poser shots and new dash lights

[kunar]

i decided to go play in the snow before it all melts. nothin spectacular, i still have the rear sway bar on there. the front one is gone but the front still looks really stiff.

i also replaced the lights in my dash with blue led's. the pics arent that great but you get the idea.

 

[Hahnsb2]

Nice, I put regular blue bulbs in mine, worked for about a month now they're just white, pissed me off! Are those direct replacements or did you do something custom to mount/wire them?

 

[kunar]

Nice, I put regular blue bulbs in mine, worked for about a month now they're just white, pissed me off! Are those direct replacements or did you do something custom to mount/wire them?

they are a direct replacement. i got them on ebay, they were listed as a blue 194 led. just remember that they are a diode, so theres only one way they work. it took me forever to figure out why some of them worked and some didnt...

 

[compleckz]

the front still looks really stiff.

im pretty sure thats the reality of all ttb coils *shrug*

 

[kunar]

im pretty sure thats the reality of all ttb coils *shrug*

it doesnt help that i had to cut them to make them fit either... i wouldnt mind trying some softer coils but my truck is a daily driver...

 

[Captain Ledd]

Looks like they light it up pretty evenly. I've been looking at LED's for my dashboard for a while now, replacing the lights in the 94+ dash looks like a pain, I'd rather not do it again for a long while.

Out of curiosity, did you use either of these styles?

or

I haven't decided on which style to use yet. The single LED might be too dim while the 5 LED ones might be super bright.

 

[PaleBlue90]

any tips on doing that to a 89 ranger? do i have to pull the whole dash?

 

[Dusty_Ranger]

IIRC on the 89 its the same general idea as doing the gage cluster on a 88 different style dash but similar concept to get the gage cluster out

 

[kunar]

Captain Ledd: its pretty close to the second one you showed. its a single inverted cone led. 5 led's would be way too bright, actually the singles are already pretty bright. also, the dimmer hardly does anything at all now but im not suprised.

as for a 2nd gen, i dont have any ideas. i would assume you just need to figure out what bulb it takes (mine are 194's) and buy a replacement led that fits it. there should be no reason you'd have to pull the dash, mine only requires taking apart a little bit of trim before you get to it.

 

[triumphrider-1]

Where did you get your LEDs?

Thanks

 

[kunar]

ebay

the price was decent but i waited for probably 2 weeks for them in the mail. i suppose thats what happens when they are coming from hong kong

 

[Captain Ledd]

Where did you get your LEDs?

Thanks

those I posted are from www.superbrightleds.com They got a bunch of neat LED stuff.

Link straight to the car wedge base section: http://www.superbrightleds.com/mini-wedge.html

 

[triumphrider-1]

Thanks guys, I'll have to plan to switch mine.