05Alive's 2005 Denali Resuscitation

[Rocket Man]

Ordered a bag of 194 leds's for my denali, and I'll use the rest on my dad's truck, my work truck, and my moms car.
Went to put them in my map lights and the reflector shrouds wouldn't fit. I guess they used friction to stay in over the stock bulbs, but these 194s are bigger and the shroud won't fit over them, and I can't put them in and push the bulb through.

Anyone else who's done LED interior lights- did your shrouds fit or did you just leave them out?

If it's the smd LED's you can leave them out since they only throw light in one direction as opposed to a full circle like regular bulbs. Give them a try and see how they work.

 

[05alive]

If it's the smd LED's you can leave them out since they only throw light in one direction as opposed to a full circle like regular bulbs. Give them a try and see how they work.

they're 360s :facepalm:

They work fine, and idk how noticeable it is with them out, it just feels wrong to me, kinda hacked. But they put out plenty of light, and I was really just going for a color change, I don't use them that often. They're 6k instead of the halogens that were stock.

 

[Rocket Man]

They should be fine. I think a big part of the reason for the shields is heat and LED's are cool.

 

[05alive]

Had to bend the tabs flat then just worked them in from the back, then inserted into the housings.

Way brighter, definitely use the reflectors.

 

[Rocket Man]

Oh crap I was thinking of festoons, not 194's. Both my rigs have festoons. That will work for you, good job.

 

[05Single]

I took my reflectors out. Gives a blacked out look. Then I blacked out my rear dome lights to match. All my leds are projectors or, like my favorite band, one direction

 

[HiHoeSilver]

I took my reflectors out. Gives a blacked out look. Then I blacked out my rear dome lights to match. All my leds are projectors or, like my favorite band, one direction

This explains everything.

 

[Rocket Man]

This explains everything.

Well not everything but certainly a lot.

 

[05alive]

Four down, like 16 more to go!
Bought a bulk pack of 194’s, I think I have 4 more places that take those, but it’s cold and wet and I really don’t want to be doing the bumper lights or plate lights right now. I’ll use the rest eventually.

Did the map lights and courtesy lights today.

Gotta order festoons for the dome lights, even though I read like 40 times they needed 42mm festoons I still thought they were 194s.

Looks dumb when the lights come on and the front is 6k and the rears are yellow.

ETA: Wow, that picture quality is horrible.

 

[05alive]

 

[Rocket Man]

Four down, like 16 more to go!
Bought a bulk pack of 194’s, I think I have 4 more places that take those, but it’s cold and wet and I really don’t want to be doing the bumper lights or plate lights right now. I’ll use the rest eventually.

Did the map lights and courtesy lights today.

Gotta order festoons for the dome lights, even though I read like 40 times they needed 42mm festoons I still thought they were 194s.

Looks dumb when the lights come on and the front is 6k and the rears are yellow.

ETA: Wow, that picture quality is horrible.

Colormatch colormatch colormatch...

 

[05alive]

The lights? Yeah yeah yeah, I need to order more leds.

If you’re talking the truck, yes that’s the plan.
Going to fix the billet grille that’s loose and paint the grille surround. Either all black, or leave the chrome ring like on the obs that guy with the sbm denali did. Now it’s black and blue with a stripe.

 

[adventurenali92]

How did you do the courtesy lights in the door?

 

[05alive]

How did you do the courtesy lights in the door?

Popped them out with a flathead screw driver. I gently pried from the red side end, because the other end has tabs on it.

One it’s out, you kind of just wiggle and pull on the black plug, and the bulb and plug come out of the housing and you can remove the bulb from the connection.

I had to shave a little off the opening in the housing because my leds are kind big. There was a very fine lip that a razor blade shaved right off.

Then I just worked the bulbs in, connected the plug again, and reinserted them into the doors.

 

[Rocket Man]

Popped them out with a flathead screw driver. I gently pried from the red side end, because the other end has tabs on it.

One it’s out, you kind of just wiggle and pull on the black plug, and the bulb and plug come out of the housing and you can remove the bulb from the connection.

I had to shave a little off the opening in the housing because my leds are kind big. There was a very fine lip that a razor blade shaved right off.

Then I just worked the bulbs in, connected the plug again, and reinserted them into the doors.

Yep I remember having to enlarge the opening on mine too.

 

[adventurenali92]

Popped them out with a flathead screw driver. I gently pried from the red side end, because the other end has tabs on it.

One it’s out, you kind of just wiggle and pull on the black plug, and the bulb and plug come out of the housing and you can remove the bulb from the connection.

I had to shave a little off the opening in the housing because my leds are kind big. There was a very fine lip that a razor blade shaved right off.

Then I just worked the bulbs in, connected the plug again, and reinserted them into the doors.

I had to do that with mine but now they’re loose.... they wiggle. Lol

 

[Tonyrodz]

I had to do that with mine but now they’re loose.... they wiggle. Lol

Try a little silicone or super glue gel.

 

[05alive]

I had to do that with mine but now they’re loose.... they wiggle. Lol

Do a dot of hot glue on the back side

 

[05alive]

Uh oh.
My dad just got denied at what used to be "the place" for inspections because he has his fronts matched to the rears.
My friend also got denied there because he has fat cheater slicks on his truck that stick out like 1/4 inch on each side.
MA switched over to a new system with live cameras at inspection stations and it's scaring people off from letting anything even remotely questionable in. Stations won't inspect you if you roll the windows down and pull the fuse. (we tried that)

I was planning on going darker and getting shield tint this summer. Looks like a no-go for now. I think I have a new spot to go, but I will talk to the guy and see before I go in. I have until the end of August I think to find a spot.

One of my door LED's fell out because they're massive and don't clip in anymore, looks like I'll be borrowing mom's hot glue gun when I'm home next weekend. It's an easy fix but it's probably going to happen again so might as well fix it.

 

[PG01]

Uh oh.
My dad just got denied at what used to be "the place" for inspections because he has his fronts matched to the rears.
My friend also got denied there because he has fat cheater slicks on his truck that stick out like 1/4 inch on each side.
MA switched over to a new system with live cameras at inspection stations and it's scaring people off from letting anything even remotely questionable in. Stations won't inspect you if you roll the windows down and pull the fuse. (we tried that)

I was planning on going darker and getting shield tint this summer. Looks like a no-go for now. I think I have a new spot to go, but I will talk to the guy and see before I go in. I have until the end of August I think to find a spot.

One of my door LED's fell out because they're massive and don't clip in anymore, looks like I'll be borrowing mom's hot glue gun when I'm home next weekend. It's an easy fix but it's probably going to happen again so might as well fix it.

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