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Old 09-29-2012, 04:59 PM
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Anyone have a complete list of the bulbs types and sockets that are needed to do the interior of an '01 ECSB? I'm talking about the cluster, climate control, map lights, ash tray, glovebox, etc... Are resistors needed for any of these?

And my second question is, are the LED bulbs dimmable via the factory dimming switch? I like my interior lights pretty dim when night driving, especially on long trips.

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I have thought of doing this to my truck or even an led cluster but they are too bright for my likeing, I like to dim them a lot for night driving. I don't think u can use the dimmer on leds
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Ac and door window switches need to be soldered.

As for the rest they should all be 194 (including the cluster) and the dome light is a 578 type bulb. Even the map lights are 194's

And ive found that EBAY has the best priced by far.
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look at gmfullsize.com they have a thread to help. it has all the links for the ballasts and bulbs. and no the dimming switch will not work with leds. or at least it didnt in mine.
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So there are no LED's out there that are dimmable with the factory ****?

What about regular incandecent bulbs with a blue lense or something?
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some leds are dimmable....just not very many I have a i a couple but not enough to do a cluster
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Originally Posted by Devs93
some leds are dimmable....just not very many I have a i a couple but not enough to do a cluster
Do you know where to get these? I didn't find anything useful on google.
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OUTSIDE
High Beam:9005Su
Low Beam:9006Su
Turn Signal:3157
Back up light:3157
DRL:3157
License Plate Lights: 194
Lights under Power Mirrors:211-2
Fog Light:1st upgrade 880, 2nd upgrade 893, 3rd upgrade 885


INSIDE:
Map Lights:194
Door Lights:194
Map Lights in Dome lights:194
Dome Lights:211-2
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You can use a PWM to dim LED's
and dont buy from Superbrightleds.com
i did my truck and a buddys truck, the whole interior and it didnt take but a month or two and none of them worked.. wasted that money..
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Originally Posted by nonnieselman
You can use a PWM to dim LED's
and dont buy from Superbrightleds.com
i did my truck and a buddys truck, the whole interior and it didnt take but a month or two and none of them worked.. wasted that money..
Can a PWM be installed inline in the dimming circuit wire coming out of the dimmer ****? Would it screw up incandescent bulbs?

I think the LED's will fail prematurely if they aren't getting the correct voltage, as in if the dimmer **** wasn't set right so they are getting too low or too high of a voltage.


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