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My 06 instrument cluster has a few bulbs that are out. I have seen the video on how to remove and send off to be repaired but have not seen any thing on how to replace bulbs. Is this something that I can do myself? Is there "kit" to replace all the bulbs? Where can I get the bulbs? Any info would be greatly appreciated. Here is a pic of my panel.
I'm not sure about your particular truck but most ford use 194 bulbs inn the cluster and in the dome lights. You can get led bulbs for a replacement and they last longer and are brighter. Look much better in my opinion.
Yes the bulbs are held in plastic holders that quarter turn into the back of the cluster. It takes longer to remove the cluster than to change the bulbs. Check out superbrightleds.com for the bulbs for your entire truck.
Don't mean to be pia, but are all the bulbs the same size? I didn't see any kit or bulbs specific to my vehicle on the web site you mentioned.i would like to have all the bulbs ready before i take the panel off.
At superbrighleds.com you can put in the type of vehicle you have and the site will show all bulbs part numbers for your vehicle and the led equivalent that they carry.
Talked to the rep at superbright. According to them the only way to know what bulbs I would need is to pull panel and then pull bulbs and send them a pic of bulbs.
I would of thought there was some kit for my specific model/year.
I was trying to avoid down time by ordering the bulbs before I pulled the panel.
That's strange. The site usually has all that info, but I put your truck in the finder and it didn't include the cluster. That sucks. Maybe do an intense web search and see if you can find anyone else that has had their cluster out and has the bulbs numbers. That would eliminate you removing it twice.
Thanks for thinking about us. We don't have a video of the LEDs, but if you click on the link below and then select photo #2, you'll see a comparison of the stock incandescent bulbs and our LEDs. The difference in our LEDs and what you'll find commercially available is that there are no "hot spots" in the gauges with ours. In other words, you can't tell where the bulbs are because of brighter spots. We've spent an insane amount of time developing just the right bulb and color temperature to make it this way. Unfortunately the LEDs aren't direct replacements though, so we don't sell them as a DIY kit.
Thanks for thinking about us. We don't have a video of the LEDs, but if you click on the link below and then select photo #2, you'll see a comparison of the stock incandescent bulbs and our LEDs. The difference in our LEDs and what you'll find commercially available is that there are no "hot spots" in the gauges with ours. In other words, you can't tell where the bulbs are because of brighter spots. We've spent an insane amount of time developing just the right bulb and color temperature to make it this way. Unfortunately the LEDs aren't direct replacements though, so we don't sell them as a DIY kit.
What would the cost be for just doing the LEDs. I see that it's a $30 upgrade option.
But I would think that price is that way because your already in there.
Looks good. Do you also have something for all the indicators?
Still would be a good selling point with a side by side video.
Is the brightness adjustable through the rheostat?
Yes, the brightness is still adjustable.
Originally Posted by Yahiko
What would the cost be for just doing the LEDs. I see that it's a $30 upgrade option.
But I would think that price is that way because your already in there.
We always want to act in the customer's best interest. For what we would have to charge to upgrade the backlighting to LED, it just doesn't make sense not to rebuild the entire cluster and offer a warranty while we have it disassembled in our shop for a few more bucks. It would also be wrong of us to not upgrade the things that we know are eventually going to fail while the cluster is completely disassembled on our desk. The cost of testing, calibration, return shipping, etc. is all included with the full rebuild, but we would still have to charge for those things on a simple backlighting upgrade.
Just wanted to give an update on my lighting issue. For me this was not a very easy job. I guess in theory it is and if you have done it a couple of times its an easy job. I ordered the bulbs from superbrightleds and when they arrived I removed the panel and very carefully started to twist the wedge/bulbs out. This was not an easy twist and release process. It was twist, wiggle and twist until I found the sweet spot and then it would come out. To replace bulb in the panel was the same process in reverse and it seemed to require more force to get the wedge/bulb back in, which made me nervous. When I replaced the panel and turned on the lights the new bulbs I replaced were on but now a few others were out. Darn it! So I removed again. In the process of removing the other bulbs/wedge I damaged one of the wedges and could not find a replacement locally. Darn it! After calling superbrightleds and found out they did not have what I needed I gave up. I found a local guy that did that kind of work and for less than 100.00 got it all taken care of.
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