Looking for brighter Dash Panel Lights...
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Looking for brighter Dash Panel Lights...
06 F250 SD CC 4x4 Lariat FX4 6.0
Is anyone familiar with any aftermarket bulbs that would be brighter than the OEM bulbs that light up the dash? (ie: speedo, tach, and other gauges). I find them a little too dim at nite. Thank you in advance for all assistance. And yes, I have the interior/dash light wheel turned all the way up...
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Be safe and keep it between the ditches. Oh, wait a minute...we don't hafta do that anymore.
Is anyone familiar with any aftermarket bulbs that would be brighter than the OEM bulbs that light up the dash? (ie: speedo, tach, and other gauges). I find them a little too dim at nite. Thank you in advance for all assistance. And yes, I have the interior/dash light wheel turned all the way up...
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Be safe and keep it between the ditches. Oh, wait a minute...we don't hafta do that anymore.
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Amazing. I find my 07's so freaking bright I could read a book (if I left them turned up).
I do find that 8's and 0's (eight and zero) look exactly the same on the odo- near impossible to tell them apart without staring at them...
I do find that 8's and 0's (eight and zero) look exactly the same on the odo- near impossible to tell them apart without staring at them...
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Sorry guys I don't have the part#s. It happened by accident and threw the packages out by the time I realized. I'm pretty sure I got them at Advance. Bring in the old bulb and get the ones that look the same but listed as for foreign vehicles
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Generally speaking the brighter the bulb the higher the amperage.
Ford dash lights should be a 194 (14 volt T3-1/4 glass wedge base .27 amp)
Any bulb with a t3-1/4 glass wedge base should replace a 194
All these bulbs are T3-1/4 glass wedge base
161 14 volt .19 amp
168 14 volt .35 amp <----- should be the brightest
192 14 volt .33 amp
193 14 volt .33 amp (15,000 hour life rating)
Ford dash lights should be a 194 (14 volt T3-1/4 glass wedge base .27 amp)
Any bulb with a t3-1/4 glass wedge base should replace a 194
All these bulbs are T3-1/4 glass wedge base
161 14 volt .19 amp
168 14 volt .35 amp <----- should be the brightest
192 14 volt .33 amp
193 14 volt .33 amp (15,000 hour life rating)
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I have never used them but I found this place: http://www.superbrightleds.com/mini-wedge.html
They have different colors and sizes. Might have some luck there.
They have different colors and sizes. Might have some luck there.
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Originally Posted by msgtg
This would be handy info. I find that when you drive with parking lights on during the early evening or while it's raining, it's sometimes hard to read the outputs.
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I can't imagine wanting a brighter dash at night........I keep mine all the way down. When you are used to driving with it all the way up, you don't think twice about it. But once you turn it all the way down, you'll be suprised on how much of a difference it makes with night time vision.........it should be easier on your eyes too.......
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Thanks for the input guys. Remember, you can always dim the interior lights at night but I tend to drive with lights on all the time which makes it tough to read the outputs unless it's dark out.
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I used to think my gauges were dim on my last Ford, then I found out that half of the dash bulbs were burned out. Replacing the bad bulbs and cleaning the others off worked wonders.