Third Gen Dodge Ram Spyder Headlights REVIEW & INSTALL
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- Опубліковано 22 лип 2024
- A review and installation video of Third Gen pre-face lift Dodge Ram Spyder Headlights, this was my first youtube video and I am surprised it has done so well.
Link to the headlights amzn.to/3IvlXDF
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Hey guys everyone was wanting a link to these headlights
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Hopefully this video helped, it’s been a year now and I still love these headlights periodically when I wash the truck I’ll throw on some meguires ceramic wax
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and I’ve had absolutely no issue with them yellowing what so ever. Definitely a great value with what they are coming to the market at.
The grill with the led lights can be found here amzn.to/3ZazreJ
As for my mirrors how I got them to shine for over a year is with the cerakote wipes amzn.to/3xu2TiT
They are absolutely insane but I guess that’s what’s to be expected when a firearms coating manufacturer ventures into the world of automotive coatings .
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Best video out there. I have a 2007 Trailblazer I've been trying for a month to install Akkon headlights on. I've literally watched about 50 others. No one shows the parking light wires attachment. THANK YOU!
Hopefully this helped some, i appreciate you taking the time to do a follow up comment!
Thank you for doing a video better than the manufacturer. Best audio in post production …nicely done.
Hello Kathy, I appreciate the kind words! Hahaha I did it out on my patio with the corded headphones that come with the iPhone, I’ve since broke over and got a zoom field recorder so I should be able to do Audio at the time of recording videos now.
Have a great weekend hoped the video helped!
I just inherited my dad's 08 4.7 manual. I was just shopping around and found these spider brand headlights. Funny how youtube recommended this to me so timely. But conspiracies aside, I really loved the presentation. Not bloated with product placements or ads, camera made it super easy to see what you were doing. Thanks a bunch man. You literally have *the* two upgrades I have in my Amazon cart
Hey Matthew!
First off welcome to the channel! Hahaha it's scary how technology is becoming more and more predictive programing and predictive outcomes.
Hey I appreciate your comment and your viewership. Honestly I don't push products because one I'm not sponsored by anyone, no one funds my videos so I can give a unbiased review and two I started the channel as a means to get better at editing and to have a pass time hopefully someone gets something from my videos.
If there is something you would want me to turn out video wise just let me know! Im always looking for further content ideas! Have a Good evening!
-DrSideWayZ
Thanks for putting this video up, just bought an '03 and these headlights as well. just subscribed to your channel, keep the ram videos coming!
I definitely have some things in store! Just upgraded cameras also so it’s going to be 10x better with future videos! I appreciate the subscription!!
Dude this is a premium video
Hey I sure do appreciate the kind words! What did you like the most or find to be the most value? That I can make sure to include it in my future videos!
Have a great weekend!
🤙🏻 -Dr.SidewayZ
Nice Vid!!! I’ve had these on my Ram for 3 years now. I still think they’re the best looking for a 3rd Gen.
I see a few comments about adjusting them. They have adjusting bolt on them, but are impossible to reach when installed. I ended up drill a hole in to my inner fender, to line up with the adjustment bolts. Using a nut driver I cab adjust mine while installed.
I also have 55W HID installed and use a DRL module for keep the led independent from the other lights. These lights a huge upgrade of the OEM ones. I can finally see at night!!
Awesome idea AJ I appreciate your input!
I never thought about doing that to make life easier for the adjustment
Wow they came out great did a awesome job on information guide to installing. New supporter to the channel. I just grabbed a 2002 for me and my son to bring back to life on my channel. Been thinking about grabbing a pair them lights for it and a new grill perfect setup. Thanks for sharing
Hey I sure do appreciate it! Congratulations on your score! I think you’ll definitely be well served with both! The stock headlights are a liability, if you’re not happy with the light output after these which I am but some people install hella 100w h1 bulbs
@@DrSidewayZ till I order the lights I'm going switch bulbs out of here for sure
Yo I like these videos keep them coming homie
Thanks bro!
Hey guys everyone was wanting a link to these headlights
amzn.to/3IvlXDF
Hopefully this video helped, it’s been a year now and I still love these headlights periodically when I wash the truck I’ll throw on some meguires ceramic wax
amzn.to/3KebKNd
and I’ve had absolutely no issue with them yellowing what so ever. Definitely a great value with what they are coming to the market at.
