Interior lighting changes

[DaveGriffin07]

(2004 Toyota Tacoma Double Cab)
I'm contemplating changing out my dash and climate control bulbs from amber to green. If possible I would rather not use LED's. Also, as my truck is dark green and I think it would look cool. I would like to switch out all the bulbs in the cab (dome, courtesy, glove box) and replace them with green bulbs (LED is ok). Has anyone done anything like this? Which bulbs, and how many, will I need to do this?

[The Phoenix]

Originally Posted by DaveGriffin07

(2004 Toyota Tacoma Double Cab)
I'm contemplating changing out my dash and climate control bulbs from amber to green. If possible I would rather not use LED's. Also, as my truck is dark green and I think it would look cool. I would like to switch out all the bulbs in the cab (dome, courtesy, glove box) and replace them with green bulbs (LED is ok). Has anyone done anything like this? Which bulbs, and how many, will I need to do this?

All of these can be done, except the climate controls and maybe glove box.

The gauge cluster takes 4 194 bulbs. Best to use superwhite, yellow, or blue. Other colors will not emit enough light.

Here's a shot of my 03 Tacoma I did back in the day using Superwhite bulbs.



Here is your list of bulbs throughout the truck.

04 TOYOTA Tacoma
High & low beam headlamp
9003/HB2
9003SU Silverstar ULTRA for Ultra Night Vision - The Whitest and Brightest Halogen
9003ST Silverstar High Performance Lighting: The Whiter and Brighter Halogen
9003XV XtraVision Halogen - The Brighter Light
9003CB Cool Blue Halogen - The Whiter Light

Parking light
168
168LL Long Life Upgrade: Up to twice the life of the standard lamp
4157NALL
4157AST Silverstar Signal Lighting: Complete the Look: Crisp, Clean, Style

Front turn signal
4157NALL
4157AST Silverstar Signal Lighting: Complete the Look: Crisp, Clean, Style

Rear turn signal
1156
1156LL Long Life Upgrade: Up to twice the life of the standard lamp

Tail light
1157
1157LL Long Life Upgrade: Up to twice the life of the standard lamp

Stop light
1157
1157LL Long Life Upgrade: Up to twice the life of the standard lamp

High mount stop light
168
168LL Long Life Upgrade: Up to twice the life of the standard lamp

License plate
194
194LL Long Life Upgrade: Up to twice the life of the standard lamp

Back up light
921
921LL Long Life Upgrade: Up to twice the life of the standard lamp

Front sidemarker
168
168LL Long Life Upgrade: Up to twice the life of the standard lamp

Dome light
DE3175

Step/Courtesy light
DE3021
DE3022

Instrument-general
194
194LL Long Life Upgrade: Up to twice the life of the standard lamp

[ddnail]

That's some killer information dude, thanks for sharing that with us.

[The Phoenix]

Originally Posted by ddnail

That's some killer information dude, thanks for sharing that with us.

Anytime! I know the 96-04 era Tacoma inside out since I've owned 3 of them

If you guys do decide to modify your lights, just remember to HOOKUP THE FACTORY DIMMER SWITCH! Yeah, I kinda had the whole dash back together and went to turn on the lights. When nothing happened, it was a homer simpson moment.

[p nut]

I'm not 100% sure on this, but if you want to change the color to green, then I believe the 3rd Gen 4Runner lights will be a direct fit (01-02). The climate control lights are special bulbs only available from Toyota, so you can't go aftermarket.

This is funny, because when I had a 4Runner, I wanted to change mine from green to amber. Love amber, as I used to have it in my old BMW, Honda and Acura.

[ddnail]

Originally Posted by The Phoenix

Anytime! I know the 96-04 era Tacoma inside out since I've owned 3 of them

Is it a big job to change out all of those? I'm thinking of the white like you did, that looks good and clean

[BamZipPow]

You could probably use some stage lighting gel sheets to color the lights any tint you want...about $7 a sheet.

[The Phoenix]

Originally Posted by ddnail

Is it a big job to change out all of those? I'm thinking of the white like you did, that looks good and clean

Probably about 30 minutes from start to finish. The hardest part is taking the dash pieces off to get to the cluster itself.