How to: Remove Map Light Lens

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Yea I started it up so I can check the plate lights, then went in to press on the map lights and it was a night club in the cab. Crazy stuff

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Damn..... I have never had that issue with any truck I ever put LED interior lights in.. thats strange.

You might have to do what eddie said, resistors
 

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not sure what happened, maybe they needed a good nights sleep or something, but this morning when i headed out to work, all is good. when i opened the doors they light right up, when i press the map lights they work. must've been moody female bulbs :birgits_tiredcoffee
 

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dude was it a pain in the ass getting the actual bulbs out for anyone else? I'm about to go ******* crazy with this **** haha. maybe my fingers are to fat
 

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I had a tough time with the drivers side. Passenger side popped right out but drivers side gave me fits

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I had fun getting the map lights out, glad I had the gf around to get in there with little fingers haha, my fat sausage hands couldn't do it
 

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not sure what happened, maybe they needed a good nights sleep or something, but this morning when i headed out to work, all is good. when i opened the doors they light right up, when i press the map lights they work. must've been moody female bulbs :birgits_tiredcoffee

Was yours doing this?
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Dude.... I hate to say this but I used my knife to get the stock bulb out..... My fingers were to fat to fit in there lol.
 

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Dude.... I hate to say this but I used my knife to get the stock bulb out..... My fingers were to fat to fit in there lol.

I put a towel around the bulb and broke it with a pair of pliers. Then got it out by the wires with a set of needle nose pliers lol.
 
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Is it doing that when the lights come on? Where did you get the bulbs from?
 

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Is it doing that when the lights come on? Where did you get the bulbs from?

Not when they come on with the door. Just when I push them to turn them on. I got them from some website that another member recommended in the 4th gen interior section.
 
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Was the truck started when they were doing this? When I installed mine I was getting a small flicker, but the truck was turned off.. I turned the truck on and when I did that it fixed itself and now it does not do it at all.
 

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This has been discussed in another thread I believe but has anyone figured out how to get the LED's in the maps to come on when the truck is off and the doors closed? The stock bulbs allowed you to turn them on at anytime but not these LED's I got. (194 5 SMD LED wide angle wedge base bulbs from superbrightleds) It didn't work with the 921 LED's either.
 
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