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hey guys im a newby to this forum stuff so i kinda dnt kno wat im doin...
i currently own a 94 ef futura and i would like to know if its possible to change my interior light to a LED?? cheers... 1994 ef futura...on gas..2.5 inch straight pipe,ef xr6 snorkel with a pod filter 
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| eMpTy |
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Certainly is possible.
Couple of options out there. You can either buy ready made LED bulbs (festoon/wedge/bayonet) that are a direct replacement for the standard incandescent bulbs. Not real cheap and rarely very bright. Option 2, if your handy with a soldering iron and enjoy fiddly stuff, is to buy the individual diodes & resistors from an electronics shop or ebay (good bulk prices) and modify your interior light the way you want it to be. Power supply is already there and the interior light housing & cover have enough room to fit a few LEDs inside. I've done mine using 5mm wide-angle, bright (13k mcd) blue LEDs, 10 of them at various angles where the festoon bulb used to be and 2 in each of the map lights. The LEDs & wiring have all been hotglued to the light housing to prevent any movement. I'm making up another one with the LEDs flush mounted into the light cover to see if it looks any better. And welcome to the forums
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| effalcon94 |
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fair enuf...u got any pics of urs? if i can get a hold of sum components i will have a try next week
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yeah it's easy enough to do i did mine in a blue smd
turned out good and is very bright during the night heres the guy and the light that i used: http://cgi.ebay.com.au/42mm-Festoon-SMD ... 5ad34f6090 |
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| asizzy |
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effalcon94 wrote: hey guys im a newby to this forum stuff so i kinda dnt kno wat im doin... i currently own a 94 ef futura and i would like to know if its possible to change my interior light to a LED?? cheers... 1994 ef futura...on gas..2.5 inch straight pipe,ef xr6 snorkel with a pod filter You should perhaps do a search man, has been done sooooo maaaannny time ffs.
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| effalcon94 |
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cheers man...thanks for all the help!!!
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| Justin_el |
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yes is possible to change to led and quiet easy if u get the right kit u can buy ready made kits from places like auto 1 and places like that i brought a kit which is made by monza i think by memory cost me about 20 dollars or so and makes a huge difference also if it helps i also brought replacement globes for my reading lights in the back made a bit of a difference they are made by narva and they are called arctic blue hope that helps
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| effalcon94 |
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thanks justin_el im also curious on how to do my cluster but ill have to search through the forum for that ey?
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| Justin_el |
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effalcon94 wrote: thanks justin_el im also curious on how to do my cluster but ill have to search through the forum for that ey? no worries and yea search the forums for the led dash clusters im sure there is something on here |
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| krisisdog |
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Matey I can post you a 10 pack of blue LEDs suitable for your cluster if you'd like for $20 posted.
You only need 6 to do the backlights in the cluster, 1 for the odo, 1 for the clock or 2 if you have a trip computer. ford-interior-f14/pics-of-blue-led-dash-el-falcon-t78185.html That thread is very useful, I just noticed my images are down, I'll reupload them. They just show how mine turned out. |
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| effalcon94 |
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hey man thanx, ill have to giv it a miss atm coz im putting a new starter motor in the car this weekend...is it easy to the leds in? have to use any solder? or just put straight in? ph nd wats the odo? these leds...are the just the single bulbs or the mutli angle ones?
i was also looking thru ur pics and i was wondering how u wired up ur led footwells? i wana do it to mine nd my mates sed neons wud look gd? thanx for the help champ!! 
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| krisisdog |
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The LEDs I have are plug and play, though you do have to file off a mm or two off the head of them.
Odo=odometer=km reading, bottom centre of cluster. They are single LEDs. Footwells in mine are actually neons, tapped into the interior lighting wires which live in from behind the CD player area somewhere. |
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| effalcon94 |
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yeah ur cluster is fairly bright with the single LEDS man good job nd yea im gona get the neons in the footwells but i wana get a switch so they arent on all the time so if the cops c*m sniffing ill just switch them of u know..
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| asizzy |
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effalcon94 wrote: yeah ur cluster is fairly bright with the single LEDS man good job nd yea im gona get the neons in the footwells but i wana get a switch so they arent on all the time so if the cops c*m sniffing ill just switch them of u know.. I didnt know that neons in the footwell were illegal???
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| effalcon94 |
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apparently if u have them on while driving it is but u can have em in there for show. i wana get a on/off button for them still.
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