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Flickering dome lights

I decided to do the dome light swap about a year ago, Stock, the truck came with one 921 bulb. After the new modification it takes 2 of them.
I rewired the unit to feed off the dome light switch behind my dash (was fun). But I've noticed that if I leave it on for a little while they occasionally flicker, not much but I noticed it.
So I swapped to LEDs because I thought it might be a load issue, but the darn LEDs just are not bright enough for me.

What would you suggest I do to fix this, or is it safe to leave as is? I did put an inline fuse just in case it was to short.

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I'm not sure I understand your dome light modification

Which dome light do you have?

I just soldered LED's to the contacts of the dome light and have had no problems at all.
 
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i had the box one, now I have this:

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Any info on how you rewired it? Or is it common mod that I've never seen?
 
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I did just as the usual wiring, cept color codes are different, I know I wired it correctly

I'm thinking the ground isn't too good. I had to relocate it into the new dome light when I swapped them out.
 
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04+ didn't have 2 wires up there so 1 has to be ran up from behind the headlight switch. Not really super hard to do and its way worth it!
 
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