I recently bought an interior light on e-bay for a '00-'03 superduty on a tip from blueoval78, and damn is it smooth looking. It swapped right in with no alterations and is much sleaker and brighter than the factory one.
It was purchased from dick's auto. I sent him an e-mail and told him he should offer everyone on this site a flat rate for purchase and shipping, that he could prolly get a few sales that way. It's way cool. For pictures see the "new pics, lift, visor lights, and interior lights" post under "General chit-chat" I highly recomend. :thumbup

I did the same thing as you blaze, got it from dicks at ebay. 13 bucks shipped, 15 maybe. Anyways, the installation is very time consuming and takes alot of fabrication, luckily, I wrote down the steps I took for everyone to follow.

1: Unscrew old light
2: Scew new light in

Damn it was tough, :lol: but the added light is incredible compaired to the stock one. Also looks like it was meant to be, not that stupid chrome one that doesn't flow with the interior pannels, not to mention emits orange/yellowish light.

Anyways, as a tip, he was offering on e-bay that they were tan dome lights....when I sent the money I requested if he could find me a gray one to match my gray interior, sure enough a gray one came in the mail. Great guys to bid for.

Yea it does flow well. Looks very smooth. When I got mine I actualy bid on a gray one, but I've seen the tan ones listed so we know he has at least two colors :shrug Anyway you can't beat it for an inexpinsive, easy, and very practical mod. :thumbup

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for you later model guys, did you just have the dome light or did you have the whole overhead consol thing? i have the big one and the lights never worked in my 94. I farted around with it, but there were always more important things to do. that does look nice and has motivated me.

for you later model guys, did you just have the dome light or did you have the whole overhead consol thing? i have the big one and the lights never worked in my 94. I farted around with it, but there were always more important things to do. that does look nice and has motivated me.

I just have the regular dome light in my 94.
http://www.rockymountainbasketcompany.com/images/domelight.jpg

i want one! i need a gray one tho....I would also like to have one of those overhead units like in the EB

I tried to find them on e-bay...No luck. anyone have a link??

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=33701&item=2413121998

This is the Dick's auto parts guy. The link here is for a black one, you might want to e-mail him and ask for different colors if you don't want black. Also, next to his name, click view other items, and it takes you to everything he has on ebay. He usually has 2 or 3 auctions for the dome lights at one time, but this is the only one I could find currently.

6 Day's left, and don't you all go outbid yourselves....

Cool...I just clicked buy it now... should be on the way soon.

Sweet, I like that a lot, much better than my pitted out chrome one. Definitely looks like it would be worth the investment. :cheers:

is that the light that is right near the trim on the shell or up front between the visors? ( i think it is the former, in which case it would work for me too)

its right by the trim for the shell

I just went down to Napa and bought a red trailer light...took off my old domelight put on the new red one, and now I am all stealthy cool! :cheers:

Ok, just got it, now I get to go try to put it in!!

I just went down to Napa and bought a red trailer light...took off my old domelight put on the new red one, and now I am all stealthy cool!

Roxanne.....you don't have to turn on the red light........Pimpin' ain't easy :lol:

http://www.superford.org/registry/vehicles/users/106/75/Dcp00618.jpg

Heres mine from a 97 F150

I got mine in,....Still need to run a hot wire to make the map lights work, Ill do that this weekend.

http://www.superford.org/registry/vehicles/users/2721/1725/5-8-03_026.jpg

damnit i cant find an gray one on ebay

Anyone...Will that style work on the 80-86's? Without too much redo

damnit i cant find an gray one on ebay

I'll take any color, Dustin when you get a sec, could you kick me the link on ebay? :mrgreen:

damnit i cant find an gray one on ebay

Did you e-mail that guy at dicks auto parts yet?

You guys conviced me..I just bought the tan one off of Plastic Monkey for $20...It should look okay with my blue interior.. :mrgreen:

Buy some interior paint.

Anyone...Will that style work on the 80-86's? Without too much redo

It looks like the same hookups for the standard light so I will say yes.

