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I replaced my dome and license plate lights already; somewhere back on page 3. I went with some LED Philips bulbs while I was replacing the bulb housing. I'll have to see if they match up well with the reverse/cargo bulbs.
Oh gotcha, so the reverse lights work really well and I have the same kind in my cargo lights since they take the same size 921 bulb. Only thing i would recommend is to stick a red 921 bulb in the red portion of the third brake light other wise its going to look pink. They do have a little wider base than the traditional bulb but a little extra push and they pop right in.
Dang cold weather causing problems. I got the infamous Y connector leak sorted - replaced the upper and lower radiator hoses and the t-stat at the same time. (Will get some pics for anyone else who experiences this issue.)
I'm getting back into doing a few more things to the truck; ordered a new LCD screen speedometer cluster from e-bay and bought the left hand side switches to replace my boring digital STX screen. Have to wait about 1k - 1.5k before the odometers match, but it was the closest one I could find.
I'm also now eyeing the plug n' play remote start - think I got lucky that the 2011 is that easy and not terribly expensive.
Will keep this updated with new goodies as they come along.
From talking to others on the forum you can take it and have it flashed to match i think.
I'm assuming you mean the Speedometer, everything I read said a Speedometer Shop would need to adjust it to match, but that's $70-$100 that I'm trying to save, trying to keep the mod to under $300 and bought an OBDII cable in order to load my As Built data myself so I don't have to pay Ford to do it.
Not a bad gig, I get it its a money thing just trying to help ya out!
1,000 miles does seem like a lifetime to wait for a mod I'm excited about. If I had bought the one that is more like 5,000 miles away I'd for sure send it off. (:
Yeah, I want to do that mod for sure but I dont see myself doing it... It's very low on my list at the moment. Actually all big mod are for the next 6 months probably... found out im moving for my new job.
I'm about 1,000 miles away from being able to put the LCD speedometer in, while I wait I have some other things to do.
Coolant Change - $60 bought me 3 gallons of concentrate
Tires - I picked up some barely used (11/32 out of 11/32 tread left) Goodyear's for $150
While I've got the coolant out I also have to replace the hose running from the overflow bottle as it's now developed a slight leak; 1 oz. a week. I opted to try another OEM part vs. Pegasus fix.
Once that's done I've got to change the coolant in the Kia and change the oil - $22 for coolant, so cheap.
I replaced the hose running from the overflow bottle, not a bad gig; took 30+ minutes and the rest of my time was spent flushing the system.
Old Hose:
I'd complained previously that when the truck was at the shop a couple of months ago that they put green fluid back in the system, but was pleasantly surprised to find they'd changed it to orange (after I mentioned it.) The downside was they didn't state on the invoice which coolant they'd used.
In the end I still flushed it, but didn't feel the need to drain the block. I used a hydrometer and tested the coolant at -10 degrees, gonna run it a few days and see if it needs topped off, in which case I'll use straight coolant to get that number down.
01-29-2017, 06:18 PM
