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Old Feb 8, 2012 | 10:13 PM
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Remove the covers, install colored 194 bulbs.
 
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Old Feb 8, 2012 | 11:03 PM
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Originally Posted by Dorsai
Those covers pop right out. I see you can do it one of three ways:

1. Remove the covers, install green 194 LEDs. This is what I did.

2. Leave the covers in place, install white 194 LEDs.

3. Remove the covers, install white 194 LEDs.

The third option will give you white lighting that may be too bright for you. If you still want to be able to dim the lights, you'll need regular incandescent 194s, as the LED bulbs aren't dimmable.

If you want to go any of the LED routes, hit the link I provided earlier...the service was good, and the bulbs were reasonably priced. And Bill can talk you through ordering the right bulbs for what you want to do.
Can you get a picture of your dash before I remove the covers or Order the lights?
 
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Old Feb 11, 2012 | 04:44 PM
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I would also like to know how to make my instrument lights super bright. Mine are dim and I have a new light switch, battery, alternator and voltage regulator. Contacts are clean on circuit board. There was a sticky a while back "brighter brights, whiter whites" if memory is correct... Ill search for it.
 
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Old Feb 11, 2012 | 04:53 PM
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Nevermind, the brighter brights post was for head lights.
 
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