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Old 09-25-2016, 07:28 AM
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LED LIGHTING Dash Domes and Exterior

Anybody convert any of their incandescent to led's? I just ordered up to do my dash and domes. Hoping the domes and dash will be a much brighter and (ordered red) got a large florescent if i need white light, but it sucks the power. Using the van for remote camping and need more low draw lighting .
I did all the single/brake bulbs and real happy with the increase in light on the four corners. The cree and cob led's have come a long way since the original led tech. . Superbrightleds.com is more expensive but have had no issues with fitment or life of the bulbs purchased from them. Will try to remember to take some before pic's.
 
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had a bizzy day got some extra lights going.
 
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I like those little lights.
Hey, do you know what brand that brush guard is??
 
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Old 09-26-2016, 04:17 AM
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Brush guard is off my 95 f150 lots of grinding, sawing,and welding to kind of make it fit.
 
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Old 09-26-2016, 08:38 AM
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I run full LED lighting on the outside, TruckLite LED headlights and Hella Micro Xenon HID aux highbeams plus 300W 50" curved LED light bar.
Front turn signals double duty as DRLs with switchback LEDs and rear turn signals double as reverse lights (had to convert to amber tail turn lights here).













 
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I installed blue LEDs in my dash, I need to pull it apart and undo it one day, they do not light the instruments up enough, either bad color choice, or the design of the dash limits it. Now all of my interior lights are LED and I made 2 1"x6"x6' boards, 10 staggered holes each, with blue LED pods in the holes, put them on the ceiling mid van, it's bright.
 
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I like the lighting...and the old school brush guard!
 
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Maple do you have a picture on here of those interior overhead lights?
 
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I hope you don't mind that I flipped through all the pictures. What caused your tire to delaminate? Was it a bad "hot cap" retread? And lastly, the outdoor shot a couple before your portrait, were you on the Blue Ridge Parkway at an overlook? I live 15 miles away the parkway and use it frequently to decompress!
 
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I hope you don't mind that I flipped through all the pictures. What caused your tire to delaminate? Was it a bad "hot cap" retread? And lastly, the outdoor shot a couple before your portrait, were you on the Blue Ridge Parkway at an overlook? I live 15 miles away the parkway and use it frequently to decompress!
Cooper tire, that company can't make a 10 ply tire that will not separate, I've had 2 sets, one all terrain, tread separated, the other highway and the sidewalls cracked and started blowing out one by one, after discussion with a wholesale distributor who sells to fleets, they stopped carrying that brand because that is the norm on them, avoid them. I am rolling on Sailun, a Chinese brand, very high rating from him, not turned ash gray and started cracking yet, so they're ahead of the Cooper, I believe it's the rubber they are made from.
I live about 30 minutes from the Smokey Mountains, I go through Townsend and head across to Cherokee NC, the photos were taken there, got a van event there this weekend, GSVR XII, will be taking more photos, I don't have everything in that album.
 
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