Replacing the interior lights of your Jeep Wrangler TJ with LEDs

Yeah I think they are called map lights. I replaced all my other interior lights with red LEDs, but the map lights are white-ish and sorta throw it all off. Planning on taking the rearview mirror assembly apart this weekend to see what I can figure out
 
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I did mine last week. Not bad at all. I didn't read the write-up on the toggle switches (rear wiper and O/D)... thinking it was the LED on top. I might have to buy new switches due to the orange light not engaging once the switches are turned on.
 
Chigger said:
I did mine last week. Not bad at all. I didn't read the write-up on the toggle switches (rear wiper and O/D)... thinking it was the LED on top. I might have to buy new switches due to the orange light not engaging once the switches are turned on.
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The led on top of the switches is a different size than the bulb on the bottom. You shouldn't need new switches, just the correct bulb: NEO3 for top, NEO4 for bottom.
 
nk24 said:
The led on top of the switches is a different size than the bulb on the bottom. You shouldn't need new switches, just the correct bulb: NEO3 for top, NEO4 for bottom.
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Yeah, I had a few beers down... I was jamming the neo4 where the neo3 goes. Broke the silver/metal connectivity part to the bulbs. I got it to work after using some electric-tape, keep the bulb in place.
 
Took apart the mirror and pulled the map light boards. I don't have much soldering experience but it looks pretty straightforward. These are 5mm diameter, and I want to do all red, but how not sure which viewing angle or if there are any amp/volt considerations. Any suggestions on selecting replacements?

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It looks to me like there normal 5mm leds and any amp/volt requirements are being handled elsewhere in the chain and not on that board. If that is indeed the case, then it's just a matter of de soldering the white led's and replacing them with red ones.
 
Finished replacing the map lights with all red LEDs. I used two of these in the middle and four of these on the edges. They were a little tricky to get in there but it helped to put them into the clear lens assembly so that they didn't move while I was soldering. I'm quite pleased with the outcome, hard to capture in a picture but it looks really neat at night.
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Finished up my dashboard with white LED's, was way better.
I ordered the leds for fotwell and hvac as well, but the led's in the guide isn't the same socket type that is in my car.
I think the hvac is t5 and the fotwell is 1157 socket or something like that. weird.
 
Alexr80 said:
Finished up my dashboard with white LED's, was way better.
I ordered the leds for fotwell and hvac as well, but the led's in the guide isn't the same socket type that is in my car.
I think the hvac is t5 and the fotwell is 1157 socket or something like that. weird.
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Which year is your TJ? The HVAC bulbs on 1997 slider controls may be different than 1998-2006 dial controls.
 
Alexr80 said:
Nope. But the hvac bulb looks like this:

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That bulb looks a bit larger than the NEO4. I'm guessing it could be a NEO5 (5mm). Did it twist out with a quarter-turn?

Just a heads up @Chris, once we determine the correct bulb, we may need to update the bulb list for the HVAC sliders on 1997 models.
 
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