4th Gen 4Runner Dash LED Swap Part 2 | With Dash Removal Steps
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- Опубліковано 26 сер 2024
- Hello tube of YOU. This video is an instructional video on how to remove your dash to get to your center console matching your speedometer and all the buttons to white; ie. temperature gauges, fuel economy, temperature gauge, 4x4, traction control, DAC button, etc. I will also be installing LED throughout the 4Runner.
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About Me: My name is Joey Smithey. I am 31 years young. 11 years down in the military, 9 to go. I have experienced the housing crisis in California and I enjoyed it so much I am doing it again in North Carolina (just waiting on my camper shell for my truck). I have lived in a truck before, then a cargo van, then a 2019 4Runner and now living in my 2008 Toyota 4Runner. I will be converting it periodically and will be posting videos of my progress and the adventures that are soon to follow! I hope you enjoy!
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Saved to my 4Runner list so I can swap the environmental control bulbs for lifetime LEDs. I love your clear and detailed How To videos.
Someone should make drop-in replacement LEDs for those little bulbs, with a built-in bridge rectifier so the polarity always works.
Someone probably will after they read this or it could be you!
My priority was to first brighten the HVAC display and the new LEDs did just that. A few tips. Take the copper out of the bulb housing: Bend the contact arm up then push down and pull out with pliers. I broke a couple of LED leads so I made a small cut in the plastic so I could push the lead through. Form lead to make contact arm. Also I had to scrape the oxidation off the copper where the new leads will make contact. Works great.
Wow what a difference on that from the orange to LED! Turns into a new car look! Doing it yourself im sure is saving tons of money too. Thank you for showing us how to change them. I excited to change out mine now!
It really does! Thanks
ive been wanting to replace my burnt out bulbs and especially turn them white. this is exactly what i needed !
The Rsca Is Roll Sensing Curtain airbags You hold it down till the light on the dash turns on saying its off and its for Offroading when the Vehicle tilts to a specific degree the the side curtin air bags will go off so you can turn them off while having fun in mud or Offroading 0:33 @SMITHEYS
Thanks! I appreciate that and it’s really good to know. I knew it had something to do with off roading, just wasn’t 100%.
@@smitheys no problem at all bro Hope the Information Helps in the future.. appreciate the Links to the leds and The entertaining video
I gotta do this led mod On all my dash lights i already put led dome light and door lights
Best video on this I have found. Thank you.
RSCA is the roll-sensing curtain airbag . Something you want off Typically when off-road
Man I have no clue what Toyota was thinking ! The sequoias have all leds stock on the dash and it looks so clean! Gonna have to do this for sure 💪
Wow, I wonder why they did it to one model but not the others?? Let me know how it turns out! Good luck.
Those are not LEDs those are incandescent as well, they're just a different color from factory. Unless its the last two generations.
Awesome video. Excellent information. This has more than I even realized I could do so thank you.
Ordered my LED’s today. Can’t wait to make this upgrade
Heck yes!! Good luck, I’m sure you’ll love it!
@@smitheys I finally got around to doing EVERYTHING inside, (except the Climate LCD Display) including the instruments. MAN!!! What a MASSIVE difference it makes! I used both of your videos and everything worked like a champ. 👍🏼 Thank you. How did you manage to do the two 90010-09017 bulbs on the LCD display? Those two have a different type of fitting.
Thanks for the info, going to try this sometime this week. Went all white
Nice upgrade
You asked what the RSCA OFF button was in the video: its the rolling side curtain air bag off switch. only available for use in 4LO. Basically turns off your side curtain air bags while off-roading and putting the truck at more severe angles.
You’re awesome, thank you!
I had zero ideas what it was. My 2019 that I had didn’t even have it, so I was at a loss.
@@smitheys Yeah no worries man! I off-road often in my '04 V8 and have never used this feature haha. Keep the 4th gen vids comin! Also, is you trac off button stock? Or did you wire that in yourself?
Yeah, I love off-roading (mainly muddin).
I didn’t wire in any switches yet, it looks stock.
I have a video coming wiring in a few switches.
@@smitheys What year is your truck? and its the V6 4WD right? I had to mod in a trac off switch on my '04 but found a way to do it with a factory switch and a wire tap
My runner is a 2008 4wd.
Yeah, mine came the way it did, I think it’s stock.
Very smart! I plan on doing a few switches, but mainly to the back, as an escape. Should be posting those videos in 2-3 weeks.
Hello. Very good your video. As you did with the display light or air indicator. I put them the same but it does not turn on, only when I connect and disconnect the rear connector, everything else turns on but when you turn on the display or screen of the a / c indicators it does not turn on the color of the led that you place, it remains as if it were burned out the light, when they are new and good.
Thanks you!
If the LED doesn’t turn on, change the direction of electricity. LED’s are directional and require current to travel one way, not both ways like incandescent.
Wow that’s awesome!
I appreciate that!
I did this about a year ago and made all my dash lights blue!
Yeah, the link I provided offers different colors. You have to choose what color you want, I think it auto fills blue. Did you want blue? How’d it turn out?!
