require periodic polishing to keep their luster. In my case, due to the trapped moisture, polishing was not the solution.
The best solution in this case was to do a full headlight replacement with new units. I sourced the new headlights from autopartswareho... for around $100. The brand is DEPO and the quality of the part is actually BETTER than the OEM headlights since they allow trapped moisture to vent to the atmosphere. Also, the new headlights were pre-fitted with a new headlight bulb and were well protected by plastic wrap over the lens.
It's more trouble to replace the headlights, but well worth it. Most shops will get close to $50 per side to professionally polish the headlights. In most cases, you can simply purchase brand new ones for not much more than what a shop would get to polish the old ones. Also, replacing the headlights is a fairly inexpensive way to make your car or truck look like new. (1/17/2014)
I know it's 10 yrs old, but I'm currently working on a 1995 F250 7.5 L. Your video is EXACTLY what my son and I needed to replace the same parts! Thank you for the excellent video!
I admit, I love my 94 F250 4X4. Heavy Duty in every way except for the plastic headlights. I have invented a few choice words for the engineer that designed these. There is absolutely no reason that it has to be so hard and so difficult to change out a part that has to be replaced every 5 to 10 years. Thank you for the great video. I am a 250 pound man and trying to get my hands into such a tight area was a challenge. The ridiculous design of the clips did not help any thing either. I have taken this entire truck apart and put it back together. I have been impressed with the engineering with the whole truck except for the headlights.
This is the 3rd video I've seen regarding headlight replacement for F150s (in your case F250) 2 out the 3 (this video included) says its best to remove the frame(?) across the front in order to get to the lower clip. I think I'll go with your decision regarding that step. It definitely made the difference in appearance and I'm sure as you said, you can see much better at night! Besides the moisture, my headlights look the exact same on my 92' F150. I even tried the cleaning/polishing method. They looked better, but not brand new. And it only lasted about 6 months. Thanks for your thoroughness and detailed explanations, including prices and part resource info. Adding this to my simple mechanics list. Btw, the other who recommended to remove the front frame as you did, has the exact same color p/u as yours! Pretty cool. Take care.
In reference to the Ford f-150 - 350. This is the best instructional video posted for the headlights assembly replacement. Thank you shadowrider460! Great Job!
This video and most of his videos are actually more detailed and useful to DIY folks than the ones at 1A Auto Parts.
Thanks for these videos they are tremendously helpful to me and my 1995 f250 projects.
Would be even better if he did the job without 20 min of stuff between
Thanks for this video! The first video that I watched made it seem really easy to pull those retaining clips. Apparently, the other video showed a truck that had different retaining clips that don't lock in the way yours does. 11:43 in your video shows how impossible it is to remove these clips by just pulling up on them.
So, I pulled the grill and shell and at least I can work on installing the headlights from the comfort of my tailgate.
Again, thanks for the video. I doubt I would have pulled the grill from my truck had I not seen it in your video.
thanks a lot for posting this.
i changed the lenses in my 96 f250 this weekend and used just this video as a guide to replace them. knowing what to remove and where the fasteners are help make things a lot easier!
I've looked at a few of these vids for this job. Just did mine today and found this one to be the best instructional video on this subject. Thank you!
I agree with Robert Clark on this topic of the headlights being so difficult to service.
The engineering aspect of the serviceability in changing any bulb in these headlights is a total failure.
It’s a mystery why it was designed that way.
By far the best video on UA-cam to date regarding this , thanks for sharing .
Happy New Year !!
Just replaced the headlight assemblies on my 1997 F-250 and they look great. The job is not simple or quick. It is actually a real difficult PIA job. It took me about 5 hours for the first one and 3 1/2 for the second one, but they look great and it only cost $68 for both. Just be prepared for some frustration, especially with the removal of the retaining clips and 10mm nuts. Buy some extra clips before you start because you will break some getting them off.
Thanks man. Those little steel clips were about to get the business.
Haha nice paint job ;) My blue and the teal-ish blue of your truck are some of the best lookin paint jobs ford ever put out.
Good work!! Sure makes that truck look way better plus nice to see you do things the correct way as always.
I'm very pleased with these lights and I'm amazed at how much better the front end looks. The difference in visibility at night is astonishing. I had no idea that my lights were that bad.
This is a really well published video, I can hear every bit of instruction...nothing was left out...where to get the part...part number and price is very helpful.
Part number for those rusty clips would be helpful.
I haven't tried to source the clips, but the dealer would likely have them. Ford has used these clips on many different models of cars and trucks up to at least the 2010 vehicles. So availability shouldn't be an issue.
I found the clips on eBay
Amazon too you can find the clips there also
Mine have "cataracts" like these. Same adjuster failure and fogging of the lens. It's really confusing and humiliating when I can't removed a headlight but this really ...clears it up for me.
This video saved me a ton of trouble, this is the best method.
Excellent video as always, with explanation of the details of the job. Well done.
I've polished lights on different cars before and even after all that work, they look better but not like new. I'm glad that companies like Depo are starting to make brand new replacement units that aren't too expensive.
