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I noticed yesterday that moisture seems to be trapped in in both headlights. Thoughts on what to replace them with? Is this a difficult thing to do? Is it worth the thought of replacing them with LED headlights?

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No thoughts on headlight replacement?

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I didn't comment because I've never owned a second gen. So recommending something would just be guess.

I have never been a fan of many of the replacement assemblies for later models. I've simply stuck with OEM housings and bulbs.
 

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Ok thanks

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Do you have to replace that whole assembly?

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I ended up buying some 7-inch round LEDs and trim rings to go for a retro look, there's a tutorial on here which made it look way to easy...which is easy to say because I haven't done it yet! I was going to do standard fitment replacement LEDs but the round bulbs look awesome on the BIIs!
 

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Sorry I left it out, here's the link to the round headlight conversion here:
Round Headlights:

I wanted to convert the Bronco II to round headlights to give it more of the original 1966-1977 Ford Bronco look. I've seen other people do this by removing their stock headlight buckets and replace them with round headlight buckets from older Ford's. I wanted to find an easier method.

I found this 7-inch round headlight mounting ring on Amazon for $20.00

You can see the passenger side headlight removed and the original headlight bucket.

I used the mounting ring as a template so I knew where to drill mounting holes.
You can see the holes I drilled below. There's holes to bolt it to the body, and larger holes to allow the alignment springs to recess.
For headlights I used Xprite 7-inch LED headlights. I installed these on my girlfriends Jeep Wrangler and they work great, so I chose them for the Bronco II.

Below you can see how the light mounts to the body. You can see where thenut behind the adjustment spring recesses into the body, and the bolt holding the mounting ring to the body.
Below is what it looks like with both headlights in and the grill installed.

There's other ways to do it, but Jim's method looks WAY more straightforward and easier...
 

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