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Old 08-26-2010, 11:32 PM
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my little project for the day

Well today i got sick of not having my odometer lighted so today i changed the bulb























 
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Old 08-27-2010, 07:40 PM
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nice now fix that check engine light!
 
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Old 08-27-2010, 07:58 PM
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And paint the headlights.... nice looking truck!!
 
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Old 08-27-2010, 08:03 PM
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nice now fix that check engine light!
yaa! you should have taken the CEL and put it in the odo.
 
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Old 08-27-2010, 10:11 PM
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Nice truck. I need to do the same to my odometer, the PO was told by the dealer that the whole cluster needed replacing. He did not believe me when I told him it was just a bulb.
 
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Old 08-28-2010, 02:11 AM
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yeah the check engine light is for either a bad oxygen sensor or a crappy converter, yeah i was thinking about painting the headlights, might be my next project, thanks for the compliments.

yeah i called the dealer too and they said the same thing, that i was going to need to replace the whole cluster and it would cost 300 dollars, i was so pissed off by there ignorance, cause i was trying to explain to them that it was just a bulb and that i needed to no what bulb it took, so i got on f150online.com and looked it up and bing bang boom done in 10 minutes
 
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Old 08-28-2010, 10:07 AM
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Originally Posted by autotech88jtaw
yeah the check engine light is for either a bad oxygen sensor or a crappy converter, yeah i was thinking about painting the headlights, might be my next project, thanks for the compliments.

yeah i called the dealer too and they said the same thing, that i was going to need to replace the whole cluster and it would cost 300 dollars, i was so pissed off by there ignorance, cause i was trying to explain to them that it was just a bulb and that i needed to no what bulb it took, so i got on f150online.com and looked it up and bing bang boom done in 10 minutes
Dealer's ignorance is such a pet peave of mine!.......Good Job!...
 
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Old 02-21-2011, 09:56 AM
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Do they sell colored lights so that the instrument cluster isn't green? Can I change it to blue?

Thanks,
Andy
 
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Old 02-21-2011, 11:55 AM
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the bulbs are white/clear. the green is a background piece, i guess like a piece of stained glass. that is what u need to change. if u put a blue bulb in there im not sure what colour green and blue would make.

check out this post
https://www.f150online.com/forums/20...reen-film.html
 

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Old 02-21-2011, 02:29 PM
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Good job!
 
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Old 02-21-2011, 03:03 PM
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Originally Posted by 02SC4x4
if u put a blue bulb in there im not sure what colour green and blue would make.
Umm, blue-green?

Green is made up of yellow and blue colors, so adding more blue just makes it a bluer-green. In order to make it a different color from green, you'd have to change the tint of the film, or just go with a clear/translucent clear and put in whatever color bulb you wanted.
 



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