Okay I went to superbrightleds.com and started looking through some of their offerings. I can't help but be overwhelmed. The can bus this and flasher that got a bit frustrating for me. So what I am looking for is to replace all the interior lights inside the car with a cooler white bulb setup or even a white led where feasible. Switch my DRL to led and also the lights underneath my side mirrors. Anyone with experience doing this have a recommendation on where to go and what to avoid? Any help is greatly appreciated.

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*Update*

Okay so I wound up ordering the interior kit from https://www.hidxenonlights.com/. This is what all was included; eight 194-5smd-w (dome and map lights), four 42-w (license plate and trunk), two BA15S (reverse LED's I think, they havent gone in yet), and two 31-w (im assuming these are the vanity lights. If so, they do not fit). With the interior all done (except the vanity ones) I am very impressed. SO MUCH BRIGHTER. All in all Im happy, working on e-mailing the company now to get the vanity stuff figured out.



I got the puddle lights as recommended from http://www.daytimebrightlites.com/. They look as good as they do in the pictures on the website. Word of caution, be careful when removing the speed clip from the bulb itself. I broke one and had to crimp another one on, not a big deal, just a pain when its 15 degrees outside. He did send the license plate bulbs as well, so no need to purchase from hidxenonlights.com.

One of my license plate bulbs was burnt out, so I thought. Turns out the whole assembly like exploded or something.


Got the replacement housing today from a buddy who works at Ford. 22 at dealer cost. 35 online.

Here's what i used.  Never had to add a resistor.  Never a malfunction:

LED Puddle Lights (Daytime Brightlights brand -no core return option - includes LED license plate light bulbs)
http://www.daytimebrightlites.com/Puddle_Lights_NL3C.html
5K White 15 LED High Power Bulbs, 1 PAIR, for back-up lights
http://www.vleds.com/bulb/921-led/white-led.html  or similar, got them from mjh
Interior LED Light Kit - (Select White, indicate Ford/ Taurus SHO/2013)
http://www.hidxenonlights.com/ford-ford-taurus-lights-c-643_76_206/interior-bulb-led-replacement-kit-p-659  It matches the blue ambient lighting perfectly (about 6000K) and did literally every interior bulb, glove box, license plate, and trunk included
vLED Triton 5000K Switchbacks for turn/parking lights.  The 5k is a perfect match for the factory HIDs and these are BRIGHT! http://www.vleds.com/v3-triton/bulb-system/v3-wa-5k.html

All were plug and play simple

Hope this helps some.

There are a couple of How-Tos by bpd Mike on interior/puddle lighting, may be helpful as well http://www.ecoboostperformanceforum.com/index.php?board=107.0

Thanks guys. Those help a lot!

Ordered the puds and interior kit

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Before you order bulbs you should always check your interior fixtures, because the bulbs that Mike used in his car would not fit in mine, I had to order different bulbs.  His car was built only 10 days after mine and in that time period Ford changed the fixtures used in the interior bulbs, so I recommend checking to make sure yours are the same as the one shown, otherwise you may need a different bulb than recommended in the "How To".

Just ordered a set... Gonna try LEDs one more time..

Fingers crossed, bmc!

Well s***... But the website didn't specify what bulb sizes. I just selected my year for a pre built kit. Hopefully it works out.

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Snap some pics of the LED bulbs and post 'em up once you get 'em, gimp!  BiGMaC didn't have any problems, hopefully same for you.

If it's any consolation my '13 SHO was built in Sept of 2012 and the bulbs were ordered in Dec of 2013.  The ones I ordered were exactly what I needed for every interior bulb including glovebox,  trunk, and plate.  All fit perfectly and no other resistors were needed to replace everything with LED.  I too just ordered the kit, maybe blindly, but it was not expensive and it worked!

I hope it  goes as we'll for you guys.... It should.

So I get antsy and even though its dark, snow on the ground, and cold, I decide to install my new pud lights and my license plate led's. One was burnt out, but i figured it was just a bad bulb. Wrong.... I need a whole new housing now.

Quote from: thatsmrgimp2u on February 13, 2014, 08:09:33 PM
So I get antsy and even though its dark, snow on the ground, and cold, I decide to install my new pud lights and my license plate led's. One was burnt out, but i figured it was just a bad bulb. Wrong.... I need a whole new housing now.

Call Dan directly.  He's a straight-up guy.  I bet he'll make it right. (913) 908-2122

Oh it wasn't a faulty part. This is what came out before hand.

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Understand... thought you meant the puddles... if so still call him.  I broke the clip on one.  He'll still give partial credit for a single one.