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Old 12-15-2009, 11:25 PM
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Old 12-15-2009, 11:29 PM
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Shoot LED's are expensive? Ive got less then 50 bucks in my tail lights, counting the 18 dollar relay i just picked up
 
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Old 12-16-2009, 12:06 AM
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Originally Posted by Dinggus
Thanks Jake!

Blackedoutv6, I guess I like them, but, I'd love to get both taillights and headlights smoked.

And thanks, it was a pain to figure our which is negative/positive on the switches (but, then again I'm new to this crap, so that might not even matter).
yea it took me wiring them wrong my first switch and testing it to realize how they went. take some pics of your switches and post them in this thread for others

https://www.f150online.com/forums/19...-write-up.html
 
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Old 12-16-2009, 04:47 AM
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Blackedoutv6, nice taillights, I found these:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/97-98...item5d259ee4fd

Patman, what do you have?

Jake, I will, since I had different kinds than what you had, no need to cut anything to make anything fit, all I had to do was solder off, solder on, check it, solder off, bend the legs perfect, and re-solder and done.
 
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Old 12-16-2009, 05:10 AM
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o0o0 those are pretty nice!

i had some very similar. the only thing is that it has 2 spots for brakelight bulbs, and your truck only has one bulb for the brakes. the light output with one is fine, but i decided to add a second bulb to mine, and it ended up melting the lense a little but if you ran 2 LED bulbs in each taillight you wouldnt have any melting issues

edit: heres the only pic i could find of them
 

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Old 12-16-2009, 05:34 AM
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Alright, well I dont want to take the risk of melting anything, so I'll most likely get the G2's that you showed me.

Edit: So here I am, trying to do my driver side door with LED lights, and I just broke the window control switch box! I found it funny, because I knew this would happen and now I have to buy a new one and I found this:

Amazon Amazon

Ripped out!



Guess I'll just change the LED lights in the unlock control box.
 

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Old 12-16-2009, 02:59 PM
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You wont melt anything as long as you dont add a second bulb!

and ha that sucks about your switches!
oh well..live and learn i suppose
 
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Old 12-16-2009, 03:15 PM
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Well, I made my decision I just bought these:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/01-03...Q5fAccessories

Yeah it does, I found a place online that sells them for $77.
 
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If you really wanna trick your truck, you'll fix it exactly like this

 
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Old 12-16-2009, 04:12 PM
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That's a pretty ugly truck. So, I went and got a quote for a dash kit, they want almost $400! So, I'm just going to stick to the somewhat inexpensive stuff for now.
 
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Look at the pics of the dash in my album...if you like it, PM me and I can tell you how to do it. Its really easy and only cost about $15 maybe. And it looks OE
 
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nice choice on the tails!
those look nice
 
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Old 12-16-2009, 04:41 PM
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Yeah, I plan on doing that soon, just need to decide when I'll do it since it looks like it'll take all day. As of right now, I'm trying to do the headlight switch.

Thanks blackedout! I'm looking at these as well:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/97-03...Q5fAccessories

They look like they should match.
 
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Old 12-16-2009, 05:48 PM
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Originally Posted by 1clean42
Look at the pics of the dash in my album...if you like it, PM me and I can tell you how to do it. Its really easy and only cost about $15 maybe. And it looks OE
there's a how to on how u changed the color of ur dash lights isnt there?
 


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