The grill with the led lights can be found here amzn.to/3ZazreJ
As for my mirrors how I got them to shine for over a year is with the cerakote wipes amzn.to/3xu2TiT
They are absolutely insane but I guess that’s what’s to be expected when a firearms coating manufacturer ventures into the world of automotive coatings .
I have the same headlights in my 2004 RAM. I immediately put in LED lights. That's the point I went down the rabbit hole. From wiring them up, to adjusting them, to clearing out the area behind the led fan housing so they don't interfere. Still fiddling with them. They look awesome, but I can't really recommend them just because of the how difficult the headlights are adjusted.
Hey Tom!
First off welcome to the channel! Thats something I'm interested in doing a video on here soon, I want to create a workaround for adjusting the lights as it is indeed a pain to adjust. Im sure I can come up with something just as soon as a get some free time. I appreciate your comment and your viewership. If there is something you would want me to turn out video wise just let me know! Im always looking for further content ideas! Have a Good evening! -DrSideWayZ
What led’s did you switch them too
To you guys that want to adjust lights its ,its the two screws on back of the lights one for left and right and one for up and down it took me a min to find out what was going on good luck
Definitely appreciate you taking the time to write that out I may do a follow up video here soon on it
Great video! have a question, did you need to buy a separate bulb for the high beam or did it come with it? Really thinking of buying these for my 04 🔥
This is actually how they come from the link in the description, they use twin h1 bulbs, as for now I have the bulbs that came with them but I’ve heard good reviews about the hella h1 100watts. In my honest opinion you can’t beat the $220 for them best mod I’ve done thus far. I appreciate the kind words, Leme know if you need anything!
I change mine bulbs out with h1s and they don’t fit correctly beam is out of wack goes to show they don’t want you to change anything with these headlights
My Spyder Headlight were great for 2 years then the diodes burned up on the wiring harness thus causing the low beam to no longer work on the driver side. Contacted Spyder to get new replacement harness and they don't make them. So I had to cut the heat shrink to get the diode info and order my own. In the mean time my car was down for 5 days until the diode parts came in. After repairing the drive headlight, I notice that on the passenger side headlight the outer white halo has partial burned out. Again contact spyder for the rectangular halo replacement as the halo is not lit all the way to the end anymore, its dark for about 3 inches before use see the remaining led lights lit. And of course no halo replacement parts to repair my headlight assembly. 2 years ago I paid 175 for my headlight assembly today they are now 300 to 400. I'm thinking of going back to oem as there are plenty of new light assemblies for my Durango. But to spend 300 or more and can't get replacement parts to repair the Spyder assemblies is just not worth the money if they are only going to last 2 to 3 years before they start to fail. I just cant see spending that kind of dough every 3 years. Anyway this is what I have gone through with my assemblies. I hope this helps someone before buying them.
I’m wondering if they changed manufacturers, I’ve honestly not had a single issue and I’m not associated with the company in any way, I wish I was given the traction the video randomly got but yeah I’ve not had any issues yet, maybe it’s environmental or location specific issue idk. How bad off are the harnesses? Could you steal the connector and wire it up yourself? Match the part number for the diode railing and grab one off eBay I know it’s more trouble then it’s prob worth but if you’re anything Like be and constantly broke any money I can save by fixing it myself I will. But I definitely appreciate you swinging by and checking out the video and taking the time to write out your response, it definitely took a minute to write all that out so I do appreciate it! Hope you get them sorted! Have a great rest of your week 👍🏻
-Dr.SidewayZ
Awsome explanation, i love the camera angle, easy to follow up with you. But it will be more helpful if you gives more details like wire gage, crimper settings, type of (plug connector) am not sure that's the right name for it. Also where can we find the items . THANKS
Hey i appreciate the feedback! It’s definitely helpful I’ll definitely keep it in mind in the future. I’m quite bad at explaining things, I’ll go through the video tonight when I get some down time and get a item recommendation list and tool list, i appreciate it I didn’t even think about listing that stuff out. Have a great rest of the week!
I also put on some Spyder Headlights on my Ram just over a year ago. Similar to those and after 1 year, the coating is starting to flake off already on the tops of them. Pretty disapinted in that. I hope in another year they dont start getting that cloudy/faded look. Love the looks of them but durability might be lacking.
I completely understand that, I’m a couple months away from a year, I’ve put some of the meguiars hybrid ceramic wax on them twice so perhaps that provided the needed uv protection.
