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Old 03-28-2010, 12:47 AM #1
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Upgraded To LED's

I haven't modded my truck in a few months and finally found something to do. I changed all of my interior lighting to LED's. I ordered all of my bulbs from v-leds.com, which was a very positive experience. I am very happy with the final product. All of the bulbs were very straight forward to change.

Running boards/Individual door lights/Front map light: 2 HID 6K WHITE HIGH POWER LICENSE PLATE MAP PARKING LED BULBS 194 168 158

You need 10 bulbs or 5 packs from V-LED's (those without running boards need 6 bulbs or 3 packs).

Running Boards- Just crawl under, turn the bulb assembly, assembly comes down, pull out old/push in new bulb, place assembly back in running board and twist. This is probably the trickiest because of the awkward angle.

Doors- Take a philips heads screwdriver and place it between the lens and the door. Be careful because you could scratch the door easily. The entire light assembly comes out and is attached by a wire so don't pull too hard. Disconnecting the wire makes it much easier to work with. Just pull lens off with your hand and swap bulbs. Then snap assembly back in.

Map Lights- I actually pulled the entire assembly down and unplugged it so it would be easier to work on. Just stick a philips head screw driver between the panel and headliner starting with the side closest to the windshield. Once you have enough space for your fingers to fit, pull down and two clips will pop out. Unplug your wire and then you need to remove the lenses with a philips head screwdriver. Work your way around, starting with the side closest to wear you push the light in to turn it on. Be careful because the tabs look fragile.

Middle dome lights and Rear dome lights- You could either buy the 16-LED or 9-LED setup. For my truck with the rear seat audio, the 9-LED bulbs are plenty bright. You need 3 bulbs in total with RSA or 2 without. HID WHITE 9 LED DOME LIGHT 3022 3021 DE3175 6428 6430

Middle Dome (RSA)- pull down cover with hands. Grab the entire lens and yank.

Rear Dome (in cargo area)- use a philips head screwdriver to take off the lens.

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Old 03-28-2010, 12:50 AM #2
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Very nice, I may have to do this on my 4runner pretty soon here.
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Very nice, I may have to do this on my 4runner pretty soon here.
Yea, it's really easy and cheap. The LED's and tinting my windows were the first 2 things I did within the first couple weeks of getting the truck and love the way it looks. They make all different colors, and I have seen black light bulbs also (kinda weird if you ask me); I am just running white.
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Nice write up with all the bulb counts, I will be doing this once I finish replacing all 10 speakers
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Thanks, my next culprits are the 06 4Runner and 07 GX!!!
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Just did the dome and cargo lights. Cheap and easy, looks great too! Will definitely do the rest now.
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HAHAHA V-LEDS.com is sold out of the lights on the two links. Glad I already got mine
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HAHAHA V-LEDS.com is sold out of the lights on the two links. Glad I already got mine
Every time I try to order them, one of the bulbs is out of stock. It's been going on like this for a month or so. I'm just trying to get it all at once to save on shipping.
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Man I was all ready to order some LEDs for my doors, dome and map lights tonight. Unfortunately they are sold out with those links you gave us. If anyone else knows of an online shop to get these LEDs ordered let me know.
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I am waiting to order lots of the running board/door lights. Here are a few pics of the 07 GX470 with interior LED's. The only difference between the GX and my 4Runner are the size of the map lights and I used 16 LED bulbs instead of 9 LED's (that are in my truck).

I also changed the 2 dome light bulbs in the 2006 4Runner. I originally was going to throw in the 16 LED bulbs, but they were too big for the slot. I had to throw in the 9 LED bulbs. NOTE: the 9 LED bulb from VLED is the largest bulb that will fit the cargo area light and non DVD player/non rear seat audio middle cargo light.



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I been interested in doing this, but they appear blue-ish from the pictures, is this correct? I'd expect them to be a tad blue b/c there mocked after the 6K HID. If they are blue-ish do they have more of a white bulb and if so can you post the link to it?

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you can use the slim panels instead, this ones from oznium.

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The camera actually makes the bulbs look a bit more blue. The dome light have a more of a blue tint than the other bulbs. Unfortunately, I have only purchased the above bulbs so I can't give a fair opinion.
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Looks good! This was one of the first things I did to my 4Runner. I never got around to replacing the domes with the LED versions, they look good on your 4R!
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