LED gauge light change out
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LED gauge light change out
Does anyone know what size bulbs are in the z series gauges?
One of the gauges that I just had instaled is pretty dim,and hard to see at
night.
I thought I would get some green leds to match the dash,and hopefully brighten
things up.
I'm thinking about getting them here: http://www.superbrightleds.com/index.htm
Anyone have any tips or info on this?
One of the gauges that I just had instaled is pretty dim,and hard to see at
night.
I thought I would get some green leds to match the dash,and hopefully brighten
things up.
I'm thinking about getting them here: http://www.superbrightleds.com/index.htm
Anyone have any tips or info on this?
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From: Columbia, MO
The 194 bulb is what you need. I got my LED's from that same place. I went with the 5-LED (1 in the center, 4 on the edges pointing out) bulb for all of mine, in green.
I literally ordered 4 different bulbs that would fit in the gauges from them, a single LED all the way up to the 6 LED. I did this to see what I liked best, before I ordered up 7 of them for my gauges. The 5 LED produced good light, less than that was too dim, and the 6 LED was too bright.
I literally ordered 4 different bulbs that would fit in the gauges from them, a single LED all the way up to the 6 LED. I did this to see what I liked best, before I ordered up 7 of them for my gauges. The 5 LED produced good light, less than that was too dim, and the 6 LED was too bright.
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I think they do. They may be just a touch brighter, but I can read them clearly and it's not distracting. I have the Carbon Fiber gauges, and I'm sure the dark face makes the lighting different than if they were white or silver faced.
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No, its wierd. The spot where there is supposed to be a bulb has a sticker stating if you try to take it apart you might destroy the gauge. Its already an LED bulb inside, but you cant change it.
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Yeah John i know what you mean. I bought a Sport Comp 2 guage to just get the trans temp sender because i thought it was bad (ended up not being that), and the guage has the internal lighting you can't tamper with. (I have it sitting here if anyone wants it). But i do have two z-series guages, i put one of those on the pillar and moved the trans temp to the instrument bezel, and with the 4-spot LED bulbs, i notice the Z-series is a tad dimmer than the other two Sport Comp's with the same bulb. I am going to order up two 5-spot bulbs and put them in the z-series to see how they fair against the Sportcomps for brightness. OH and while you are there, buy two more CLEAR 5-spot LED wedge 194's, for the license plate lights in the back. They just look awesome with white LED's in them.
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