Hey good video, however when I wired my led the way you said they would only come on when the headlights were turned on. So during the day you had nothing… in Canada it law to have day time running lights and since my truck came from Texas I need them to turn on with ignition. Sooo I ran a circuit from the fuse box that I jumped off the cigarette lighter fuse and then I got the result I wanted.. great video though thanks
I’d be curious to see what’s different, what year is your truck? Mine is a 03
thanks for the video !!! new subscriber. love the grill too. is it possible to change out the amber lights in the grill to a different color?
I’m honored to have you here! I only have like 90 subscribers so I sure do appreciate it! They come with the amber running lights but you could always measure them and grab some different led lights for them. Here’s a link to the grill if you want one I’m not associated with them in any manor but I did have a good experience with them so it’s worth a shot
www.ebay.com/itm/EAG-Replacement-Upper-LED-Grille-Front-Grill-Fit-02-05-Dodge-Ram-1500-2500-3500-/174585985350?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&_trksid=p2349624.m46890.l6249&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0
@@DrSidewayZ Thanks !!!!!!!!!! i just bought one. I was able to find replacement lamps in white for the grill.
@@bradleycrenshaw6778 that’s awesome do you have a link? I might also look into them 👍🏻 I appreciate the follow up also
YEASOU Led Front Grille Light for 2004-2019 Ford F150 F250 F350 Raptor and 2013-2018 Dodge Ram 1500,3Pcs Smoked Lens White Light
That’s what I got and they are a direct bolt in for the 3rd gen grill
Sorry I’m not good at linking but I got them from Amazon
can you put down the link for the LED lights on the grille. And where did you get that black grille as well?
It’s actually this grill amzn.to/3ZazreJ
The led lights come on it, I simply wired it up to the parking lights there on the turn signals up front the leds don’t really use much power at all so you don’t have to worry about it popping a fuse.
great video! what is the model type or number for the lights where did you say you bought them??
Appreciate you checking out the video! This is where I got them off Amazon
www.amazon.com/dp/B07MMTTQ93/ref=olp-opf-redir?aod=1&ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B07MMTTQ93&linkCode=am2&tag=drsidewayz-20&linkId=62b52a24b2c4f790ca1fd6260ec4ce73#aw-udpv3-customer-reviews_feature_div
Hopefully that helps I’m still happy them they are far better then stock!! If the video helped you out think about subscribing I’m definitely going to try and get some more truck videos out. Have a great weekend!
Please do a video of how to adjust these same Headlights please. For some reason my lights are pointed mostly to the ground.
If I get time I’ll definitely hook you up
Yes, please do! I bought a truck with these in it and I can't figure out how to aim them. Mine point at the ground about 10 feet in front of the truck. I pulled one out to adjust it but I'm baffled.....
Nice looking truck
Thanks bro!
Hey very nice. Any issues splicing the led part of the headlight into the parking lamp circuit ? ?
These headlights give better light and coverage than the OEM ? Nice video
Not at all the Leds take little to no power to illuminate, these are far superior in brightness it was honestly night and day difference and that just with the halogens that come in them I could imagine leds
I would like to install a better Halogen bulb
How did you wire the grill I have the same grill and the same spyder lights but I don’t know how to hook up the grill lights on my truck. do you wire it to the turn signal like hooking up the led running lights on the spyder lights?
So I ran the wires through the skeleton of the hood using a close hanger and came out on the drivers side with the harness at the drivers hood hinge, I then ran it up to the drivers turn signal but wired it into the parking lights, it works great the leds don pull any current and no bulb warning, I show how it do it in the vid
I don’t see a vid of the grill install??
I have a 02 1500 and like that grill , where did you get it from ?
Hey Fuel And Freedom!
First off welcome to the channel! It was actually a grill I grabbed off ebay,
www.ebay.com/itm/174585985350?fits=Year%3A2003&hash=item28a622b946:g:Cu0AAOSwFxNeuhY3
I appreciate your comment and your viewership. If there is something you would want me to turn out video wise just let me know! Im always looking for further content ideas! Have a Good evening!
-DrSideWayZ
Hey so I wired them up to my truck and they work fine however my turn signal bulbs don’t work now and I’m not sure what to do.
Hey Cole run me through your wiring, neither side works?
Neither bulbs will turn on everything other than the turn signal bulbs are working though which they worked before I did the wiring I just did everything the same in the video I’m assuming I did something when wiring but idk what I could have done because everything else works like the leds come on and everything else is good.
