Cab clearance lights and fog lights
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Wish I would have known about the difference in the older and newer model lenses. I guessed I wont trust what the dealer tell me anymore,not that I ever did.I wonder if the new style lights will work in place of the older style if you have already have the older ones installed.Can anyone tell me for sure?
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Good link.
Is it better to get the older kit with the triangle lights for a 2002 2500? If I am right, the pros would be a correct template and a direct plug-in for the wiring harness. Con would be the triangle lights. It sounds like from reading the links that one could just replace the triangle lenses with the low-profile ones. Has anyone done this yet?
I was thinking of letting the dealership do this but I am not sure now. They told me I needed the newer kit. When I asked them how that kit could fit both a 2002 and 2003 with different sytle roofs, I got the "i dunno" it is what the computer says. So, I may just do these myself. Anyone apply rust treatment to their newly drilled holes? I am curious if 10 years down the road I will be driving along and my roof falls apart due to rust.
thanks,
Is it better to get the older kit with the triangle lights for a 2002 2500? If I am right, the pros would be a correct template and a direct plug-in for the wiring harness. Con would be the triangle lights. It sounds like from reading the links that one could just replace the triangle lenses with the low-profile ones. Has anyone done this yet?
I was thinking of letting the dealership do this but I am not sure now. They told me I needed the newer kit. When I asked them how that kit could fit both a 2002 and 2003 with different sytle roofs, I got the "i dunno" it is what the computer says. So, I may just do these myself. Anyone apply rust treatment to their newly drilled holes? I am curious if 10 years down the road I will be driving along and my roof falls apart due to rust.
thanks,
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Thats a fine step by step, Aggie Phil!!
I was thinking about mounting an antenna on the roof of my '98.5' but worried about pulling the headliner, not so bad now that you explained it.
My truck must be the transition period... plastic mirrors (tilt & heated) but still has the old style cab lights.
I was thinking about mounting an antenna on the roof of my '98.5' but worried about pulling the headliner, not so bad now that you explained it.
My truck must be the transition period... plastic mirrors (tilt & heated) but still has the old style cab lights.
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Originally Posted by sadlerb_98
Is it better to get the older kit with the triangle lights for a 2002 2500? If I am right, the pros would be a correct template and a direct plug-in for the wiring harness. Con would be the triangle lights. It sounds like from reading the links that one could just replace the triangle lenses with the low-profile ones. Has anyone done this yet?
Originally Posted by HiJenks
Thats a fine step by step, Aggie Phil!!
I was thinking about mounting an antenna on the roof of my '98.5' but worried about pulling the headliner, not so bad now that you explained it.
My truck must be the transition period... plastic mirrors (tilt & heated) but still has the old style cab lights.
I was thinking about mounting an antenna on the roof of my '98.5' but worried about pulling the headliner, not so bad now that you explained it.
My truck must be the transition period... plastic mirrors (tilt & heated) but still has the old style cab lights.
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I bought 5 chrome covered amber bulbs, they appear chrome until lit up. I wonder how bright the LED bulbs would be? They'd surely never need replacing that way. I bought the clear clearance lights about a month ago but the guy on eBay sent me the smoke kit and was being very difficult about exchanging them. Long story short PayPal refunded my money and I went elsewheres to buy the same thing cheaper. Every morning when I leave for work, every truck I see out there with clearance lights makes me want mine in, but they're on the way now so....
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I was checking out your installation page and read the part about the LED bulbs. Don't know if you found them yet, but superbrightleds.com has clear LED 194/168 bulbs. They've also got the ambers, and I couldn't really tell a difference in the color of the regular clear bulb and the amber LED when I was testing my string of lights. The LED bulb is a bit more "directed" to a single point, though.
Thanks for the info. I have found them online, but I have been trying to find them locally, to give them a try with the ability to easily return. I have been seeing various different types of 194 LEDs, including some that supposedly put out light to the sides also, due to how the LEDs are arranged. I just hate to pay 6-10 bucks per light to get 3 or 4 different styles and colors and have to return what I don't like. On the site you recommended I count 6 different styls of 194 bulbs. It's confusing.
Of course, in the case of the cab lights, side view of the lights isn't a real big issue, and I would actually think that the defraction of the light by my amber lenses would take care of side view (another one of those things I want to test....)
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Chris
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Originally Posted by Stamey
Thanks for the info. I have found them online, but I have been trying to find them locally, to give them a try with the ability to easily return. I have been seeing various different types of 194 LEDs, including some that supposedly put out light to the sides also, due to how the LEDs are arranged. I just hate to pay 6-10 bucks per light to get 3 or 4 different styles and colors and have to return what I don't like. On the site you recommended I count 6 different styls of 194 bulbs. It's confusing.
Of course, in the case of the cab lights, side view of the lights isn't a real big issue, and I would actually think that the defraction of the light by my amber lenses would take care of side view (another one of those things I want to test....)
Thanks,
Chris
Of course, in the case of the cab lights, side view of the lights isn't a real big issue, and I would actually think that the defraction of the light by my amber lenses would take care of side view (another one of those things I want to test....)
Thanks,
Chris
http://www.superbrightleds.com/cgi-b...gi?product=CAR
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I'm getting the 5 element LED's for my clearance lights... Those are showing as the only "wide-angle" bulb except for the single element LED. all the others show as having ~35° angle of view, too narrow for the application IMO.
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Buy the kit
I stopped by the local dealer today and ask about the new style lamps only....they are almost $15 each and was told that they may not be direct replacement for mine...bulbs and plugs different?
He suggested the kit and it was less than $20 more.
He suggested the kit and it was less than $20 more.
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Originally Posted by AggiePhil
LEDs? You guys are nuts! They're clearance lights!
Chris