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Old 10-01-2012, 08:26 AM
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I want to know how hard it is to wire in a panel of LEDs in my dome light. The biggest direct replacement I have found only has 9 LEDs and I fear they won't produce enough light.
 
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Old 10-01-2012, 09:50 AM
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It was not that hard. All i did was spin the positive wire around the positive side and spun some of the negative wire around the negative terminal. Then I used electric tape to keep them on. It worked and I think it was a 30 led panel from autozone but any
parts stores should sell them.
 
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Old 10-01-2012, 01:19 PM
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It's pretty simple. I did pretty much the same thing as Zach said above ^ It's just a matter of matching positive to positive and negative to negative. Good luck
 
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Old 10-01-2012, 04:29 PM
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That sounds easy enough. What did you guys do to keep the panel in place? I know my fixture has the wrap around festoon set up which is why its so difficult to find the replacements with more LEDs.
 
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I held mine up with a small screw through the center of the LED array and into the plastic housing of the dome light structure.
 
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