How to Change LED Headlight Bulbs on 2016 Dodge Ram 1500
Today we are going to do an installation with led headlight bulbs on a 2016 Dodge Ram 1500 and what we're going to do is to take step-by-step of how to install and also show the difference between the original stock and the aftermarket.
We're going to install in the low beam and high beam. Below they are the tools you may use.
- H11 led bulbs conversion kit
- 10-millimeter socket
- an extension
- a ratchet
First, removing the upper shrouds, that's on top of this truck this plastic shroud essentially goes all the way extends from the right to the left side. We need to remove it to actually remove the front grille. Once remove the front grille, it will be able to access the headlight.
All right, we go ahead, I choose my tool from our shrimp kit and we start popping out these little tabs. The tool allows you to just go ahead and slip underneath there, and then all you have to do then is just go ahead and pop it out.
See, we have removed the upper shrouds.
Next what we gonna do is to remove the four top bolts on the grill. There is one thing that we need to pay attention is there is a clip that will pop out.
You have to give it a little jerk essentially to get it to pop out. We'll do it on both sides and we'll move the grill.
The grill is removed, remove the uninstall bolts in the headlight. It's pretty simple, also ten millimeters and then we'll go to the back and remove both screws, we have to remove the last screw which is on the back from the wheel well.
Getting access to this flat and this flap is held on by one of those clip on these plastic pieces, I'll use my trim kit essential to remove. Once we remove that we'll have access to another lever inside, they'll give me the final thing that I need to do basically to remove the head.
After that, you'll be able to move the front headlight. On the back of the headlight, you need to disconnect the blinker or DRL essentially, you have to flip up a small red tab out press down.
Then we insert the H11 led bulb in, my led headlight has the copper braid, i have to just bend them inside. The LED driver you can also push that inside. Connect the original plug to the aftermarket one and it should plug right in. Install the dust cap on, and the installation for the low beam is completed.
We turn on the headlight and letâs check the performance of the led bulb. The left headlight is the LED conversion obviously that's clear and then the right one is the halogen. The left headlight pretty much almost takes over three-quarters of the right one. Everything from here on looks like is all LED, and that gives you a perspective of how much brighter the LED conversion kit is. On this Dodge Ram, we've had absolutely no issues with any kind of required, any kind of resistors and capacitors. It was a perfect easy installation with no error codes.