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Old Dec 1, 2012 | 08:51 AM
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Where do i buy the 194's for my 96? Every place i looked sells them for $6-7 each! How did all you guys only spend $20?
eBay, I paid $6 shipped for 10 of them.
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Old Dec 4, 2012 | 06:41 AM
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So why exactly do the blinker and hi beam indicators not work after installing LED bulbs?
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Old Dec 4, 2012 | 07:17 AM
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Originally Posted by ~Mindless~
So why exactly do the blinker and hi beam indicators not work after installing LED bulbs?
are they in backwards? mine worked just fine once they were all turned the right way.
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Old Dec 4, 2012 | 07:56 AM
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No. I was reading through this thread and I could have swore I saw some posts about that but nvm lol guess I didn't.
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Old Dec 4, 2012 | 08:16 AM
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Originally Posted by ats1971
Where do i buy the 194's for my 96? Every place i looked sells them for $6-7 each! How did all you guys only spend $20?
Amazon has them in 10 packs as well
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Old Dec 4, 2012 | 09:17 PM
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Originally Posted by ~Mindless~
No. I was reading through this thread and I could have swore I saw some posts about that but nvm lol guess I didn't.
My blinker and high beam indicators are not working.
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Old Dec 4, 2012 | 10:42 PM
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Originally Posted by ~Mindless~
So why exactly do the blinker and hi beam indicators not work after installing LED bulbs?
My high beam indicator works fine. If you want the blinker indicators to work with LEDs (in your tail lights or your cluster) you will have to swap your load-dependent flasher relay for an electronic relay. The speed with which your blinkers blink is based on the load placed on the circuit which is why they blink faster when you have a bulb out. The extremely small load placed on the circuit by the LEDs prevents the relay from flashing. Electronic relays aren't dependent on load.
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Old Dec 5, 2012 | 07:20 PM
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Originally Posted by ats1971
Where do i buy the 194's for my 96? Every place i looked sells them for $6-7 each! How did all you guys only spend $20?
superbrightleds.com
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Old Dec 10, 2012 | 06:56 PM
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newb here, just wondering how to access the hvac bulbs and also the 3 switches rear wiper/rear defrost/stock fog lights on a 00xj mike
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Old Dec 12, 2012 | 03:04 PM
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newb here, just wondering how to access the hvac bulbs and also the 3 switches rear wiper/rear defrost/stock fog lights on a 00xj mike
Remove the panel covering the radio hvac etc, grab the bottom an pull. hvac is held in with 4 screws then the cover is held on with clips, simply use a small flat head but slide the dials for temp and such off. There are two lights on the bac that was white, use pliers to spin them a quarter turn.

The switches are held in with 3 screws. Unplug all of them and the cig lighter then do the same to the lights like the hvac. There are two lights for the defroster and fogs, one to illuminate the actual switch and one to illuminate a small light when the switch is pressed. The larger light is the one you want to switch, the smaller one can't be changed, no matter what color you put in it will stay orange or green.
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Old Dec 13, 2012 | 07:10 PM
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thanks for the info
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Old Dec 13, 2012 | 07:53 PM
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So for my 94 would I need 194s for all? Dash lights and shifter light?
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Old Dec 15, 2012 | 03:56 PM
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Originally Posted by ThatPurpleXJ
Remove the panel covering the radio hvac etc, grab the bottom an pull. hvac is held in with 4 screws then the cover is held on with clips, simply use a small flat head but slide the dials for temp and such off. There are two lights on the bac that was white, use pliers to spin them a quarter turn.

The switches are held in with 3 screws. Unplug all of them and the cig lighter then do the same to the lights like the hvac. There are two lights for the defroster and fogs, one to illuminate the actual switch and one to illuminate a small light when the switch is pressed. The larger light is the one you want to switch, the smaller one can't be changed, no matter what color you put in it will stay orange or green.

hvac are done thanks. Installed blue leds in the spot where the 3 switches are but there still GREEN wth!! any ideas to why there still green, is there a film in front of the bulb?

anybody have this problem after doing the switches with blue leds??
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Old Dec 17, 2012 | 10:41 AM
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Originally Posted by seww

Here ya go. Took it this morning at work..
How do you get the lights in the shifter? Does it all just pull apart or what?
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Old Dec 18, 2012 | 02:04 PM
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ibought these led backing gauge lights off of ebay and they are pretty cool.
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