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06-10-2015, 07:20 AM
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Has anyone had any problems with a short in the gage cluster lights? Mine only half of them work for the longest time if I smacked the dash really hard they would all light back up but now there are less than half that work any ideas before I start tearing the dash apart?
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06-10-2015, 07:39 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by bassking1828
Has anyone had any problems with a short in the gage cluster lights? Mine only half of them work for the longest time if I smacked the dash really hard they would all light back up but now there are less than half that work any ideas before I start tearing the dash apart?
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Bulbs went out. Not hard to replace.
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06-10-2015, 07:57 AM
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Anyone know the number for the bulbs?
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06-10-2015, 08:01 AM
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I texted Buggman, he makes some killer LED lights for the dash.
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06-10-2015, 08:25 AM
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Here's this link, it's a detailed How-to on replacing them.
How To:Instrument Cluster Bulb Replacement
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06-10-2015, 10:58 AM
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Re: dash lights
illumination lights are 194 and warning lights are 74
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06-10-2015, 12:15 PM
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Buggman texted me back, he said $1.50 for each.
My 2007 cluster has 5 bulbs and my HVAC panel has 2.
Yours may be more or less since mine is a generation newer.
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06-10-2015, 04:31 PM
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Are the LED's brighter or something? Got a pic of what they look like lit up?
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06-10-2015, 04:37 PM
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I'm about to change all mine this weekend, airbag light blew and couple cluster bulbs, and contemplated going with LEDs. I just can't justify the cost on a 13 year old truck and not sure it would be a noticeable difference with the stock cluster. Just gonna do some Sylvania Long Life
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06-10-2015, 05:00 PM
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Re: dash lights
My cost was justified..it was less than $5 shipped for 10x 5 smd LED bulbs
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06-10-2015, 05:01 PM
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They're only $1.50 each, and if you have to replace them anyways, why not with some long-lasting brighter lights?
There's a pic in the "what did you do today" thread.
But the pictures probably don't do justice on what they actually can do.
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People like him make me believe that birth control needs to be put in the public water supply
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06-10-2015, 05:15 PM
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My cost was justified..it was less than $5 shipped for 10x 5 smd LED bulbs
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Not sure I'd put much faith in something like that quality wise.
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They're only $1.50 each, and if you have to replace them anyways, why not with some long-lasting brighter lights? There's a pic in the "what did you do today" thread. But the pictures probably don't do justice on what they actually can do.
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Not sure about brightness but the Long Life bulbs were rated 4x longer life than the LED that I looked at.
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06-10-2015, 05:15 PM
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Not sure I'd put much faith in something like that quality wise.
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The ones I'm getting are coming from a member on here, a lot of FRF users have his accessories and he makes good quality stuff.
Still cheap.
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People like him make me believe that birth control needs to be put in the public water supply
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06-10-2015, 05:18 PM
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The ones I'm getting are coming from a member on here, a lot of FRF users have his accessories and he makes good quality stuff. Still cheap.
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Sounds like you should be good then.
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06-10-2015, 05:22 PM
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Sounds like you should be good then.
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Well he sells them for $1.50 each. And you need 5 for the cluster.
That's only $8
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