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Old Sep 5, 2012 | 07:15 PM
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Hey fellas. I have a 2003 Ford F-150 supercrew and I'm looking to spice up the inside of my truck, i've always liked LED interior lights but I thought they were to expensive until I looked it up. Superbrightleds.com has the "festoon" LED bulbs that supposidly replace the factory bulbs, they are $4.74 a piece (I would need 5 total). Has anyone taken this route before? I took out the middle bulb in the front seat fixture (the one that comes on when the door is opened) as it was the easiest to remove. I compared the Factory bulb (almost exactly 1.6 inches long) to the LED bulb (1.73 inches long). Not sure how to remove the two front seat map lights. Does the whole fixture come out? The back seat map lights look relativly easy to replace as the whole fixture comes out of the ceiling. I'd just like to know a little more about this before I spend my money on it.
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Old Sep 5, 2012 | 07:23 PM
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Definitely worth it.. I just put one in my reg cab dome light and it's crazy bright.. I didn't even put them in the other two that use the switch to turn on.. definitely worth your money.. I got the cool white by the way.. probably your best bet for the most amount of light
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Old Sep 5, 2012 | 07:25 PM
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Just squeeze the lens and it pops off lol no big deal.
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Old Sep 5, 2012 | 07:34 PM
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I took the lens off and removed the middle bulb but the other two on each side looked like a challenge to get loose. I tugged and wiggled on the fixture to see if it would just pop right out but it seems like its pretty well secured in there!
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Old Sep 5, 2012 | 07:35 PM
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I took the lens off and removed the middle bulb but the other two on each side looked like a challenge to get loose. I tugged and wiggled on the fixture to see if it would just pop right out but it seems like its pretty well secured in there!
There's a couple screws you have to remove to get it all
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Old Sep 5, 2012 | 07:36 PM
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And it fight just fine? Even though the LED bulb is a tad longer than the factory bulb? I will most likley order one bulb and try it in every slot to make sure it fits and then order 4 more if everything fits good.
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Old Sep 5, 2012 | 07:37 PM
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It should fit there's a little play in them
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Old Sep 5, 2012 | 08:03 PM
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Yea you gotta unscrew the dome from the ceiling to get to the map lights and their the same as the dome
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Old Sep 5, 2012 | 08:29 PM
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Yeah i unscrewed the three screws on that were around the middle light bulb and the fixture just popped right out, this will be a breeze as soon as i get the bulbs, I just ordered them. it even has instructions on the back side of the fixture of how to replace the side map lights :P
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Old Sep 5, 2012 | 10:56 PM
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Here's mine the white one you has up. Deff worth it a lot brighter. One pic is just the dome light and the others are with the map light on. Like I said worth it and real easy to do.
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