Gracias por su esplicacion
Hey i appreciate you checking it out and dropping a comment! Hopefully it helped some!
Put LED’s in them and make a video I’ve already got down a rabbit hole trying to get them to fit in the housing still working on it a lot of people could use that video
Which bulbs are you trying to use? I might do a video if I can come up with a game plan
My bulb went out for the headlight couldn’t figure out how to take out the bulb for the headlight. Any help would be great
Unfortunately you have to pull the housing out to access it
Love the headlight where did u get that grill with the 3 amber lights from
Hey Yaneer hope you’re having a good weekend here’s the grill, amzn.to/3I9sfs2 it definitely makes the front look a lot newer, I want to paint the outer portion to match the truck.
It sure does I love it and thank u for taking the time to let me know where u got them from appreciate it and hope all is well and you wouldn’t have a video of you installing that grill would u
How do you aim the lights up, or down? I can't see any means to aim them as you can the OEM set.
Unfortunately the headlight has to come out that’s the only downside to these
@@DrSidewayZ Thanks Dr. SidewayZ. I just found some video on it. They made a nice set of headlight. It would have been nice if they added some means for adjustments without having to remove the ass'y to adjust them.
I heard you say that if you had time later on you would switch out the lights for LEDs. So my question is... can you actually switch out the lights for LEDs??? Because I bought some exactly like those and they told me you couldn't switch them out.
I have not yet however many of the guys run Hella H1 100watt h/o bulbs however should not be too bad to do h1 led bulbs that have remote connectors that you could put external to the housing. I will probably eventually do a retrofit not that the output is bad, just a lot of guys are asking about it. Anything else you have questions on that I could use for a video idea? Doesn’t have to be associated with the headlights
what kinda light bulbs you got in there? got a link to them?
They actually come with bulbs in the headlights
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How are they holding up?..any condensation ?...what upgrade bulbs would you use for more light ?
Believe it or not they have been holding up great! No issues what so ever, same bulbs that came in them, only thing id recommended long term is that you put wax on them when you wax the truck just to keep some layer of protection on them so they don’t yellow in the long run
@@DrSidewayZ sounds good thankyou..
Just wondering after a couple months if you would buy them again? Been looking at these for my 04 but not sure
I would highly recommend them the before and after alone would make me do it but also I feel it updates the front a lot
Also I just did my drivers seat foam and let me tell you if you haven’t done that yet do it I was surprised just how much of a difference it made and I had nice seats to start with
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@@DrSidewayZ that’s what I was thinking thanks for the heads up. Oh did you ever put led bulbs into the units and if so was it a pain
Ok so I pulled the trigger on these . They are very nice and can’t wait to install them. I used your link just in case you get a little kick back for the channel
Did you have any issues with the lamp out light coming on?
I don’t, given they have halogen bulbs in them from spyder if you went to leds you might due to the higher resistance
I got the same lights and grill, my question is how did you wire your grill lights
They are wired to the same thing the daytime running lights are in the video that way they come on with the first notch on the switch. The leds take roughly no power at all
@Dr.SidewayZ thanks 👍
What led lamp used for this headlights?
I’m trying to track down some at the moment have you had any luck finding any?
hey can you tell me what kind of grill that is?
It’s this one here amzn.to/3xcMak2
I assume that you had to adjust the lights, and if so how was the light pattern?
Believe it or not actually I didn’t, there are a couple points throughout the video in which I show the pattern, at the end is a driving clip with them
Two screws on back I just did mines good luck
Other than aesthetics, are the lights actually bright ?
100% but I was coming from the original headlights with stock bulbs in them, honestly at this price point I don’t even feel bad and I’m a cheap $&@! Hahah near the end of the video did you get to see the test drive with them?
do i need to disconnect the battery to do this?
Hello Isidro, if it’s your first time doing wiring I’d recommend it tbh just in the event you accidentally cut into the wrong wires. Technically it should not be getting any power until the lights are turned on but you never know better to be safe then sorry. Appreciate you dropping a comment if it was of help to you please like the video and consider subscribing. Thanks again and have a great weekend!
-DrSidewayZ
Are these actual Spyder brand? Because the link you provided says they're "ZMAUTO"
They are, they came in the spyder box and all
@@DrSidewayZ you notice any water getting inside yet? Also how are the stock bulbs? I’m thinking about getting H1s
Quick question! On my headlights when I unlock and lock my truck the white led bar lights up as well and they serve as turn signals. But they don’t run as a daytime light. Is there two ways to wire these headlights?
