Silver Expo HVAC install pictures
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Got a couple of requests to see how I had my Silver Explorer HVAC installed so I snapped a few pictures for everybody.
First start by removing the radio bezel and unbolting the HVAC control and removing the control knobs, then use a small screw driver the loosen the clips holding the stock black gauge overlay onto the white control unit. Also remove the silver overlay from the expo controls in the same fashion. When your done it should look like this Attachment 99820 Now press the silver overlay into the stock ranger controls. Attachment 99821 Nice snug fit Attachment 99822 Reinstall the knobs Attachment 99823 Put everything back together and this is what you end up with. Attachment 99824 I also installed a set of T5 led to replace the stock bulbs at the same time. Attachment 99825 Attachment 99826 Tiny little suckers. Hope this helps |
can you get some iluminated shots of the leds?
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Originally Posted by fourliter dan
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can you get some iluminated shots of the leds?
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that looks really sharp!...did you just get that from a jy
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What the heck. I had one of those and none of plugs even matched.
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Originally Posted by djfllmn
(Post 1734247)
that looks really sharp!...did you just get that from a jy
Originally Posted by 01RangerEdge
(Post 1734250)
What the heck. I had one of those and none of plugs even matched.
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Even if I would have thought of that, the green paint on the plate wasn't coming off very well
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Originally Posted by 01RangerEdge
(Post 1734256)
Even if I would have thought of that, the green paint on the plate wasn't coming off very well
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looks good. do you have matching gauges?
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i think thatll look really sharp with my silver radio/HVAC bezel
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Originally Posted by ranger4.0
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looks good. do you have matching gauges?
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Unevenly lit like mine too, though I'm running stock incandescants. I've got those tiny bastard bulbs and not 194's like yours too Along with having the cable blend door. I ended up shaving the "triangle clips" that are on the Expo face, slid in the face, and it's fit snug enough where the knobs actually hold it in. I plan on adding strip led's to it and those nifty plug-in 194's in the cluster to make everything match. Thanks for the info Mikey....I'm jealous of your radio bezel.
http://i632.photobucket.com/albums/u...h/P3190193.jpg Attachment 99764 |
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Originally Posted by Fx4wannabe01
(Post 1734496)
Unevenly lit like mine too, though I'm running stock incandescants. I've got those tiny bastard bulbs and not 194's like yours too Along with having the cable blend door. I ended up shaving the "triangle clips" that are on the Expo face, slid in the face, and it's fit snug enough where the knobs actually hold it in. I plan on adding strip led's to it and those nifty plug-in 194's in the cluster to make everything match. Thanks for the info Mikey....I'm jealous of your radio bezel.
http://i632.photobucket.com/albums/u...h/P3190193.jpg http://i632.photobucket.com/albums/u...h/P3190214.jpg The plug in SMD 194's in the gauges on the other hand work and look awesome. Attachment 99762 Thanks for the props on the bezel it took a lot of sanding! |
Sweet, my truck has one too but came with it when I bought it lol
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Originally Posted by mikerider
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I know this is old but I'm going to ask. I just picked up the same silver cluster and also picked up a silver heater controller like you have... Does your heater controller match the cluster? I am looking at mine and the heater controller is a darker silver than the speedo silver? I head that silver came on the one ford rangers but it appears that my heater controller is perhaps from a ford explorer? Thanks, -Nigel |
Originally Posted by NewShockerGuy
(Post 2053754)
I know this is old but I'm going to ask.
I just picked up the same silver cluster and also picked up a silver heater controller like you have... Does your heater controller match the cluster? I am looking at mine and the heater controller is a darker silver than the speedo silver? I head that silver came on the one ford rangers but it appears that my heater controller is perhaps from a ford explorer? Thanks, -Nigel |
I just tried doing this to the silver HVAC controller to my stock black one, The mounting tabs don't line up at all.
The one I have is manual bender door where the silver one was electronic. They don't line up... is there any way to get that to work with the silver face onto my stock one? Thanks, -Nigel |
Originally Posted by NewShockerGuy
(Post 2057622)
I just tried doing this to the silver HVAC controller to my stock black one, The mounting tabs don't line up at all.
The one I have is manual bender door where the silver one was electronic. They don't line up... is there any way to get that to work with the silver face onto my stock one? Thanks, -Nigel |
Are you swapping just the overlays ?
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Originally Posted by NewShockerGuy
(Post 2057622)
I just tried doing this to the silver HVAC controller to my stock black one, The mounting tabs don't line up at all.
The one I have is manual bender door where the silver one was electronic. They don't line up... is there any way to get that to work with the silver face onto my stock one? Thanks, -Nigel The tabs are all located in different spots between the two styles of faceplates and the way they attach is different. From what I've gathered over the years, the cable actuated blend door models got #74(or whatever those little bastard bulbs are) and the black face snaps OVER the frame. Models with electric blend doors got 194 bulbs and the silver(or black) face snaps INSIDE the frame. I don't recall any silver face on a manual blend door model from the factory.
Originally Posted by Scrambler82
(Post 2057655)
Are you swapping just the overlays ?
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