Post Your Gauge Clusters!
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Atleast you can tell it's purple it looks more blueish in the pics. The chrome pieces are Beside the purple the 3 instrument cluster lamp housings. Small pieces but I got the stock fuel line from the in cab tank down through the cab floor chrome coated as well.
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I do believe that if speed hut does not have the color you want on their website, you can download the color you want to their website and get what you are looking for. You can virtually download anything and put it on your gauges over there. Even a picture of say; your significant other. lol
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In the world of custom gauges now days a lot of these companies will build you just about anything you want. Not hard at all to change just the background color. I'm still not looking forward to the price tag on all my gauges I'll be needing. Having your significant other on the gauge faces would just be scary haha.
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...the gauges would be easier undone than the tattoo. 
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has anyone tried the LED light kits in the stock cluster? My biggest problem is the visibility of the signal lights and gauges in night and bright light situations.
Example: if the Vegas sun is behind me I can't see if my turn signal indicators are blinking or not. Also at night the yellowish lighting from stock bulbs glare on the window screen making the gauges hard to read.
I think the LEDs would help during the day by making them brighter. I also feel that this could multiply the glare problem at night.
So can anyone who has tried these enlighten and inform me on if they made things better or worse?
Example: if the Vegas sun is behind me I can't see if my turn signal indicators are blinking or not. Also at night the yellowish lighting from stock bulbs glare on the window screen making the gauges hard to read.
I think the LEDs would help during the day by making them brighter. I also feel that this could multiply the glare problem at night.
So can anyone who has tried these enlighten and inform me on if they made things better or worse?
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LEDs
I tried the small LEDs, Two green for signal indicator, Blue for high beam, adding an orange for preheat, so I can see when my timer shuts off.
The truck started out as gas. I bought the auto meter gauges. Then we decided to put in a diesel, so I added the glow shift gauges.
I had a buddy cut out a plate that I gb welded into the original cluster.
http://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.ford...5d78aeb8ce.jpg
The truck started out as gas. I bought the auto meter gauges. Then we decided to put in a diesel, so I added the glow shift gauges.
I had a buddy cut out a plate that I gb welded into the original cluster.
http://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.ford...5d78aeb8ce.jpg
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From: Las Vegas, NV
I tried the small LEDs, Two green for signal indicator, Blue for high beam, adding an orange for preheat, so I can see when my timer shuts off.
The truck started out as gas. I bought the auto meter gauges. Then we decided to put in a diesel, so I added the glow shift gauges.
I had a buddy cut out a plate that I gb welded into the original cluster.
http://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.ford...5d78aeb8ce.jpg
The truck started out as gas. I bought the auto meter gauges. Then we decided to put in a diesel, so I added the glow shift gauges.
I had a buddy cut out a plate that I gb welded into the original cluster.
http://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.ford...5d78aeb8ce.jpg
So what did you think of them and how did they differ from stock?
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has anyone tried the LED light kits in the stock cluster? My biggest problem is the visibility of the signal lights and gauges in night and bright light situations.
Example: if the Vegas sun is behind me I can't see if my turn signal indicators are blinking or not. Also at night the yellowish lighting from stock bulbs glare on the window screen making the gauges hard to read.
I think the LEDs would help during the day by making them brighter. I also feel that this could multiply the glare problem at night.
So can anyone who has tried these enlighten and inform me on if they made things better or worse?
Example: if the Vegas sun is behind me I can't see if my turn signal indicators are blinking or not. Also at night the yellowish lighting from stock bulbs glare on the window screen making the gauges hard to read.
I think the LEDs would help during the day by making them brighter. I also feel that this could multiply the glare problem at night.
So can anyone who has tried these enlighten and inform me on if they made things better or worse?
However, in the brief time I have spent reading on this subject, it seems I remember reading that the factory rheostat (the instrument cluster dimmer switch), doesn't work with LEDs.
The LED instrument cluster lights will be about 4 times brighter than the stock 1445 incandescent instrument cluster bulbs. This may be a good thing or, it may be bad if the brightness is blowing your eyes out, if you can't control the brightness off the stock rheostat.
There are LED compatible rheostats available that will give you the ability to control their brightness.
The rheostats range in price from reasonable to "oh my God!!"
I don't know anything about this particular one but, it's just one of the first ones that popped up, when I searched just now.
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Haven't actually drove the truck yet. Hope to have it on the road for the spring.
I used the 1/4 LEDs. They are bright for there size, I don't think I would want to go any bigger as they would be too bright.
Kind of hard to see them in that picture, but signal indicators are just above the centre gauge.
Working on my Crewcab these days. In a couple weeks I will get this one back in the garage, I will try and get a picture with the LEDs on.
I used the 1/4 LEDs. They are bright for there size, I don't think I would want to go any bigger as they would be too bright.
Kind of hard to see them in that picture, but signal indicators are just above the centre gauge.
Working on my Crewcab these days. In a couple weeks I will get this one back in the garage, I will try and get a picture with the LEDs on.
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From: Las Vegas, NV
These are the type of LED replacement bulbs I am referring too(Found in the ever helpful Tech thread): 1961-79 Ford Truck & Bronco LED Gauge Light Conversion Kits - HiPo Parts Garage
They supposedly have an option that has dimmer capability.
They supposedly have an option that has dimmer capability.