We also need to run a hot wire up there to make the map lights work.

Buy some interior paint.

Good idea!!

I painted my console lid, it used to be tan.

OOps forgot the pic...

http://www.superford.org/registry/vehicles/users/2721/1725/4-24-03_012.jpg

Good save crazed, you did a good job on that, how'd you apply the paint?

My pic above is in my 86, just wired right up.

You can find these in junkyards. There are plenty of 97+ F-trucks. I think I paid $10

It was a rattle can, Plasti-kote vinyl color

It was a rattle can, Plasti-kote vinyl color

Cool, when I get my dome light, maybe I'll be able to find some plasti kote in blue to match.

I got the Map lights to work....

put power to this point...
http://www.superford.org/registry/vehicles/users/2721/1725/5-10-03_011.jpg
Now they work!!
http://www.superford.org/registry/vehicles/users/2721/1725/5-10-03_022.jpg

anyone notice that it kind of site croaked, i tried to fix mine, but it looks like it will awlawys have a bit of a gap, atleats until i redo my headliner with some thinker fabric

Help, attempted to wire my new dome light last night, but evidently my electrical skills were not up to the task..After several blown fuses I finally figured out which wires not to put together, unfortunately when I did get it wired to where the dome light worked and the map lights came on, the dome light would come on when the door was closed and go off when the door was open :damn: :damn: :damn: ..Something must have been reversed right, only I can't figure out what?? So its 12:00 at night before I decided to call it quits and leave the two wires hanging from the open hold in my headliner..The dome light I bought was from a 2002 F150, it came with the plug, pictured below. The plug has three wires, the green with the stripe, the solid black and the black with the stripe..The stock dome light wired up with only two wires..The green with the stripe and the black with the stripe..What goes where, what did I do wrong, please help??!!??

http://www.superford.org/registry/vehicles/users/4765/2896/plug.jpg

http://www.superford.org/registry/vehicles/users/4765/2896/wiring.jpg

I only put power to the one point above, and the power for the dome light came from the rear screw like it was stock.

I cut both of the wires from the stock set up and just wired them directly instead of screwing it in..did the red wire in your pic go to the green wire?

Red wire in my pic went all the way to hot power...that one does the Map lights.

Now I'm completely confused..I don't believe I saw any red wires up there..

i think Crazed put the red wire there. for the domelights.

the colors of the wires may change do to the year of the vehicle. you need to get a test light and test the wire to see if its power or not.

Yes..I ran the red wire from a full time power point so the maplights will work any time.

ok people that dont know how to install a dome light :roll:

I had to order mine and it finally came in today so I got it installed. If anyone needs the part number I can get that. It cant be easier, just unbolt the old and bolt in the new and everything works like a charm.

blurry pic but leave thosewire connetors where they are since they will work with the new one. both those wires have power, one is for the dome light and the other for the map lights and the 3rd bolt grounds everything through the body
http://www.supermotors.org/getfile/172901/fullsize/domelight2.JPG

ok I lied, you have to cut a little and swap a little plastic peice so this may get tricky. see that little dirty yellow platic dohicky? swap that from the old light to the new. ok so your wondering how to get the light to sit level? just cut that little tit off just to the right of that little plastic bracket you just swaped over. cut a little more than is shown in the picture since I wasent done when I took that.
http://www.supermotors.org/getfile/172900/fullsize/domelight.JPG

all done! sits level and matches nicely. It accually matches better in person than in that picture
http://www.supermotors.org/getfile/172902/fullsize/domelight3.JPG

part #? How much and where did you get yours?

light- F8DZ-13776-AAA
lens- F4DZ-13783-A

ran me about 28 bucks or so from work....I got sick of looking on ebay for the right color plus I got it cheaper anyway

ill have to cut my tit off so it looks level too, thanks for that tit, i mean tip

yeah, I think Ford only wants like 28 bucks too. I was asking them the oher day and i think thats what they said. Looks good, is there eally much better light to be had?

like day and night, literally

well your getting a deal then damon....they list for well over 28 bucks. and yeah they are worth the money I think, big difference in light and look better too.

