Colored LEDS in Dash Panel

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Dec 25, 2004 | 11:31 AM

Christopher2

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Colored LEDS in Dash Panel

Ever seen colored LEDS used in a dash? I was thing of a nice aqua color to go with the glow in the dark paint. I really like the indiglo color scheme and I think that is as close as I can get.

Dec 25, 2004 | 11:49 AM

StarFox

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Can't say as I have seen it, but I expect that it could look pretty cool given the right colors. My truck being a shade of teal, the Indiglo might be a neat match.

Dec 26, 2004 | 08:52 PM

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You can buy flexible indiglo type material that can be cut and punched to most any shape.

Jan 1, 2005 | 10:05 PM

black58

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I used green LEDs for my turn signal indicators only because my signals wont cancel when I finish a turn and sometimes I wouldn't notice the signal was still on. The LEDs were much much brighter. Notice I say were. After about three months they stopped working very well. They're very very dim now. I haven't really tried to figure it out. Haven't had the time. Sounds like you got a unique idea good luck with it. John (Black58)

Jan 1, 2005 | 11:28 PM

Randy Jack

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John - I'm no LED expert, but a buddy put some in the dash of his 40 Tudor. He pointed out how each light needed a resistor in front of it to drop the voltage so that they wouldn't burn out. It was a real packaging challenge, since he was soldering all the connections himself.
If you didn't have the resitors in-line with your turn signal LED's, that might explain why they burned bright and now dim.
Just a thought. I'm due for some dumb ones...

Jan 2, 2005 | 08:06 AM

Christopher2

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I found Electro Luminesent Sheeting. I am not sure if that is the answer or not for me. The sheeting I found is about 0.25" think, not very good to cover my metal panel in the gage cluster with maybe a little to thick.

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You can buy flexible indiglo type material that can be cut and punched to most any shape.

Also if you bought LEDS for turn signal did you get the premade setup or build your own? I am building my own, but you have to regulate the current to an LED or it will use as much current as it can and not last a long time. Also you need to get an electronic flasher not a stock on. The elctronic flasher does not rely on the system load to work.

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Jan 2, 2005 | 04:10 PM

black58

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I bought the premade ones. I'm going to take them out and go back to the original set up. I plan on rebuilding my signal switch so that it will cancel when it's supposed to. I also got one of those loud flashers. Hopefully that will settle my deal. I still wish you luck on yours. John