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Old Mar 1, 2011 | 07:57 PM
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Changed my interior lights to leds today!

Like the title says i changed all my interior bulbs to leds today. Did blue for the gauges and hvac and did cool white for the dome/map/courtesy lights. Im not allowed to post pics so ill post a link to another forum where i was able to. I would like to give a special thanks to Raptor05121 who did an awesome write up on how to do the gauges and hvac lights.

http://www.f150forum.com/f6/looky-wh...31/#post776471
 
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Old Mar 1, 2011 | 08:55 PM
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what part numbers for the dome and door lights? how many bulbs did you replace total?
 
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Old Mar 1, 2011 | 08:57 PM
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looks nice. i'm in the process of doing all red
 
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Old Mar 1, 2011 | 09:09 PM
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That looks awesome man!!! What I am looking at doing when I get home.
 
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Old Mar 1, 2011 | 09:20 PM
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Did you do the map reader's white LED as well?
 
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Old Mar 1, 2011 | 09:20 PM
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Originally Posted by migdaddy
what part numbers for the dome and door lights? how many bulbs did you replace total?
door lights are the same as the gauge lights wled-x-x 194. Here are what i used:

http://www.superbrightleds.com/cgi-b...D-x.htm#photos

Dome are these 4410-x9
http://www.superbrightleds.com/cgi-b...-x9.htm#photos

i replaced 14 total bulbs
5 194's for the gauges
2 194's for the hvac
2 194's for the doors (one bulb per door)
2 74's for the guages link to these
3 4410's for the dome a map lights

i used blue for the gauge and hvac and cool white for everything else
 
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Old Mar 2, 2011 | 09:00 PM
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the sunroof models are different than the non sunroof models
 
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Old Mar 2, 2011 | 09:24 PM
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looks good!
 
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Old Mar 3, 2011 | 01:43 AM
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Originally Posted by Spencer2009
I would like to give a special thanks to Raptor05121 who did an awesome write up on how to do the gauges and hvac lights.
welcome
 
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Old Mar 3, 2011 | 05:04 AM
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Originally Posted by Spencer2009
door lights are the same as the gauge lights wled-x-x 194. Here are what i used:

http://www.superbrightleds.com/cgi-b...D-x.htm#photos

Dome are these 4410-x9
http://www.superbrightleds.com/cgi-b...-x9.htm#photos
So the 4410 are for the dome lights. Thanks, I'll grab me a pair.
 
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Old Mar 3, 2011 | 09:46 AM
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did you have to pull something off the cluster? The bulbs are clear if Im not mistaken, the stock green color comes from the face of the cluster right? So did you have to replace the face with a clear one?
 
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Old Mar 3, 2011 | 10:08 AM
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Looks nice I'm wanting to do this project also, then my truck would be entirely LED. I did my front turn signals last week after my load resistors came in.
 
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Old Mar 3, 2011 | 07:03 PM
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Originally Posted by 03Fx4JD
did you have to pull something off the cluster? The bulbs are clear if Im not mistaken, the stock green color comes from the face of the cluster right? So did you have to replace the face with a clear one?
no i didnt pull anything off. there is a greenish/blueish film on the back which with the stock halogen bulbs which produce yellow light makes the ugly teal color that comes in the truck. i left it on there so it actually accents the blue and makes it prettier(if its okay to say that about a truck)
 
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Old Mar 4, 2011 | 09:54 AM
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Ok cool thats what I wanted to know. I knew there was some kind of film on the back of it. I got a bulb starting to go dim. lol. Might as well replace all while Im in there with these.
 
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Old Mar 4, 2011 | 10:22 AM
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I did the same, minus gauge and hvac, love them. In addition, I did the 3rd brake lights cargo lights and the license plate lights. Not HUGE difference in lights, the map and dome is a lot brighter though. I found 1 of the 4410's, the dome seemed too long, like maybe a 42mm length would have been better, but it works fine so I'll leave it. Good pics, but it does change the look inside more, pics won't do justice. I should try and snap a few pics now that I got the camera figured out.
 
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