Installing 05-06 headlamps on a 99-04 SD - Competition Diesel.Com

DCSpecial · 05-14-2006, 01:59 PM

Installed the headlamp assemblies off a '05 HD Super Duty on my SD at my friend's body shop (Alamo's Body Shop). Thanks to Alamo's for the use of the shop space, tools, and help. And Thanks to 4x4Michael (member of another site) who I called this morning to get any tips or tricks that he had from when he did the swap.

Here's the Headlamps (I went with the Harley Davidson Edition Headlamps):

Part numbers are 5C3Z*13008*CA and 5C3Z*13008*DA.

My truck with the stock headlamps, corners, and grille removed (two clips and the adjuster hold the headlamps to the header panel):

My buddy cutting out the header panel with a rotozip:

One thing that's hard to see from the pics since I don't have any good closeups from when we finished is that there is a round peg that the 99-04 corners snap into that needs to be cut off right by the fender. And, there is a "splash guard" type thing that goes from the wheel well around to the front under the headlamps that needs to be cut to allow the 05-06 headlamps to fully sit back and mount properly.

Header panel cut out:

Test fitting the headlamps:

Put back together:

Old Headlamps, corners, and pieces of the header panel that were cut out:

To wire them up I got the dfuser plug and play heavy duty harness from BCD:

to be continued.........

DCSpecial · 05-14-2006, 02:06 PM

The harness is easy to install. It plugs into the stock harness on the driver's side, has one connection to the battery, plug into two relays that come with it and hook up three ground wires.

When I did the harness I also decided to install the Silverstar 3157 turn signal/parking lamp bulbs at the same time.

Here's a pic with the Silverstar in the driver's side, standard amber bulb in the passenger side:

Both sides with the Silverstars:

Testing the lights (you can see that the silverstars still light up amber):

I forgot to mention up above....the bottom of the headlamp is secured by the two screws that used to hold the 99-04 corners in. Up top, I ended up using a self tapping screw to secure it to the header panel:

If you have properly installed the lamps this is the finished product:

Ten_Bucks · 05-16-2006, 11:16 AM

Truck looks great Dan!

Bear Hunter · 05-16-2006, 01:52 PM

Sweet writeup dude! I'll be doing the same thing next week

Betaracer · 05-16-2006, 04:27 PM

Looks good. Very good actually

Bear Hunter, is there anything you have done to your truck which someone hasn't done first?

I know imitation is the ultimate compliment but you're taking things just a bit too far.

Bear Hunter · 05-16-2006, 04:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Betaracer

Looks good. Very good actually

Bear Hunter, is there anything you have done to your truck which someone hasn't done first?

I know imitation is the ultimate compliment but you're taking things just a bit too far.

He stole all my ideas and I'm just getting around to doing them myself

Seriously though, yep he does have a bad azz truck...I do get a lot of ideas from him and others

...but there will be a few other things going on that he doesn't have

So when are you going to give me a pro-deal on some boards?

sredish · 05-16-2006, 04:57 PM

DC, you need to stop improving on that truck, your really starting to make others look bad.....

That is a killer view from the front. I'd hate to see that thing bearing down on my rear-view mirror....

Betaracer · 05-16-2006, 05:16 PM

What skis do you want? I'll see what I have available.

DCSpecial · 05-18-2006, 10:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ten_Bucks

Truck looks great Dan!

Thanks Scott

DCSpecial · 05-18-2006, 10:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Betaracer

Looks good. Very good actually

Bear Hunter, is there anything you have done to your truck which someone hasn't done first?

I know imitation is the ultimate compliment but you're taking things just a bit too far.

Thanks Julius

DCSpecial · 05-18-2006, 10:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bear Hunter

He stole all my ideas and I'm just getting around to doing them myself

Seriously though, yep he does have a bad azz truck...I do get a lot of ideas from him and others

...but there will be a few other things going on that he doesn't have

So when are you going to give me a pro-deal on some boards?

Stole all your ideas.....

He does have something's planned (and some already on that you all don't know about) that I don't have. Which is cool.....if his truck was just like mine I'd have to change mine and not tell him about it or post any pics

In all honestly, it was Bear Hunter and DrSpeed that talked me into doing the Harley Davidson headlamps on my truck.....I wasn't planning on doing them. I must say that I'm glad I listened to them as I like the look a lot

DCSpecial · 05-18-2006, 10:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sredish

DC, you need to stop improving on that truck, your really starting to make others look bad.....

That is a killer view from the front. I'd hate to see that thing bearing down on my rear-view mirror....

