DIY LED Dash Lights
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DIY LED Dash Lights
Hey guys. I read some threads about doing LED lights on my dash and thought I would give it a try. I ordered 5 of these from superbrightleds.com
Then removed the dash and cluster. I tried to use the supplied adapters that came with the lights, but found that the LEDs went too far into the cluster and were bottoming out before I could lock them in. After lots of trial and error I realized I could use the stock light bulb sockets and the LEDs fit perfect. I buttoned the dash back up and I think it came out great. I was too impatient to wait for it to get dark for a before and after, so here you go.
Then removed the dash and cluster. I tried to use the supplied adapters that came with the lights, but found that the LEDs went too far into the cluster and were bottoming out before I could lock them in. After lots of trial and error I realized I could use the stock light bulb sockets and the LEDs fit perfect. I buttoned the dash back up and I think it came out great. I was too impatient to wait for it to get dark for a before and after, so here you go.
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Yes\a it was a bit tricky to get it right, but once i switched to the original sockets it went smooth. No issues thus far
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I have some I got at O reillies in mine now. 2 of them are the crappy ones that my buddy gave me, so they flicker. I have those all the way to the right so it doesn't bother me a whole lot, but it sort of does. They did get brighter, but damn yours are cool looking. I want to remove the green film on mine, so that they would just be clear, and any color LED I put in will shine through and not mix with the green. Did you do that, or is the picture just distorting the color a little bit, because that looks sort of white. I really like it though.
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Yes, I want to know did you remove the green film from behind the gauges or did the blue light just mix with the green and still show blue?
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Seems like the color of the LEDs swamps anything else. Notice how the needles are blue rather than red? And you don't see the yellow/red marks on the gauge faces? I found the same thing happened when I installed green LEDs once; turned all the needles green. The one exception, I would think, would be white LEDs; I think they would retain all the original colors of the backing, the needles, etc.
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Seems like the color of the LEDs swamps anything else. Notice how the needles are blue rather than red? And you don't see the yellow/red marks on the gauge faces? I found the same thing happened when I installed green LEDs once; turned all the needles green. The one exception, I would think, would be white LEDs; I think they would retain all the original colors of the backing, the needles, etc.
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I have some I got at O reillies in mine now. 2 of them are the crappy ones that my buddy gave me, so they flicker. I have those all the way to the right so it doesn't bother me a whole lot, but it sort of does. They did get brighter, but damn yours are cool looking. I want to remove the green film on mine, so that they would just be clear, and any color LED I put in will shine through and not mix with the green. Did you do that, or is the picture just distorting the color a little bit, because that looks sort of white. I really like it though.
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Love the look but no way could I drive that at night. I'd be blinded, I keep mine turned all the way down now and sometimes cover the Alpine because that thing is too bright.
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You can actually use the factory dimmer function still and with it all the way turned down i would say its comparable to the factory bulbs on middle brightness
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