@@smitheys looks absolutely great! I also made all my door lights blue and license plate lights blue. Plus all white LEDs for all my headlights and fog lights. Currently installing ditch lights for the first time as well
I saw your video on the dash itself as well but that’s still a little more complicated than i’m willing to do
Good evening, so I just took out my ac control unit and replaced all the bulbs with the led bulbs. However when I hooked it back up none of them are white lights. Still the yellow. On top of that I took out two of the bulbs completely and plugged the unit back in and the yellow light was still coming on without any build in place. Any idea what’s going on?
Looks good man!
Thanks man! I appreciate you.
Is the AC, Temp and settings display LCD screen a white LED or more of a yellowish LED color? It looks different
Hey, so yeah it’s a little off. But you gotta think how long they’ve been orange and that orange color baking into those switches for years. For the most part they’re white, with a tint of something else. Still looks 1000% better! Haha. Glad Toyota stopped with the orange.
Thanks for the info! 🤙🏼
Any time! Hope it helped.
The RSCA turns off the side curtain airbags in case you hit something hard offroading and don't want them to go off since you asked
That’s smart. Thank you! They were killing me because I would press it and nothing happened. I never tried it in 4x4 h or l, I guess it must be in that range. Thanks again.
@@smitheys I believe you need to hold the switch for a few seconds to disable side curtain airbags. When you are off roading and the vehicle rolls, it will deploy at some point thinking its a roll over. This switch shuts down the system while you are having fun. I believe the system re-engages once you are on highway doing a certain speed but not sure.
I want to change the arrows indicator for the climate control's... not the icons just the arrows please thank you!!
Going insane. I can’t get the new bulbs to fit in for the life of me. When I put it in they don’t screw back in. What do I do??
Hey I purchased the same lights off Amazon from ur kit for my 03 limited . It's weird though I swapped all of the bulbs. Only the screen on the hvac system used the white leds. All my other light on the hvac where still orange . And the other switches didn't turn white or are even on. I tried switching the polarities. But nothing.
Running into the same issue. Did you ever find a fix?
You may have a few bad bulbs or when you routed the wires they aren’t making contact with the terminal giving it power/ground. Did you turn your headlights on when you tested the lights? The headlight switch must be on to test everything but the HVAC display.
There isn’t much that can go wrong unless your units lights didn’t work to begin with, but if you’re still having issues please send me an email and I’ll try to help.
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Nice video man!!!!
Thank you! I appreciate that.
Hey Smitheys, great video.
Please what should search for in Amazon?
Hey Bruno! Thanks man. If you go to the description of my video, the links are there.
I am having a problem with some of the buttons being more bright than other buttons ,mainly in the three disk
It’s either the way it’s angled, try adjusting it by taking it out, moving it up or down (whatever way it’s darker), putting it back in and trying it.
The second way, it might just be how Toyota molded your buttons.
can you please do a video and show off the lights, from the back seat. all together with the speed odometer. also are the brightness still adjustable ?? Thanks :D
I can not. I no longer have the vehicle. Everything will function exactly the same. The only thing you’ll be doing is changing the color, that’s it! Illumination dims when the headlights are turned on, dimmer switch still dims cluster, etc.
In the daytime, the LCD info screen is very dim. Almost unreadable. I couldn’t tell from the video but do the new LED bulbs significantly brighten the display in daylight conditions? Thanks for the great video.
This will definitely fix that!
The link to the lights in your description have too thick of a wire to go into the grooves of the plastic housing
Just pull it. It’ll work.
And one more question. On all my hvac controls nothing works. But the bulbs work. I assume it’s just the entire hvac assembly bc the 2 bottom leds work. I tested with different polarity and got same results
RSCA turns off your curtain airbags so when you’re on a high incline sideways your car doesn’t deploy your air bags because it thinks it it about to roll over
Thank you for that information. I never knew, always meant to look it up but always got distracted.
Great vid just like the one before this! Isn't there also orange lights down in the cup holders? Is it possible to get those swapped too?
I don’t have lights in my cup holders, so I’m not 100% sure. Toyota is pretty consistent though, I’m sure they can be swapped.
@@smitheys easily swappable, #74 led
Can these LED’s replace the little bulbs that light up the gear selector display by the hand shifter?
You can change out the lights on the gear shift… but, I don’t know what bulbs are in there. I’ve never opened it up and never really cared too. Sorry I couldn’t help more.
Do you have a link on the bulbs you used for everything?
Everything I use in my videos are listed in the description below all of my videos, but the link for the lights are:
www.amazon.com/50pcs-Cluster-Instrument-Emitting-diodes/dp/B074SL9N29/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_product_top?ie=UTF8
hey man, im about to do this on my 4runner but im not entirely sure how to route the bulbs. any chance you could explain it to me really quickly or even make a short video on it?
No problem Mitch. So what you’ll do is unroute the leads out of the bulb holder. When you go to install the new bulb, put the new and old side by side and get the new length and cut off the excess. Take the new bulb and just follow the exact way the old bulb came out. If you need to, take out two of them and keep one for reference, that way you’ll have one to compare if you mess up. I promise it’s easier than most people think. You’ll just need a small flat head screw driver to start the lead to get it off. Hope this helps.
whats the worst that could happen if i mess up..? i wanna do this so bad but am not experienced very well!!
