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Tacoma dash and heater display light bulbs

Discussion in '1st Gen. Tacomas (1995-2004)' started by STEVEO13016, Dec 20, 2016.

  1. Dec 20, 2016 at 8:03 AM
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    STEVEO13016

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    I am looking to replace my dash and heater display light bulbs... any suggestions? I heard the LED replacements are SWELL... if you have any pictures of your lights lets see them! and add p/n's.
     
  2. Dec 20, 2016 at 8:15 AM
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    jammer 2003 Toyota PreRunner 3.4L

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    Sorry, I don't have any pics, but I ordered the below from Superbrightleds.com. Huge improvement!!

    #74 LED Wedge - Automatic gear select light, ash tray light, Glove Compartment light
    #neot4 X3 for the AC/Heater display

    upload_2016-12-20_10-10-23.jpg
    #neot4 X3 for the AC/Heater display
    upload_2016-12-20_10-56-46.jpg
    #194 LED - Dash board lights (Total of 4)
    upload_2016-12-20_10-12-27.jpg
     
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  3. Dec 20, 2016 at 8:35 AM
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    Ome 881 5100's jba's looking for more
    Was thinking on doing this upgrades too so i just need this bulbs ? how's the dash ligths with the amber color ..
     
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  5. Dec 20, 2016 at 8:36 AM
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    01-04 bulbs are different for the hvac. You need neo t4's.
     
  6. Dec 20, 2016 at 8:39 AM
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    Great info thanks
     
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    You used #74's for your hvac? Those are neo t4's for every 01-04 I have seen. That's a twist in style bulb rather then a plug in
     
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  8. Dec 20, 2016 at 8:48 AM
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  9. Dec 20, 2016 at 8:53 AM
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    Corrected my first response above.
    Back when I did mine, I'm not sure these (neo t4's) were available. I went back to my original order from Superbrightleds and these were the ones I ordered. I had to very carefully take the positive and negative led wires and wrap them around the plastic factory wedge. I then used epoxy to ensure they would stay in place.
    Definitely easier to do with the neo t4's!!

    upload_2016-12-20_10-50-38.jpg
     
  10. Dec 20, 2016 at 8:57 AM
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    Thanks all for the responses. This is all great info! IF yall have photos of your lights post them up here! we all wanna see.... ill order some lights tonight and do before and after photos :bananadance::bananadance::bananadance::bananadance::bananadance::bananadance::bananadance::bananadance::bananadance::bananadance::bananadance:
     
  11. Dec 20, 2016 at 8:59 AM
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    I wanted to stick close to the factory color, and the Amber is pretty much spot on....just brighter.
     
  12. Dec 20, 2016 at 9:03 AM
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    Went with blue.fyi the redline readings is pretty much blacked out with this mod if using any other colors then white,red, or orange/amber.dash_blue.jpg
     
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  13. Dec 20, 2016 at 9:08 AM
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    That looks awesome! hopefully I don't run into any issues when ripping apart my dash!
     
  14. Dec 20, 2016 at 9:10 AM
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    It's really simple, just keep track of the screws and bolts. Took me about an hour the first time. Now I can do it in about 20min.

    *edit* also don't cheap out and get ebay bulbs. You will be ripping it all apart again when they start to flicker. Vleds.com or superbrightleds.com is a good source.
     
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    If you have a tach you need 4 #194's. if not you only need 3 for the dash cluster.
     

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