I can't stop...it's like some sort of disease

Thanks for the compliment

....and yeah...people do get out of my way when I'm coming up quickly on them. A few weeks ago I was out at night and a kid in a little celica pulled out in front of me (and I was moving pretty quickly) once he saw me in his mirror and realized that it was getting bright inside his car (windows weren't tinted) he prompty pulled back onto the median and let me by

sredish · 05-18-2006, 01:07 PM

don't you just love throwing that big arse front end right into the rear-view of some punk..... or a minivan soccer mom who has her phone stuck to her ear, driving with her knee so she can put on makeup at the same time, for that matter

DCSpecial · 05-18-2006, 01:31 PM

Yes, it is fun.......especially when people deserve it

Bear Hunter · 05-18-2006, 02:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DCSpecial

.....if his truck was just like mine I'd have .......

....to dance like Michael Jackson cause you'd have one bad arse truck

Kidding dude... I love pickin on ya

BFD99 · 06-04-2006, 11:59 PM

how hard is it to change the signal bulbs once they are on? we just got ours all put back together but dang i love thel look of those silverstars on there?

02psd7.3 · 08-31-2006, 08:40 PM

they look sweet

BartF250 · 09-28-2006, 09:27 PM

Looks cool DC, have been thinkin about doing that, kinda still on the list of things to do.... seems the list never gets any shorter.

Bartman

DrSpeed · 01-08-2007, 03:19 PM

well, another thing to add on my to do list...=)

Betaracer · 01-08-2007, 04:26 PM

Denny, how's your current to-do list coming along?

05-14-2006, 01:59 PM	#1
DCSpecial Name: DCSpecial Title: Mr. Sinister Status: Not Here Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Psych Ward Member`s Gallery Posts: 3,898	Installing 05-06 headlamps on a 99-04 SD Installed the headlamp assemblies off a '05 HD Super Duty on my SD at my friend's body shop (Alamo's Body Shop). Thanks to Alamo's for the use of the shop space, tools, and help. And Thanks to 4x4Michael (member of another site) who I called this morning to get any tips or tricks that he had from when he did the swap. Here's the Headlamps (I went with the Harley Davidson Edition Headlamps): Part numbers are 5C3Z13008CA and 5C3Z13008DA. My truck with the stock headlamps, corners, and grille removed (two clips and the adjuster hold the headlamps to the header panel): My buddy cutting out the header panel with a rotozip: One thing that's hard to see from the pics since I don't have any good closeups from when we finished is that there is a round peg that the 99-04 corners snap into that needs to be cut off right by the fender. And, there is a "splash guard" type thing that goes from the wheel well around to the front under the headlamps that needs to be cut to allow the 05-06 headlamps to fully sit back and mount properly. Header panel cut out: Test fitting the headlamps: Put back together: Old Headlamps, corners, and pieces of the header panel that were cut out: To wire them up I got the dfuser plug and play heavy duty harness from BCD: to be continued......... __________________ DC Moderator 2001 F-350 7.3 4x4 CC SWB 2007 F-350 6.0 4x4 SC LWB, Lightly Modded Special Thanks to: TS Performance, DPPI, Power Slot, Southern Polyurethanes Inc, Silverline Exhaust, Dick Cepek Tires. Rest of the Fleet: 99 F-450, 00 F-450, 01 F-350, 02 F-350, 02 F-550, 04 F-450, 06 F-450 Last edited by DCSpecial; 05-14-2006 at 02:08 PM.

05-14-2006, 02:06 PM	#2
DCSpecial Name: DCSpecial Title: Mr. Sinister Status: Not Here Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Psych Ward Member`s Gallery Posts: 3,898	The harness is easy to install. It plugs into the stock harness on the driver's side, has one connection to the battery, plug into two relays that come with it and hook up three ground wires. When I did the harness I also decided to install the Silverstar 3157 turn signal/parking lamp bulbs at the same time. Here's a pic with the Silverstar in the driver's side, standard amber bulb in the passenger side: Both sides with the Silverstars: Testing the lights (you can see that the silverstars still light up amber): I forgot to mention up above....the bottom of the headlamp is secured by the two screws that used to hold the 99-04 corners in. Up top, I ended up using a self tapping screw to secure it to the header panel: If you have properly installed the lamps this is the finished product: __________________ DC Moderator 2001 F-350 7.3 4x4 CC SWB 2007 F-350 6.0 4x4 SC LWB, Lightly Modded Special Thanks to: TS Performance, DPPI, Power Slot, Southern Polyurethanes Inc, Silverline Exhaust, Dick Cepek Tires. Rest of the Fleet: 99 F-450, 00 F-450, 01 F-350, 02 F-350, 02 F-550, 04 F-450, 06 F-450

05-16-2006, 11:16 AM	#3
Ten_Bucks Name: Ten_Bucks Title: WWDD-What Would Dex Do? Status: Not Here Join Date: May 2006 Location: Placerville, California Member`s Gallery Posts: 590	Truck looks great Dan! __________________ http://facebook.com/tenbucks76 http://s1162.photobucket.com/albums/q540/TenBucks76/