The absolute worst is you could fry your motherboard and not have a speedometer. They sell them on eBay if the worst happens. The job is a lot easier than it seems. The hardest part is the soldering. The key is not keeping the heat on too long. Practice on something else if you’re worried and then knock it out. Or buy a cheap solder kit and cheap speedometer to learn.
Good luck with what you decide
How about the master power window switch are there bulbs there?
I believe so! I can’t say for certain because I sold my 4Runner. It’s probably pretty similar to the switches on the dash.
But i thought for the climate control unit they where gonna light up white like the dash? I wnat to change mine to white can that be done?
Yes, this will light up white instead of orange. Did you see the ending?
Do you still like these white LEDs after a year of use? I thought they may be too bright for night driving.
I no longer have this 4Runner. The lights looked fantastic, not too bright, but if you have sensitive eyes they are still dimmable with the switch.
I was trying to buy one from Amazon but I couldn't find it can you please send me the link for the buld thank you
Anything I have in my videos will be listed in the description, under the video but I’ll be nice and repost them:
50pcs 12V 3mm White LED 9V Gauge Cluster Instrument Light Emitting diodes
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Surface Mount LEDs, 3528 Size SMD SMT LED - Cool White
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Hey, I was thinking about purchasing the red version of these lights since it would match my aftermarket radio but.. Won’t that effect the way the center console screen looks like, like where the clock is? Pls help. Thank you!
The only thing it changes is the color. It’ll still work.
I just replaced the bulb on the rear window switch and now the window won’t go up or down , does anyone know what could be the cause
Sorry to hear the trouble. The bulb wouldn’t have any effect on the operation of the switch. You may want to check your wiring, it may have popped a fuse if it wasn’t inserted all the way.
What your calling the diff lock is the transfercase lock not a diff lock
Hi! I know it’s almost a year later but I was having a problem with the hvac screen having two bigger bulbs then all the others, and the bulbs from the kit not fitting. Should I just retry two new bulbs or is there a separate size I need to buy?
Hey Tyler! Yes, all the bulbs will fit but there are two of them with different housings. You gotta get a little custom with it, but as long as you line up the leads from the new bulbs in the housing, it’ll work. Hope this helps!
@@smitheys yes I believe it will thank you!! It just sits so deep in the housing in comparison should I push it all the way in or just sorta on top? i can also just try both and see what works haha
No problem! Yeah, I just had it sit all the way down in the housing. It was a bit dimmer, but no by much.
@@smitheys sweet I’ll definitely try that thank you so much!
@smitheys You can also buy 2 T4.2 LEDs. They come with the proper housing and you can drop those two in.
i just did this and it doesnt look as bright as yours
Congrats! You may have to turn up the dimmer.
Are resistors not necessary?
No, no with those LED’s.
@@smitheys Oh rad, just realized resistors are built into these! Had no idea they existed. This makes life so much easier. Have been wanting to do this mod for 2+ years and now I'm actually goin for it.
Totally worth it, you got it! Good luck.
Where did you purchase all the replacement led bulbs? I bought a pack on Amazon but they did not work! After I put them in the bulb and case would not fit in the dash compartment it belonged to.
Sorry yours didn’t work for you! The ones I got were from Amazon as well. They require lead trimming though.. I have links in the description of the video. One set is solder on LED’s and one where you have to physically route the lead around the housing, cutting off the excess lead.
@@smitheys Ya the bulbs from amazon you have listed are the ones I tried to use. Do you know anywhere else to get bulbs? Mine are all different its weird. I have a 2006 4Runner XSP 2xwheel drive
It should work. When you take out the old bulb, put it beside the new one to get the length. Then cut off the excess, and run the leads through the bulb housing just like you took them off. Make sure when you put a new bulb in to get it to seat all the way down, ALL THE WAY DOWN. If you do it right the bulb should be all the way down in the housing and not sticking up at all.
@@smitheys I pushed it down pretty hard but it seemed it did not fit correctly in housing. The visibly looks bigger than the ones in there as well.
It will work, I just double checked the link to verify they’re still right. You might have to spin it 180 so the leads go in the opposite holes on how you have it. Another thing you can try is spreading the leads just a little near the LED so it will seat properly but be careful not to separate the lead from the LED. It’s not drop in and go, takes finesse.
the led legs are a bit too big
Yes, that is correct. These LEDs are used for a variety of projects. You have to trim them with wire cutters or some type of snips for what you need.
@@smitheys sorry I should have specified I meant in thickness
@@smitheys did your fit perfectly? Because as much as I tried to place them back to how it was it didn't fit into the grooves
Oh ok! Yeah the new leads are thicker. As long as you get them through the housings holes and the bulb seats, just get it as close as you can. It’s not going to be perfect, the housings weren’t designed for the bigger lead, but it works. I hope this helps.
@@smitheys quick update I got it to work, yay