Really great video, as are all your others! I just did this on my '97. Very straight forward. Well done.
I was excited with all the information from this flim (although a close up of the actual retaining spring / clip would have been worth gold). I went to Auto Parts Warehouse to order as suggested. I got the kit for my 1996 F-250. The order was for KIT1-053100-38-A yet the e-mailed "thank you for your order" reflected four separate "headlights" with left and right headlights (#20-1935-00 & 20-1936-00) and what I now see is the taillight assemblies listed below. The certification sticker of meeting OEM does not appear to be there nor is the vent in the bottom of the headlight assemblies. Trying to install the taillight assembly was a waste as the part they sent 11-1886-01 and 11-1887-01 will only fit the styleside versions (outboard screws come in from inside the bed rather than open holes). It took quite a long time with a lady who was a bit difficult to understand before it became clear their web site had the wrong part and I found out they won't fit. There was no thought of the possibility I had a busted tail light and was in need of a tail light assembly, simply refund or no refund. More than 30 days and it was mostly on me. I am told I will have a refund. I am waiting for a second order to arrive to see if those window vents fit my two other vehicles!
I am going to go through the exact steps come Summer with my 93 Ford F 350 4x4 . Plus I am going to use a dab or two of Anti-sieze on all the hardware to keep the adjusting bolts etc from rusting together .
You're 100% right on this ....as I have also used the same & ONLY method that works on these 92-97 Ford OBS trucks .
11:09 is classic. Great video. I'm taking the grill out to change mine. Thank you.....
this is just personal preference but i like using parts from rockauto
drilled holes in mine many years ago, it was like a fish tank. but great vid, i want to tear the whole front clip down for paint anyway and was going to replace headlights at that point. use the foaming ac fin cleaner on condenser and oil cooler.
Very thorough, thank-you for posting.
The only part I wanted to see you skipped. How did you get the plastic piece into the header pannel. Did you have to take them off the screws? Mine won't slide in like the old ones slid out
very helpful, exactly what I was searching for
Planning on replacing broken turn signal. After watching your video might as well replace headlamp lenses as well... Great video, well done! Thanks for the help.
Good luck with your repair. It's a bit of trouble, but doesn't cost that much and will make your vehicle look like new again.
Beautiful video ! And, you did the job in the best way :)
Thank you so much for the great video!
Great vid. Saved me hours. Thanks!
Looks really good.
How are these aftermarket lights holding up as far as not yellowing to the uv rays ?
I just bought the replacements I'll be doing that this weekend, thank you for the great video!!!
good vid my ford 250 head lights had the same problems
Any idea if you remember how much they charged to adjust your headlights
You should have added a bug screen just behind the grill to keep all those nasty flying critters out of the radiator fins , especially when cruising down the highway .
great video lots of help am doing mine soon. thanks
Very helpful video! Two thumbs up :-)
What's that white long part over the bumper called?
Yea good looking truck.
what is the paint code for that blue?
super helpful
ty the info helped great !!
Now you need a deer bumper so the whole front end doesn't grenade when the deer hits it. Believe me, I know.
Throw a couple of LED headlamp bulbs and you are done. I've done that with all of our vehicles and its worth every penny.
Great. Looks like 10 years younger now :). Wheels make 50% of the looks of a car, headlights (and lights generally) an additional 30% :). The rest is paint.
I really want to see if I can polish the wheels since I like this kind of style. I'm also thinking about getting the blue portion repainted since it has the typical paint peel on the clear coat.
Cool.
You can save yourself one shitload of hassle removing all that crap.
Take a Phillips on a drill driver and unscrew the top two headlight adjusters evenly side to side. Then take your drill and chuck up the rod at the top of the lens that connects to the gear drive of the bottom adjuster and back it all the way out.
When reassembling just run the adjusters back in evenly until you reach the rusty part of the threads and wallah your headlights are back in adjustment.
Easy Peezy
im thinking about to buy 1995 , f250 short bed , but don't know if it good on gas....
+keel c probably 13 to 14 mpg
Ford engineers really need to learn how to do maintenance before they put a pencil to paper. The fuel filter could have been moved 6 inches towards the front of the vehicle where there is a lot more space & no 'special tool' is required. Can you imagine trying to change out the headlight assembly while on the road???
After watching this I decided to just junk the truck since it is put together in such a way that you basically have to tear the entire engine apart and remove the transmission to replace the tail light bulb, oh and do not forget to pull your driveline off when checking the tire pressure, it is really quite simple and looks worse than it really is, YA RIGHT!!!!!!
they more now, i checked.
great video but u didnt have to take the whole grill off to replace the headlights.
Didn’t show how to take the clips that’s were I’m having trouble 👎👎👎👎👎👎
good content but honestly shit quality but thanks it was very instructive!
You talk too much and not much instructions
Good tutorial, but so redundant at times. Probably could have done and said it all in 10-15 minutes without dragging it out to 26.
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Just do the job! We don't need all the commentary. Too damn long winded for me.
I liked every word. Good explanations. Helps me plan on how to do this job on my truck.
Expensive!!! I just go to junkyard to find one and clean it then will be like newer. Sigh