Replacing Your Headlights

I enjoy being able to see while driving. So when the 16 year old halogen bulbs on my car started going dim, I decided it was about time to swap them out for some better (and dare I say, cooler?) bulbs. Unfortunately for me, I'm not very car-intuitive. At all. I blew a fuse once trying to replace the glovebox light. So I searched for advice on instructables. There were plenty of cool headlight mods, but none that really told how to just replace headlights. So I decided to write this instructable and show you how I did it. Keep in mind that the specifics might not apply to all cars, but the basic premise probably does.

Note: Sorry about the poor picture quality/ lack of pictures. I did this mostly by myself and didn't have a free hand to hold my phone, which I was using as a camera. Also, this is my first instructable. Tell me what you think!

Step 1 What You'll Need

This is the really easy part. All that you really need is your new headlights and the car you're gonna put them in.

I used:

A pack of Sylvania Silverstar 9004 headlights

A 1992 Dodge Dynasty. :D

Be sure to use the little computer thingy or a catalog or ask someone to find out what kind of bulb your car uses. Get the wrong bulb, and you'll end up with a connector that doesn't match the one your car's using, or even worse, possibly draw too much power and short out parts of your vehicle's electric system.

As you can see from the picture, my lights are pretty pathetic. I can barely see the road while driving. So let's do something about that!

Comments

[admin]

This is a great Instructable, but you need to add a main image of the final project to the intro step. Please do that and leave me a message when you have so that we can publish your work. Thanks!