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Old 02-24-2014, 12:38 AM
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Originally Posted by Butters_33
Cool idea, and the final product looks really good! Nice job.

How did you get that Transformers picture on your touch screen?
Thanks you can burn jpgs to a CD and if you tap on the default ford logo you will get some options to upload and edit the new images.

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Originally Posted by kmaximus
Thanks you can burn jpgs to a CD and if you tap on the default ford logo you will get some options to upload and edit the new images.

This post/thread has some additional details:https://www.f150forum.com/f38/educat...4/#post2934089
That's cool. I will have to try it sometime.
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Sub'ed as I'm planning on doing this later.

Good job kmaximus!
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bringing this one back. has anyone had any problems with their install? i'm thinking of going the pilot LED tube and taping into the shifter/parking lights. do the pilot LED tubes come in smaller diameter?
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Was just looking through the threads and saw this one pop back up

I've had zero issues with the pilot flex tube setup I installed over a year ago...I just took a few pics to show how it's holding up. After applying the shrink tubing to the flex tube there are no issue with adhesion. Everything is tight and in place as I first installed it.







The Pilot tubes are all the same size....but...

this store sells different sizes http://www.thefiberopticstore.com/pu.../SGS-Fiber.htm , I've tried the 3 and 2mm. the Pilot is about 2.5mm. the 2mm didn't seem to carry the light as well and the 3 was too fat. The 2mm might be worth a shot if figure out a way to connected the led's differently than I did.
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some of the picture links are broken. any updated pics of the wires to tap into?
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also, is the a correct color to match the interior colors of the ***** and shift lights? it's almost a green color I believe.
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I printed out the picture that Sharper4 references for my notes...it's a black and white copy and I didn't take pics when i wired mine that way. If memory serves, there is a large red and black wire bundled in the shifter wires. Taping into those will get you the 12v/Gnd that will turn on when all the other lights turn on.




I'm using rgb led's for my setup so the blue in my pics/setup is more of a true blue. The controller I'm using offers 20 other color combos.

the dark blue el wire color is almost a perfect match to the factory **** colors.
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Such a cool idea. Looks like I know what I am doing this weekend. Thanks to all to have answered questions in detail.
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[MENTION=73400]kmaximus[/MENTION], what color EL wire did you go with to match the ford *****? i'm thinking the 1.4mm kit would be perfect for me. I don't want it too bright but subtle for the interior.


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