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Interior Map Light

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City, State
Lenoir, NC
Year, Model & Trim Level
2003 Sport Trac XLT
I hate those little metal strips for the interior map light on the overhead. Every one I have found are burnt in two and I am surprised that someone hasn't had a fire because of it. How hard is it to replace them by wiring up LED bulbs and doing away with that metal strip altogether? Has anyone on here done that? If you have can you tell me what I need and how to do it? Thanks in advance for any help.
 






Yes, I removed the metal strips and spliced wiring into the three existing wires. Then I hooked up LED lights and faced them pointing straight down. I teused the existing sockets that held the bulds, but had to jimmy rig them to get the LEDs I had to fit. They work fine and are much brighter.
 






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