Dash LED Lighting

[ArdWrknTrk]

Sylvania 168/194

Andrew, do you have the Sylvania LED's in the indicator bezel above the cluster?

I think that's what John was asking about in his OP.

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Be aware that if you have a charge/battery idiot light you can't use an LED there because it won't pass enough current to the alternator.

I would say that very few trucks have the idiot lights, and when they do, it is not one of the bulbs that you can change anyway.

I installed all LED's across the top indicators on mine (and in the gauges as well) and I quite like them. Been standing up just fine so far.

 

[ArdWrknTrk]

Be aware that if you have a charge/battery idiot light you can't use an LED there because it won't pass enough current to the alternator.

I would say that very few trucks have the idiot lights, and when they do, it is not one of the bulbs that you can change anyway.

I installed all LED's across the top indicators on mine (and in the gauges as well) and I quite like them. Been standing up just fine so far.

I guess I don't know of any bulb that can't be changed. :shrug

But I do know for certain that an LED won't pass enough current to get a Ford alternator to start charging.

Maybe you can take a pic for Machspeed?

[Andrew1983F100]

Andrew, do you have the Sylvania LED's in the indicator bezel above the cluster?

I think that's what John was asking about in his OP.

Yes put them in all five slots

 

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Hey fellas, put new HiPo LED bulbs in my gauge clusters this weekend. Above the gauge cluster are several other bulbs....i.e Brights, 4X4, Emissions, etc. Wondering if you fellas recommend LED replacements for them and if so, what did you go with?

I can tell you for the top row of indicators I went with the LED's that only point straight out...does that make sense? Pretty sure they were bright white also. I might have some here that I could take pictures of, but I don't remember what brand they are. Ebay stuff, for sure.

 

[Gary Lewis]

Hey fellas, put new HiPo LED bulbs in my gauge clusters this weekend. Above the gauge cluster are several other bulbs....i.e Brights, 4X4, Emissions, etc. Wondering if you fellas recommend LED replacements for them and if so, what did you go with?

I can tell you for the top row of indicators I went with the LED's that only point straight out...does that make sense? Pretty sure they were bright white also. I might have some here that I could take pictures of, but I don't remember what brand they are. Ebay stuff, for sure.

Pictures might help as I've thought about doing that as well and wondered what would work nicely in there.

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Pictures might help as I've thought about doing that as well and wondered what would work nicely in there.

Well...I think I told a fib...for some reason or another I thought I had replaced the entire top row of indicators with LED's. I did not. I only replaced the turn signal indicators. Now that I think of it, I specifically remember that they were so dim I could not see them at all during the day. They are great now. And, they actually have different LED's than I remember installing. I have 4-5 packs of them here, and the one I used are pictured below...if I recall correctly, I tried a few different ones and liked these the best.

I guess all of the others were plenty bright with the old style bulbs. I did replace them all, but they were just regular bulbs.

The LED's...sorry no info, just Ebay stuff. Pack of 10, so I have lots of spares. They seem to be lasting fine though as I haven't had to replace them yet, and it's been a couple years for sure.

The whole thing at night is well illuminated.

 

[ArdWrknTrk]

Well...I think I told a fib...for some reason or another I thought I had replaced the entire top row of indicators with LED's. I did not. I only replaced the turn signal indicators. Now that I think of it, I specifically remember that they were so dim I could not see them at all during the day. They are great now. And, they actually have different LED's than I remember installing. I have 4-5 packs of them here, and the one I used are pictured below...if I recall correctly, I tried a few different ones and liked these the best.

I guess all of the others were plenty bright with the old style bulbs. I did replace them all, but they were just regular bulbs.

The LED's...sorry no info, just Ebay stuff. Pack of 10, so I have lots of spares. They seem to be lasting fine though as I haven't had to replace them yet, and it's been a couple years for sure.

The whole thing at night is well illuminated.

Are your eBay Leds polarity sensitive or they work plugged in either way?

Blue looks nice for some people.

I'm thinking of switching to red as my eyes get more tired and slower to focus.

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Are your eBay Leds polarity sensitive or they work plugged in either way?

I can't remember for sure, but I think they are polarity sensitive. The blue LED's in my cluster are definitely polarity sensitive....I remember having to move them around.

 

[ArdWrknTrk]

Are your eBay Leds polarity sensitive or they work plugged in either way?

I can't remember for sure, but I think they are polarity sensitive. The blue LED's in my cluster are definitely polarity sensitive....I remember having to move them around.

Well, it sure is a huge improvement over 35-40 year old stock bulbs with blackened bulb condoms.

I know the LED's from HiPo parts seem to have some kind of diode bridge and don't care about how they are oriented.