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Old Aug 30, 2013 | 07:27 AM
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My rear dome light has a center light as well as 2 reading lights on the sides? Anyone know what LED's or bulb numbers it takes to replace all 3 in the rear dome light?
Those bulbs are 578 festoons. These are the ones I used. I'm happy with them.

Look at this on eBay:

White 578 LED Bulbs Festoon 5050 Dome Map Cargo Light 211-2

http://bit.ly/1dxdv3v
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Old Aug 30, 2013 | 07:38 AM
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Originally Posted by willisod
Those bulbs are 578 festoons. These are the ones I used. I'm happy with them.

Look at this on eBay:

White 578 LED Bulbs Festoon 5050 Dome Map Cargo Light 211-2

http://bit.ly/1dxdv3v
Are all 3 bulbs 578's? I want to order LED's for the front and back ASAP but I can't seem to nail down exactly which bulbs I need! LOL!

I think the fronts are 194's...

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Old Aug 30, 2013 | 05:32 PM
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Originally Posted by RocketFoot
My rear dome light has a center light as well as 2 reading lights on the sides? Anyone know what LED's or bulb numbers it takes to replace all 3 in the rear dome light?
What model truck do you have? I don't remember seeing any map lights in mine
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Old Aug 30, 2013 | 05:45 PM
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Originally Posted by RocketFoot
My rear dome light has a center light as well as 2 reading lights on the sides? Anyone know what LED's or bulb numbers it takes to replace all 3 in the rear dome light?
42mm is the proper bulb!
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Old Aug 30, 2013 | 06:52 PM
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Originally Posted by RocketFoot
Are all 3 bulbs 578's? I want to order LED's for the front and back ASAP but I can't seem to nail down exactly which bulbs I need! LOL!

I think the fronts are 194's...
http://www.elightbulbs.com/2010-Ford...nt-Light-Bulbs

Here's a good reference for the stock bulbs. I referenced these numbers with superbrightleds.com to see what they had available. Then I read the specs on bulb with the brightest intensity. I found a comparable or brighter bulb on eBay. To answer your question, all 3 bulbs in the rear 578's. A Toddman said, they are 42mm.

Now that I think about it, I used an 8x5050 SMD for the dome and a 6x5050 SMD for the maps. The 8 & 6 are the number of LEDs. 5050 is the size of the LEDs. The 2 most common are 5050 SMD and 3528 SMD. 5050's are larger.
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Old Aug 30, 2013 | 06:59 PM
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Originally Posted by RocketFoot
Are all 3 bulbs 578's? I want to order LED's for the front and back ASAP but I can't seem to nail down exactly which bulbs I need! LOL!

I think the fronts are 194's...
Yep, the fronts are 194's. Here's the ones I got.
Look at this on eBay:

2pcs T10 Wedge 15-SMD 5050 LED Light Bulbs HID Xenon White 158 194 W5W car light

http://bit.ly/176EPfm

These were more expensive but they are bright. There's alot of options on eBay. I chose these because the seller is in the US. I didn't want to wait for the slow boat from china.
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Old Aug 30, 2013 | 07:25 PM
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ok so I've recently converted most of my lights to led's, I've gotta quite a few questions and pm's that I thought I'd make a thread showing what I purchased and the lighting it provides. Most of my leds were purchased through Superbrightleds.com or ebay (china) I will state what leds were used and provide links as best as possible also all these pics were taken with my phone so they may be grainy

ok so to start interior map lights https://www.superbrightleds.com/more...-base/206/919/
these lights really brightened up the interior


next we have the dome light, originally I had used https://www.superbrightleds.com/more...toon/237/1123/ but i found them dull in comparison to the front, I then swapped it out for http://www.ebay.com/itm/110880791725...84.m1497.l2649
which matched the front maps lights perfectly and brightened up the rear at least 3x the festoon type bulb I had


ok moving on to the exterior

I changed my licence plate lights first with the same leds as the map lights https://www.superbrightleds.com/more...-base/206/919/

very crisp looking on the plate


Next I changed the cargo light (3rd brake light) with https://www.superbrightleds.com/more...ower/910/2244/ these were so bright that they actually cast a shadow behind my truck



I had changed my reverse lights to some 7w cree bulbs, which were super bright but completly useless at the same time, for 1 you couldn't see that I was reversing if you looking from the side, 2 they had 0 useable light on when i reversed at night, 3 they caused a slight glare on my reverse screen, so out they went being happy with my cargo lights ( https://www.superbrightleds.com/more...ower/910/2244/ ) I decided to try them in my reverse location, and WOW what a difference, I get the super white reverse light, they point in all directions so they make use of the reflector bowl and they have some decent light on the ground when reversing



then I moved onto the puddle lights, I ordered http://www.ebay.com/itm/290695625996...84.m1497.l2649 and had to stretch and fold the metal tabs of the puddle light housing for these to fit snuggly without popping out over bumps the result is this



I installed some rigid dually's ( Amazon.com: RIGID Industries Dually 2x2 LED Flood 20211: Automotive )behind the grill for when I go to the cottage, these things are bright! turning them on is like turning on the sun when it's pitch black outside, I'm sure there are other lights that put out more light but I could only imagine how bright they would be!


ok I had bought a pair of the spyder/recon headlights ( not giving a link because I don't want to be resonsible if someone purchases them ) to change the look of my front end, I have nothing but regrets about the purchase first I had to modify the holes on the light itself to get it to sit somewhat flush, They looked great for 2 weeks but then the halos would only turn on intermitantly, some days the left worked, some the right, some both never was constant, I changed the ballast on them as recommended by spyder and they worked for 2 days before giving up. I disconnected the halo rings all together, and just used the lights, I must admit the light output sucked! there is no better way of saying that. I really did like the look when they worked but once the clear on the lens started peeling they had to go


so once I removed the spyder lights I reinstalled the stock headlights, missing the uniqueness of those heads I looked into options of modifying my stocks keeping the cost down, my sollution was http://www.ebay.com/itm/221070604276...84.m1497.l2649 I'm very happy with the way they look, I've since wired them so they act as my drl's




Finally I did my bed lights I bought 4 of the led bars ( https://www.superbrightleds.com/more...ures/622/1887/ ) installed 2 of them on a pressure switch and decided 4 would be overkill



my final led addition (before my retrofit hids) will be the turn signals on the mirror reflectors I purchased http://www.ebay.com/itm/330731294547...84.m1497.l2649 and will try to get them wired this weekend pics to follow
I was at a clients company today in the Silicon Valley who make OLED lights. Apparently they can be shaped and put out more consistent light and use less energy. They are selling in the millions. Used on everything from TVs to phones. I am looking to see if there are any available I can put on my 2011.
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Old Aug 30, 2013 | 07:38 PM
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Originally Posted by Floored150

I was at a clients company today in the Silicon Valley who make OLED lights. Apparently they can be shaped and put out more consistent light and use less energy. They are selling in the millions. Used on everything from TVs to phones. I am looking to see if there are any available I can put on my 2011.
Might be spendy, OLED (organic) has been slow to be adopted due to price in all things you mentioned.
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Old Aug 30, 2013 | 08:33 PM
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Originally Posted by RES4CUE
Might be spendy, OLED (organic) has been slow to be adopted due to price in all things you mentioned.
That's true however I read that as the development goes on they will get cheaper. Apparently the wire has to be silver conductor, or something like that. So
O, initially there has been a lot of retrofitting but I believe we will all see them soon. They are extremely versatile and aesthetically superior.
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Old Aug 30, 2013 | 08:36 PM
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Op, I was looking at the bed light bars you used, did you just snip off the connector and just connect to bare wire?
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