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I know the door lights are wrong. They are 194s

Over head light I am not sure of
 
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The dome might be right, my 350 uses that style but my 150 doesn't.

Got dash,door,dome,glove box,tag, under hood leds for my 150 here: LED Replacement Bulbs for Cars | 12v | Super Bright LEDs | Super Bright LEDs
 
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I know the door lights are wrong. They are 194s

Over head light I am not sure of
IIRC 194's are in the gauge cluster and behind the temperature controls right?

Then these should work?
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00755JMYS/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=A12ABHQV7FD0WN http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00755JMYS/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=A12ABHQV7FD0WN
 
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194s gauges and door lights, and festoons for the dome light. My ranger uses 1 festoons and 2 194's. However the festoons give off a bluish white light instead of a white white light. Here is a picture of the new leds and the stock festoons.
 
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However the festoons give off a bluish white light instead of a white white light. Here is a picture of the new leds and the stock festoons.
What color did you order? I bought these:

578 LED Bulb - 9 LED Festoon | Festoon Base LED Bulbs | LED Car Bulbs | Super Bright LEDs | Super Bright LEDs

When I ordered I chose the warm white color option. The data sheet showed 3500K (color temperature), and when I installed them in my map lights I wasn't disappointed. The light they give off is real close to an incan (regular) bulb. The center dome light takes a 578 festoon also, at least on my truck.
 
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The one's that I linked above just say they are white lights, not cool white which kind of has the bluish color or warm light which is more toward the yellow side.

I would like to get away from the yellowish color of the stock bulbs so I'm looking to get one's as white as possible.
 
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These are the ones I bought From Amazon

Jtech 4x 42mm(1.72") 16-SMD DC 12V Super Bright White LED Bulb 211, 212, 211-2, 212-2, 214-2, 560, 569, 578, 6413, 6429 etc.
One of these days when it cools off i'm going to remove the dome lights and jump the map lights to come on with the dome lights like my ranger
 
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Here are the 194's I bought. I used these for the cab lights and door lights.
Jtech 10x 194 168 2825 T10 5-SMD White LED Car Lights Bulb
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Price: $3.49 + $5.29 shipping
I ordered these for the gauge and temp control.
Jtech 10x 194 168 2825 T10 5-SMD Blue LED Car Lights Bulb
 
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Thanks CrewCabber, those are actually the exact same one's I was looking at this morning.
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I'm just hoping these dome lights fit okay, since they are a little wider.
But I checked out the light housing for mine and I think there is room. And it also looks like the map lights are the same bulbs
Amazon.com: Jtech 4x 42mm(1.72") 16-SMD DC 12V Super Bright White LED Bulb 211, 212, 211-2, 212-2, 214-2, 560, 569, 578, 6413, 6429 etc.: Automotive Amazon.com: Jtech 4x 42mm(1.72") 16-SMD DC 12V Super Bright White LED Bulb 211, 212, 211-2, 212-2, 214-2, 560, 569, 578, 6413, 6429 etc.: Automotive


I went ahead and ordered both of these, we'll see how they turn out.
 
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I got the LED's yesterday and just got them installed






I also decided to change the temp controls and the tag lights since I had extra bulbs.

I'll get more pics when it gets dark tonight.


EDIT: And also now that I've changed all of these I want to change the bulbs in the third brake light, and reverse lights to LED, does anyone know what size bulbs I would need for those?
 
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The 194s will work but these are the right ones.


Jtech 4x T10/T15 42 SMD 12V LED White LED Car Lights Bulb.

These are the ones you need for the reverse lights

Pandamoto Led Turn Signal Reverse Backup Parking Light 1156/3156/T15/T20 Color White
 
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Thanks Crewcabber
 
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Here are a couple more pics, I know they are a little blurry....my camera sucks without the flash.




 
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