Has anyone replaced their interior lights to LED (White)? I did this on my VW Beetle and it looks really cool and actually brighter. I was wondering what light bulbs people used if they have? I know it takes the wedge bulbs but which ones work best?

 

I had melted lamp msockets on the Navigaor,and had to hardwire in new LED's just to get front "map" lights again. I purchased the LED PC board lamps from www.superbriteleds.com.
I got the T10-PCBW36.
I alos swapped all of the rear OH lighting out with their "festoon" lamp replacements so all the interior lighting matches.
JL

 

Can you post some pics Johnny?

 

Will LEDs from these links fit an 03 expy?

http://www.mouser.com/catalog/636/2345.pdf

JKL Components Corporation
Part No. LE-0503-03W

 

Well what I realized is the in the Expedition the bulbs actually face the up instead of down and there is a reflector at the top. So what happens when you put an LED bulb in is the light just goes up through the little hole in the reflector and doesn't really do anything. I was going to try and put the bulb in backwards but it wouldn't fit. So there needs to be some sort of retrofit kit we have to use to get the 4 lights to work right. I haven't opened up the back one by the tailgate so I don't know how it looks. Any ideas?

 

I did it on mine (2000 EB) I was concerned about the heat of the bulb burning the transparent plastic cover, I could not find anything similar to those of the links posted (mouser and superbrightleds) so I went with some very bright 10 milimeter white leds I could find localy ( I'm in the middle of Mexico). It was a lot of work and finally after a few days I pulled everything and went back to the original lights because it looked really SPOOKY, like a cementery under moonlight. So, no thanks. Although they gave good light but again, could'nt get used to this spooky light.

 

I still haven't replaced mine, any new updates on this in the year 2013??

 

I just did mine earlier today. I got a 2010 last weekend, can't believe it took me so long to swap 'em out. I did my Excursion almost two years ago and love it. Here are a few pics... What year is your truck?

Here's a before:


After:


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After:


Before:


After:


Reverse:


License plate:


Map lights:


Glove box:

 

Very nice. Pictures are a great help. What leds did you use and what was the total cost?

 

Everybody loves pictures... Some of these are just stock pics I pulled off of google but here goes.

For the front and second row map lights I used these: (4 194 bulbs)





For the cargo area and glove box I used this x 2:



For the reverse lights I used these: (921)



For the license plate I used 2 of these flat 194 bulbs:



As for the cost, I don't have my price list with me and I haven't bought any in some time so I'm going to guesstimate the price around $30-$35. I still need to do the puddle lights but that was more involved and I ran out of time. I will post up some pics when I get that done.

 

I forgot to post a pic of the vanity mirrors so here you go:

Before:


One light swapped:



After:

 

BTW if anyone needs or wants any help putting all this together shoot me a message and I'll try to help you out. I have most of these bulbs in bulk.

 

How did you install these? last time I try to remove the front overhead console light cover off I couldn't any tips? Should be the same as your Excursion

 

The light cover simply pops off, you just need to use a small flat head screwdriver to pry it a little. You should see a few little grooves along the edge where you can stick the screw driver in. To connect the bulbs they come with different types of bases so you can choose whichever you need. Here's a google pic of just an example of the type of bases that you can pick from.