My truck only had the one wire running to the mount, so I had to run another to do the map lights.

Thanks for the pics Dustin, finally got mine wired correctly..will post pics tomorrow..The tan light with the blue interior looks pretty good..As it turns out, I was not properly grounding the light, thus my blown fuses..It works great now, the difference in lighting is unbelievable.

the late model mustangs have the same light correct???????????? :shrug :iiss

Looks like its time to do yet another mod to the bronco. The light came out really nice. I can't wait to start on mine. :chili: :chili: :chili: :chili:

Geez - $28 ?!?!?!?!

I have a few of those in my junkpile and I only want $10 for a black one.

http://www.superford.org/getfile.php?id=71709&toggle=fullsize&f=InteriorLamps.jpg

the late model mustangs have the same light correct???????????? :shrug :iiss
Yes, but steve has some good junk as stated above if ya wanna forgo the search. :shrug

yup you have to buy the housing then the lense. my cost was under 28 I think, but at least I got the color I wanted.

What all colors do they come in from Ford? I've only seen black, gray and maybe tan?? :shrug

I used the tan one, it looks fine with my blue interior.

finally got around to doing this mod, and its worth the 20 bucks or so i paid on fleabay. The only thing is, I had to reuse the stock bronco bolts as the were longer than the 250 ones, and the spots have to go forward for proper operation of the lights. i guess you could change location of the power wires in the roof. The green is always hot, and the black is door open hot. No actually, that wouldnt work cause then the dome light would always be on. i dont know, maybe someone smarter than me can figure it out that feels like tearing the light apart or something.

Anwyas, lots more lighting, now if I could only figure out why the one front spot light wont come on (and no, its not the bulb)

I installed the same lights into my 84 Bronco, 86 F250 and my buddy's 88 Bronco.

Crazed, you should already have the wiring in place. The problem usually is corroded connectorsby the seatbelt retractor on the drivers side.

These lights are great in a Bronco, the only problem in the pickup is the slope of the roof. It makes the map lights shine on the hood. No biggy, the dome light works nicely for reading maps.

Chris

The problem usually is corroded connectorsby the seatbelt retractor on the drivers side.

Chris

It can also be under the driver's kick panel where the 4 wire plug connects the dome harness to the main harness;

http://www.superford.org/getfile/161386/fullsize/IMG_0200.JPG (http://www.superford.org/registry/vehicles/showmedia.php?id=161386&original=1)

When that lime green one rots off you have no map lights or non-ignition cargo light. If the black w/blue tracer (above it) goes then you have no dome.

These fixed connectors in the ceiling can crack too causing no connection;

http://www.superford.org/getfile/158698/fullsize/IMG_0056.JPG (http://www.superford.org/registry/vehicles/showmedia.php?id=158698&original=1)

But when everything's working and that newer dome light goes in it's a whole lot brighter in there alright
Sixlitre

Has anyone tried this on a 78-79. I would love to have more light inside.

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egory=33701&item=2413121998

probably, that is a very old link, like a year plus

fixed all the dead link to my pics

This listing has been removed by eBay. Make sure that you've entered the item number correctly.
You followed an old link...here's his current ones (two):
Gray (http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=7950223775&category=33712)
Tan (http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=7950458916&category=33712)

For anyone who stumbles on to this post later and the links are dead again, here's the link to the guys items..: dicksautoparts (http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQfgtpZ1QQfrppZ25QQfsooZ1QQfsopZ1QQsassZdicksau toparts)


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Just in case you guys care:

Before:

http://www.supermotors.org/getfile/174437/fullsize/S4300009.JPG

After:

http://www.supermotors.org/getfile/174438/fullsize/S4300010.JPG

It blends more than it looks. The Flash made it look brighter.

If anyone wants the original, let me know.

guess what! I ordered the light and got it. GO out to my truck and look up.....IT WAS all ready replaced by the previous owner. I might put it in the back but I thought I would see if anyone wants it first.

No, let me know if it works in the back though, i was thinking about doing that!