Charles-F150

make sure you get all the right bulbs too, cause i used the article above^^ and my 99 used all 74 sized bulbs instead of the 74 and 126 bulbs or what ever they are

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1999 F150 XL 4.6L V8 4X4- Magnaflow single exit cat back exhaust, JLT Cold Air Intake, Edge Evolution, Custom tuned differential third member, 2 Sony 12" 1300w subs with JL 6X8 speakers, and Blue LED ascent lighting to top it off.

iRmARK88

Looking back I think I might have done this the hard way! hahaha oh well....

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-- Flowmaster -- aftermarket grill -- Keg tap on the shifter -- infinity perfects -- kicker 750.1 on sub -- alpine pdx 4.100 on highs -- python 990 alarm -- Goodyear Wrangler 285/70/17 for the shoes

XPerties

To anyone and everyone who has done this mod and has the default red needles.....


How the heck did you get yours to even remotely glow? Mine are dead in the dark, can't see them at all and I have used the 5LED on one bulb in all my replacements so there's a ton of light. Dam needles are just dead. I even drilled 2-4 small pilot holes in underside of the needles thinking that would help with more light.

Short of having to buy a needle set for $55 bucks (i can so think of other things to spend that money on), does anyone have any suggestions?

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colton

im in the middle of doing this, i drove to school this morning with my dash in my backseat, and my gauges and headlight switch just laying there. took off the green tint yesterday, now im just waiting for the led's to get here. sure am ready to see it with them in, especially with my blue head unit im getin in a couple weeks. is there any way to change the color of the window/lock switches on the doors or the cruise controls on the wheel?

XPerties

Switches and locks here:
http://www.f150forum.com/f4/window-l...utorial-36971/

Cruise control I'll be working on after I'm done with my headlight/ac switches.

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colton

alright thanks. i think ill take a look at the cuise control lights later today. im waiting on my leds to get here, i wonder how long superbrightleds.com takes to ship usually.

Charles-F150

before putting the gauges back on you might want to try putting scotch tape or something on the back to reduce the hot spots... it helped out a little bit on mine but i probably coulda done a better job

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1999 F150 XL 4.6L V8 4X4- Magnaflow single exit cat back exhaust, JLT Cold Air Intake, Edge Evolution, Custom tuned differential third member, 2 Sony 12" 1300w subs with JL 6X8 speakers, and Blue LED ascent lighting to top it off.

colton

too late lol ive already put it all back together and ordered my bulbs. also took all the green out of the a/c control, so now im ready to order a couple bulbs to make it blue. has anyone else done the a/c? what kind of bulb do i need for it? the a/c bulbs are bigger than the bulbs behind the gauges.

XPerties

Wow, what year is your truck? Mine, 05, doesn't have bulbs. It takes PLCC-2 LEDs which have to be soldered on and I have no green stuff to remove, it's all clear.

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colton

mines a 99, i took the a/c control out and it has two twist lock bulbs just like in the dash but bigger it the back it, dont even have to take anything else apart to get to them. but to take the green out of the dials, i had to remove them, take a cube of plastic of out of them and use a knife to scrape the green off of it, then for the words(def,floor,panel,etc) i had to pop the cover off the main part and a green tinted piece just fell out of it. didnt even have to use any alcohol to remove it.