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Guage Cluster Before & After

I decided to change my standard old guage cluster lights to plug in play led lights. What a big difference!! What do you think?


 
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So much better. Good job
 
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which led's did u get
 
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love this. how much u spend? what do the blinkers look like
 
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how do you do this?! that looks awesome.
 
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Looks great! Did you clean the paint off the needles or are those different ones?
 
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Originally Posted by 99offroadrngr
which led's did u get
I bought the T10 - 194 SMD Bulbs. The SMD bulbs are super bright. Here is a picture:


Originally Posted by fourliter dan
love this. how much u spend? what do the blinkers look like
I spent around $20 for six bulbs. The turn signals are still green, but a much darker green.

Originally Posted by abq02ranger
how do you do this?! that looks awesome.
It is extremely easy to do! It took me less than one hour. Here is a write up:
https://www.ranger-forums.com/f40/ea...-great-107800/

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Looks great! Did you clean the paint off the needles or are those different ones?
Those are the factory needles. I did absolutely nothing to them. Thanks for the comments everybody!!
 
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Looks great!
 
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Wow that looks awesome
 
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Looks good!

Wish my old dash overlays were green. I had to use green LED's & now my needles are green too.

At least I can see 'em now.
 
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Looks GREAT, Robert!!! Can't wait to do mine soon....imagine those with my '03 XLT cluster! boompow!! lol



Where did you pick up your LED's from?? Thanks for posting the pic...it's not often someone actually posts the actual product they used.


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Looks great! Did you clean the paint off the needles or are those different ones?
Believe all 04+ have orange-red needles. '03 and older came either white or orange-red....only Expo's and '03 XLT's got the oranges.
 
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Looks just like mine. I LOOOOVE how the needles turned out, I had no idea they would be white.

I got my bulbs, exactly like that, from superbriteleds.com. I got the color in a cool white iirc.
 
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I picked up the bulbs on eBay. They were pretty cheap. Thanks for all the comments!
 
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Looks good for plugins, I just guess I prefer individual SMDs.


 
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nice im going to have to order some blue ones
 
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[QUOTE=Jp7;1718292]Looks good for plugins, I just guess I prefer individual SMDs.

Thats a little too bright for me. Each to their own.
 
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Originally Posted by rangeredge01
I decided to change my standard old guage cluster lights to plug in play led lights. What a big difference!! What do you think?



Old thread, but just wanted to say thanks for the idea...Finally did mine this way and what an improvement!
 
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