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Old Mar 12, 2012 | 01:17 PM
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does anyone what type of LED's you have to get to put behind the instrument panel? and where/how many you have to get?
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Old Mar 12, 2012 | 01:29 PM
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Sylvania lighting guides gives three different bulbs: 194, 37, and PC161. I thought they might be 194's but you might want to double check around first at a parts store.
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Old Mar 12, 2012 | 01:55 PM
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I followed the procedure below:

http://www.f150online.com/forums/art...r-97-03-a.html

The LEDs I got off Ebay worked well! Some are willing to spend a bit more by ordering from www.superbrightleds.com for higher quality units.
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Old Mar 12, 2012 | 06:04 PM
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With super white LEDs, you get the following effect:
Attached Thumbnails instrument panel LED's-led_gauge_cluster.jpg  
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Old Mar 12, 2012 | 06:47 PM
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i got them off superbrightleds.com and they work pretty good but those super white ones off ebay look good also! cant go wrong really with either.. just depends on what you want.. superbrightleds has how many you'll need for pretty much every kind of light.. and they have different colors also.. just depends on you really..
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Old Mar 12, 2012 | 11:20 PM
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thanks for the info guys that link showed me everything i needed too know, an i loved the color of your gauge cluster looks awesome man
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Old Mar 13, 2012 | 12:37 PM
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Because you have the same dash cluster (with the blue film), as long as you use the hyper white LEDs, you'll have the same effect! Enjoy!
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Old Mar 13, 2012 | 02:13 PM
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What color do the stock cluster film use? Green? So if I were to buy a different color light it would still look green?
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Old Mar 13, 2012 | 02:16 PM
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Originally Posted by WHITE TRITON
What color do the stock cluster film use? Green? So if I were to buy a different color light it would still look green?
The stock cluster film is blue, but they use yellow LEDs thus why it looks green. These clusters that look blue are just using white LEDs behind them.
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Old Mar 13, 2012 | 04:42 PM
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awesome. thanks for the info. is it hard to get to the lights?
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