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Old 12-12-2005, 11:35 PM
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my 98 ta door switch lights dont light up , are they supposed to ? neither side lights up , work fine , just no lights .
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If they're like the 02s the switches themselves don't light up there's a red light above them, that provides the illumination
(if you're talking about the window & lock switches that is)
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Ya theyre supposed to light up. my 99's were burnt out and I replaced them with LED Yours are probably burnt too
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i need to replace mine too...how hard was it to splice in the leds mike?!? i've beem looking to do this for a while!
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I replaced the bulbs in both of my doors with 20k mcd LEDs. It was pretty easy really, just disconnect the bulb, splice a resistor inline with the positive wire, remove bulb from clip, wedge/hot glue LED in clip.
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i have the red lights , but my door switch lights dont light up , i got mixed ansewers on if they light up or not . this must be a pretty commen thing to burn out ?
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I replaced mine with LED's from superbrightleds.com. Simple plug and play installation. No hot gluing or wiring to mess with. Much cleaner and brighter then some I bought from a member here.
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so they do light up from the factory ?
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the switches themselves do not light up from underneath....there is a little red bulb above the handle that lights them up......hope that answers your ?....
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Originally Posted by rayce08
so they do light up from the factory ?
No they do not light up from the factory. The factory installs burnt out light bulbs there as a way to deal with the exorbitant amount of burnt out bulbs they have laying around. Quite ingenious if you ask me.
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thats funny hawgs , as you see ive got many different answers just on this thread . i had a 95 ta but its been awhile and cant remember if they lite up , my 98 does not , but the little red lights on the trim panel do . how about everyone comment on if theres light up or not ?



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