Chevy Colorado Headlight Modification - New Head Light Looks - Tech

Our first step was removing the amber driving light and blinker bulbs from the back of the housing. The wiring harness that clipped to the housing was also removed.

The driving lights are held in with a springy tab of plastic that is barbed to fit in a socket in the grille surround. One push with a screwdriver and it was free.

We used a small screwdriver to slowly pry the clear lens from the black plastic back. This is after two or three sessions of delicate prying. It was slow going until the cover was about half way free, then it suddenly peeled off easily.

The driving lights were much more difficult. We turned the heat up to 180-degrees, which helped, but we still managed to damage the edges of the lens with our screwdriver. Once we got the lens off, we pried the amber reflector off, working around the edges.

Two 10mm bolts held each headlight in place, we just removed them and tilted the lights forward to remove the wiring, then lifted them out.

Here's the driving light minus the reflector. Compared to the headlight, the driving light looked like it didn't have any adhesive left over. That was because the adhesive was much more like plastic than the rubbery goo on the headlights.

Next we unclipped the barbed plastic trim fittings from the core support and pulled the whole grille assembly from the truck.

Both the high and low-beam bulbs needed to come out. We're not sure how much heat they'll stand up to, but we didn't want to find out. We then placed one light at a time into a 150-degree oven for 20 minutes.

It's possible to remove the lens from the black plastic piece in the middle, but the amber lens slips out after pressing on the two clips that hold it in place.

We heated the headlight to soften the old adhesive before we ran a bead of silicone and pressed the lens on. We also ran a bead all along the outside edge of the light to prevent any leaks.