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Halo Headlights On A 2001 Dodge Dakota - Older Truck, New Eyeballs

2001 Dodge Dakota Stock Headlights
1a. Taking out the stock headlight unit is pretty straightforward with the removal of three 10mm bolts. It's a little easier to access these bolts if you first take out the lower light assembly (1a)
2001 Dodge Dakota Old Lights
2001 Dodge Dakota Removing Torx Screw
1b. ...by first removing the #10 Torx screw holding it in place (inset). Once the bolts are out, a firm tug on the lights removes them from their pockets, the bulbs unplug or pop out with a twist, and everything comes out easily (1b).
2001 Dodge Dakota Little Wiring
2. These lights are pretty much plug-and-play. The only wiring involves tapping the LED turn signals into the stock turn-signal wires with a couple of wire taps. Once hooked up, the LEDs will flash in sync with the incandescent front marker lights.
2001 Dodge Dakota Plug In
3. Once the LEDs are spliced in, the rest of the lights in the unit can be plugged in. All of the stock headlight sockets plug right into the back of the unit. There is no need to use your stock bulbs or buy new ones, as bulbs are included with the set.
2001 Dodge Dakota Hit The Lights
4. After all of the electrical components were hooked up, we hit the lights to make sure everything worked properly. The halos were nice and bright, and all the other lights lit up as expected.
2001 Dodge Dakota Ball Stud
5. The only problem we ran into during the install was this little ball stud (circle). It has a cone-shaped socket on the end of it that plugs into a hole in the truck's sheetmetal. This is like a centering pin that replaces a bolt. The problem is the new stud is about 3/4-inch longer than stock and would not let the light seat fully in the pocket. We simply removed the cone-shaped socket (inset) and let the stud pop into the hole.
2001 Dodge Dakota Stud
2001 Dodge Dakota Small Gap
6. With the socket removed, the light can be placed into the truck to check for proper fitment. A small gap between the fender and the side of the light is closed by turning the lower adjustment screw on the backside of the light (inset).
2001 Dodge Dakota Adjustment Screw
2001 Dodge Dakota Rubber Gaskets Attached
7. With everything fitting like a charm, the three 10mm bolts retained from the stock lights secure the new headlights in place. The attached rubber gaskets popped into the sheetmetal.

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