Recent I bought a high-mileage 2004 Dodge Ram 1500 pickup truck. Even though I bought it mostly for its utility, hauling yard waste and such, I still wanted it to look nice.

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Overall it was in good shape but the headlights were noticeably glazed and a bit yellow. After an unsuccessful attempt to revive them using an over-the-counter 'headlight lens reviver' I decided to just replace them. And to add a little 'bling' I decided to upgrade to halo (sometimes called 'angel eyes') headlights.

To replace the headlights in a similar vehicle you'll need: • Replacement headlights that match your vehicle model• 16 or 18 gauge electrical wire• Quick splice • Electrical tape• Wire ties• Hand tools (screwdriver, pliers, Torx bits, depending on vehicle) NOTE: This Instructable deals with 'jacking in' to your vehicle's electrical system. Serious damage can occur if you mess up the connections and create a short. If possible you should disconnect your negative battery cable whenever working on the electrical wiring in your car.

Obviously one of the first things you need to do is find yourself some awesome headlights. One of the great things about the Internet is the number of options available. A few things you should consider is whether you want direct 'factory replacement' headlights or something more glitzy. At the high end are High Intensity Discharge (HID) headlights--the ones that make your car look like a spaceship from Close Encounters.

I decided against these for a couple reasons. The first was cost--I just couldn't justify spending the multiple hundreds of dollars for headlights on a used pickup. Plus you typically need extra hardware to handle to high current requirements of HID lights if your vehicle wasn't designed for them. LED-based halo headlights aren't as bright but don't require extra hardware and are pretty common from sites like --just enter your vehicle info and get a list of compatible lights. I decided to go with a set from that featured not only the halos but some accent LEDs as well. The headlights I ordered came with halogen high- and low-beam lights already installed and wired to a standard automotive headlight connector. That would be the easy part.

The LED halo and accent lights were terminated with plain ol' wire--no connectors in sight. Assuming your lights are similar the first thing to do is sort out the various lighting components and the positive/negative polarity of the circuits since LEDs, unlike incandescent bulbs, must be wired correctly. In my case the accent LEDs had red/black wires and the halo LEDs had white/black wires. Black would be negative in both cases so that made the next step pretty simple. Determining when the headlights go on is pretty simple since you'll just be using the standard connector linked to your vehicle's headlight switch. For the LED parts the choice is really up to you.

You can link them to the headlights or, like me, have them come on whenever the vehicle is running. Since I wanted both the halos and the accent lights to come on together I first spliced all the common wires together on each headlight assembly.