It sounds like you have them wired to the turn signal power wire and not the parking light power wires. Check your wiring
how are the lights holding up?
Definitely exceeds my expectations I have no yellowing on the lens which I was expecting but when I wash the truck I do wipe them down with meguires spray ceramic wax so that’s prob why.
You got a running Cummins truck in pretty decent shape for 800$???
Yeah bro got a steal, it has since got blow by so I’m fixen to do a piston job on it I’ll do a video here soon but it was 20k after the fact so the $800 was still a good deal
Only thing that sucks is you have to take them out to adjust beams.
Yeah I agree, luckily mine out of the box were pretty spot on, not saying they all will be but this is indeed one of the downfalls I failed to catch until after the video
What is the grill
It’s a EAG grill, I wired the running lights into the side marker bulb, it uses very little power with it being leds so you don’t get a bulb fault. Here’s the link
www.ebay.com/itm/EAG-Replacement-Upper-LED-Grille-Front-Grill-Fit-02-05-Dodge-Ram-1500-2500-3500-/174585985350?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&_trksid=p2349624.m46890.l6249&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0
Do the blinkers blink faster?
Like as if I'll need to install a resistor to slow them down?
Did you deviate any in the wiring? What year is your truck? Unless a bulb is out or you’re running led it should blink normal.
Gotcha. I just noticed the units use the stock blinker 👍👍
How did you get that for 800 when it's worth over 20k?
To make a long story short I found it on Facebook market place it was a private dealership basically in the dead center of North Carolina, was listed needing a trans went and looked at it drove it it had the sporadic 3rd to 2nd shift issue, bought it nursed it home got to looking and it had a brand new trans in it, started looking around and whoever installed the trans broke the trans harness and it was intermittently shorting out the tcm, fixed the harness and it’s been as good as new. Guess I lucked up!
@@DrSidewayZ if it’s a Cummins the engine is already worth atleast 1500 bucks so I’d say you really lucked out on it lol
That truck here in illinois would cost 20 grand!
That’s crazy and I thought trucks down here were expensive! What do duramaxes run up there?
Does the led tube blink aswell ?
It does not blink it serves as a daytime running light
How does that look like an 800 dollar truck?
How in the world did you get the truck for $800 😲
Hey Fuel And Freedom!
First off welcome to the channel! Long story short I found it with what appeared to be transmission issues turns out it had a new trans but they damaged the wiring on the drivers side of the trans installing it.
I appreciate your comment and your viewership. If there is something you would want me to turn out video wise just let me know! Im always looking for further content ideas! Have a Good evening!
-DrSideWayZ
Good job great camera work. Oh yea, get a hair cut,,high and tight, make ya look 10 years younger. Trust me.
Working on it, thanks for the view!
@@DrSidewayZ LOL, just jabbing ya bud, I really liked your video. I'm 73 years old. I', high and tight, and get mis aged by over 10 years at time.
How the hell did you buy a cummins for $800? I call lies
Used car lot had one posted on fb market place needing a transmission, it would run in 1st & 2nd,had transmission faults went and looked at it and bought it drove it back 143 long miles creeping in 2nd, got back to the house was going to pull the engine and put it in my humvee however I started looking it over and noticed it had a new transmission, I ordered the transmission solenoids, and accumulator valves replaced them all and the switches, same issue persisted, started to rip it out and noticed the wiring harness on the drivers side near the tail shaft of the trans the insulation was cracked up pretty badly, I started looking wt it more and found four wires shorted together, resin Ed the connector and did a wiring overlay, cleared the faults and the truck runs fine now.
@@DrSidewayZ ohhh that makes sense, I was so confused because of the market today I was like no way bro
You really need to fix your audio levels!!! Car is loud as shit, then you talk..... more of a whisper. Just tryin to help man
I purchased a new camera a a7siii and got a actual mic and I’ve actually also started attempting to balance Audio levels now. This was one of my first videos and it just so happened to take off based on my channels performance. I appreciate the input if you end up seeing anything else let me know and I’ll attempt to address it in newer vids.
Thanks again
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Hey I appreciate it! Thanks for checking the video out 🤙🏻
You stole that truck for $800
Hahaha definitely! Prob the best deal I’ve found myself into