Interior Dash LED Conversion writeup?

fightman80

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Hey guys,

I was wondering if anyone had a writeup on the LED swap for the dash?? I did a search, but could only come up with 4th Gen installs....
 
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If i could only be in Canada... Its not to hard man, I wish i had all the pics, but ill try to explain it with the pics I have saved.

1st thing to do is start with your speedo. Your gonna have to remove the lower panel below your steering wheel. There should be 4 12mm nuts or something close to that
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get those out and pull the panel out.
(you dont need to take it out completely, there are some wires like the security light and locker button that are attached to that) just basically move it out of the way

Yout also gonna need to take the panel that surrounds the keyring, it It just pops off) at this time you can get the keyring unit out and put the bulb in.

Next, you have to start with your trim that surrounds your speedo. There are 4 screws you need to remove. Two of them are in the top of the inside part where it curves, and the other two are on the bottom. get that sucker out,
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Now you have access to the speedo. there are 4 more screws you need to remove and then it should be loose. you can kinda see where they are in this pic
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unplug everything and you have the goods! Youll need to take off the white panel guard to access the bulbs, but there are 3 bulbs all in the middle part. For my truck i had to also unscrew the small circuit board to get to the middle light.

K put everything back together.

Now its time for the HVAC, I have done this a bunch of times and this method has worked best without breaking anything. open your center consul, and pull up on the black piece (cup holders and everything) it should pop right out.
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next, Your trim around your gear shifter should also pop right out. Next I grab on to the 2 upper vents and pull.
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unplug everything and now you have access to the HVAC bulbs


For these i know yours is different so your gonna have eyeball it, But your HVAC should have some screws you gotta take out. Pull your knobs off, and the display panel that tells you if your cold or hot or hi or low etc...

the bulbs are in the back of that. I had to remove a black cover to get to these too

Next for your rear window/defrost buttons, these are my least favorites to work with I had to take the whole unit apart so i could get the bulbs out, but some people have the magic touch and can get them out from behind

Some precautions... test the bulbs before you put everything back together! do one section at a time, and take your time, be gentle and you will soon have a new sweet look!

dont hesitate to ask me anything, Ill try to get ya through it!
 
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Thanks alot guys! I looked at the thread DeTwizzle posted first, and found a long thread that had a ton of info.... I read up to page 16, then decided to check back here...

GottabeTRD, thanks for the pics and info! I'll be using this when I take the gauge clusters apart!
 
dahh! Yeah i haven't figured those out yet. Also did you guys know (for those of you that have it) but the center dif-lock button is also supposed to light up too? i put a bulb in there and got nothing but yeah...
 

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