Protruding headlights

[carlos127a]

Hello i was recently gifted a used silverado grill and headlights from an uncle and fit right in place of the sealed beams but yesterday i noticed that the headlights come out a quarter to half an inch. Did i get the wrong headlights or brackets?


Thanks

 

[Eveready]

Is this a changeover from the work truck single headlight grille to a Silverado style ? Are the lights stock or aftermarket? What flavor of truck? Year / Model?

 

[magimerlin]

Is this a changeover from the work truck single headlight grille to a Silverado style ? Are the lights stock or aftermarket? What flavor of truck? Year / Model?

Don't think it's a conversion issue unless it's an issue with aftermarket composite lights vs. Oem composite .. if i remember right there are only 3 differant core support assembly's(info from looking up a core support on lmc website years ago) for the gmt400 platform and they are separated by year ranges not by what headlights go on them so that one thing that shouldn't matter. My 94 w/t 3500 had square lights and I converted to the oem composite lights without the lights sticking out. My 94 Silverado Z71 I replaced the factory lights with aftermarket and had them stick out. Replaced them with oem again and no stick out... I think it has more to be an issue with the lights

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[someotherguy]

It's a problem related to a brand or two of aftermarket headlights. If I recall the old DEPO lights were bad about this. I've seen it in person a few times. Still have pics of a truck from inventory that had this going on and they were in fact DEPO brand and had the glue separation problem as well, where the lenses would fall off the housing.

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Richard

 

[95C1500]

A set of lights I ordered years ago did this too. Got sick of it so bought some TYC oe looking replacements

 

[CrustyJunker]

I'm sure you already got your answer, but I'm ditto-ing on this one. Had some aftermarket APC branded lights in the mid 2000's that bugged out from the grille by about that much.

 

[mars2878]

I concure on it being a headlight issue. I swapped out my 99 w/t style grille & sealed beam headlights for a 98 composite headlight grille & 89 mini-quad headlights, perfect fit. only mod was the headlight pigtails

 

[carlos127a]

Is this a changeover from the work truck single headlight grille to a Silverado style ? Are the lights stock or aftermarket? What flavor of truck? Year / Model?

It went from wt to silverado its a 98 sierra sl. I dont know if the lights are oem they do look original. The grill was givin to me by an uncle so maybe he got me a grill and headlight from different year trucks. I dont know what you meant by flavor

 

[Eveready]

"Flavor" just means make and model. You supplied the info . It is a work truck that has been given a Silverado style composite headlight grill. Most likely the protruding headlights are an aftermarket set that were made in such a way that they protrude. See the post # 6 above. A good way to check this would be to get an OEM set at the yard, install them and see if they protrude. If they don't you have your answer.

 

[someotherguy]

The OEM lights say Sylvania or sometimes GTE Sylvania on the lens.

Money's on you not having OEM lenses. Some aftermarket lenses fit fine, some don't.

Richard