05-16-2006, 01:52 PM	#4
Bear Hunter Name: Bear Hunter Title: JAKD 07 Harley Status: Not Here Join Date: Apr 2006 Member`s Gallery Posts: 281	Sweet writeup dude! I'll be doing the same thing next week __________________ JAKD 2007 Dark Stone Harley Davidson Edition Super Duty Custom Built By Truck Toyz Performance Special Thanks to: Trucktoyzperformance, Autometer, Rize Industries, MBRP, Line-X of Friendswood TX, Accufab Racing, Painless Performance, Retrax, and DC Customs

05-16-2006, 04:27 PM	#5
Betaracer Name: Betaracer Title: Giggity Giggity Goo Status: Not Here Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Whistler, BC, Canada Member`s Gallery Posts: 904	Looks good. Very good actually Bear Hunter, is there anything you have done to your truck which someone hasn't done first? I know imitation is the ultimate compliment but you're taking things just a bit too far. __________________ 2016 F350 XLT FX4 CCLB. 7" One Up Offroad/Icon/Fox, 38x13.50-18 Toyo MTs

05-16-2006, 04:57 PM	#7
sredish Name: sredish Title: Where am I? Status: Not Here Join Date: May 2006 Location: NE Texas Member`s Gallery Posts: 884	DC, you need to stop improving on that truck, your really starting to make others look bad..... That is a killer view from the front. I'd hate to see that thing bearing down on my rear-view mirror.... __________________ 2007 MegaCab - Suspended by Thuren, rollin' 37s. "My rear seat reclines, b!tches. That way, my passengers look cool and are in style when I'm pulling 3-point turns on the boulevard." -VH

05-16-2006, 05:16 PM	#8
Betaracer Name: Betaracer Title: Giggity Giggity Goo Status: Not Here Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Whistler, BC, Canada Member`s Gallery Posts: 904	What skis do you want? I'll see what I have available. __________________ 2016 F350 XLT FX4 CCLB. 7" One Up Offroad/Icon/Fox, 38x13.50-18 Toyo MTs

05-18-2006, 01:07 PM	#13
sredish Name: sredish Title: Where am I? Status: Not Here Join Date: May 2006 Location: NE Texas Member`s Gallery Posts: 884	don't you just love throwing that big arse front end right into the rear-view of some punk..... or a minivan soccer mom who has her phone stuck to her ear, driving with her knee so she can put on makeup at the same time, for that matter __________________ 2007 MegaCab - Suspended by Thuren, rollin' 37s. "My rear seat reclines, b!tches. That way, my passengers look cool and are in style when I'm pulling 3-point turns on the boulevard." -VH

05-18-2006, 01:31 PM	#14
DCSpecial Name: DCSpecial Title: Mr. Sinister Status: Not Here Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Psych Ward Member`s Gallery Posts: 3,898	Yes, it is fun.......especially when people deserve it __________________ DC Moderator 2001 F-350 7.3 4x4 CC SWB 2007 F-350 6.0 4x4 SC LWB, Lightly Modded Special Thanks to: TS Performance, DPPI, Power Slot, Southern Polyurethanes Inc, Silverline Exhaust, Dick Cepek Tires. Rest of the Fleet: 99 F-450, 00 F-450, 01 F-350, 02 F-350, 02 F-550, 04 F-450, 06 F-450

06-04-2006, 11:59 PM	#16
BFD99 Name: BFD99 Title: The Stig Status: Not Here Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Tulsa, Ok Member`s Gallery Posts: 99,999,999	how hard is it to change the signal bulbs once they are on? we just got ours all put back together but dang i love thel look of those silverstars on there? __________________ *The views and opinions expressed in this post are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of CompetitionDiesel.Com*

08-31-2006, 08:40 PM	#17
02psd7.3 Name: 02psd7.3 Title: Too Much Time Status: Not Here Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: PA Member`s Gallery Posts: 713	they look sweet

09-28-2006, 09:27 PM	#18
BartF250 Name: BartF250 Title: Rookie Status: Not Here Join Date: Sep 2006 Member`s Gallery Posts: 21	Looks cool DC, have been thinkin about doing that, kinda still on the list of things to do.... seems the list never gets any shorter. Bartman

01-08-2007, 03:19 PM	#19
DrSpeed Name: DrSpeed Title: Unregistered User Status: Not Here Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Bellingham, WA Member`s Gallery Posts: 893	well, another thing to add on my to do list...=) __________________ Ford Superduty - Cummins Common Rail DK Diesel • Autometer • South Bend Clutch • One Up Offroad • Dynomite Diesel • Nitrous Express • Toyo Tires • CompuSTAR • Dynatrac • FASS • BD Diesel • AMP Research • Painless Performance • Titan Tanks • Fluidampr • Grand Rock Exhaust

01-08-2007, 04:26 PM	#20
Betaracer Name: Betaracer Title: Giggity Giggity Goo Status: Not Here Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Whistler, BC, Canada Member`s Gallery Posts: 904	Denny, how's your current to-do list coming along? __________________ 2016 F350 XLT FX4 CCLB. 7" One Up Offroad/Icon/Fox, 38x13.50-18 Toyo MTs