How to- Interior LEDs
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Just thought I would let everyone know that I am probably going to redo my truck's LED's again a different color, third times the charm or so I hope. The reason I am letting everyone know is because this time I will have more knowledge and also would like to help everyone with taking more and better pictures and finally finishing this write-up, and hopefully making it a little easier to understand. So if anyone has any suggestions or requests as far as pictures or information feel free to tell me and I will make sure I answer everything this time around. I plan on starting over Thanksgiving weekend on the switches since I have an extra set and then doing the cluster sometime over my winter break. So please try to get the requests for what you want to see on the switches before then.
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I'm planning on doing my interior red soon. Can I basically count how many light points my switches have and decide how many lights I need from there? Your original list of what you need seems to be a little confusing and I'm not sure how many of each I need.
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Are you building your own? Or are you just using the bulb spots already there? If your using the pre-existing spots it's 11 or 13 I don't remember which, sorry.
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Yep you can count the amount of white and red parts on switches and cluster and this will give you the right amount.
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Hey I wanted to ask how did you manage to get the red on the lcd on the climate control Ive already done mine but didnt see any leds behind it and i switched the ones I could to white leds but the lcd is still green any help will be appreciated. Thanks
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In order to change the color of any of the lcds, stock radio or climate control, the actual screen piece must be changed out with another piece of plastic. In order to achieve this you'll have to buy a piece of plastic the same color of your LEDs and shape it to the original piece and replace the original. It may look a little strange with white because if you look at the piece of plastic now it appears black; however, is actually green.
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so how many and what kind of leds do i need to replace the headlight switch, the 5 cruise control buutons the hvac controls and the cluster? i have an 06 stx. so i dont have a tach in the cluster and the hvac is not the fancy climate control.
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#74, I used Matrix II 5 led from:
http://autolumination.com/74.htm
Take cluster out, take back cover off and remove light.
http://autolumination.com/74.htm
Take cluster out, take back cover off and remove light.
Also, can I get to the factory bulbs without having to take off the needles? I sure wish this thread would pick back up. This mod, IMO, is the coolest mod I've seen yet.
