Led Gauge Cluster - Page 2

kevin1114 · 02-04-2009, 05:12 PM

KOOL!
I'm definitly gonna check that,
The 2 bolts yur talkin about in step one, its on the black plastic part holding the see-thr plastic guard for the gauges?

cherrington17 · 02-04-2009, 05:14 PM

yes. they are in the top of that. really easy to overlook, if your never below your steering wheel.

kevin1114 · 02-05-2009, 07:47 AM

LOL!!!
i found them
Kool now i need to get some LEDs to replace the bulbs.
On the picture of the circuit board, could you point out which bulbs light up what PLZ... easier to plan the bulbs i need and the quantity
Thanx

cherrington17 · 02-05-2009, 07:59 AM

there are 5. (the big holes)

they are 194 bulbs... or you can use my method and use raw leds.

kevin1114 · 02-05-2009, 09:29 AM

Is there a place for the light under the needle ( to light up the needle more and a different color)?

cherrington17 · 02-05-2009, 10:44 AM

There's light kinda under it, if ur following what yalero did, that's a whole different setup

kevin1114 · 02-06-2009, 07:17 AM

what did Yalero do different?

cherrington17 · 02-06-2009, 08:11 AM

he stripped the needles out, right down to where the motors mount in, then drilled holes into the surrounding plastic, put small leds into those holes, so they ONLY lit the needles.

i'm pretty sure there is a link in the thread for that project...

kevin1114 · 02-13-2009, 11:19 AM

theres a chance the needles dont work right after that...

cherrington17 · 02-13-2009, 11:58 AM

no. the motors just pull straight out, as to the needles. you just need to get them back into the right spots.

(mark where your gas is, speedo/coolant will be 0, and know where your tach is when its idling.)

02-13-2009, 12:03 PM

Just did the led gauge in blue yesterday, im lovin it. I used the 194 bulb leds, and it was the easier mods i've done.

99alerogirl · 02-13-2009, 12:10 PM

i know nothing about LEDs. are those 194's just plug and play? i assume not... since everything i want to do always seems to be more complicated than i think. dangit.

cherrington17 · 02-13-2009, 12:32 PM

194s are.

should probably get the "wide angle" ones... to avoid "hot spots"

99alerogirl · 02-13-2009, 12:38 PM

holy shite, awesome. i wanna do that today. maybe i can find some around here haha. and will they say wide angle on a package or what? haha, i'm a nooooob.

cherrington17 · 02-13-2009, 12:41 PM

www.superbrightleds.com

dont' rush to get some, you'll get crap.

99alerogirl · 02-13-2009, 12:43 PM

shweet. then i have to do that whole sanding deal right?

02-13-2009, 12:48 PM

I got "WLED-xHP High Power" LED bulbs from Super Bright

You shouldn't have to sand anything.

cherrington17 · 02-13-2009, 01:05 PM

wide angle = no sanding.

99alerogirl · 02-13-2009, 01:06 PM

cool.. i hate sand, too messy.

xXManwhoreXx · 02-21-2009, 05:25 PM

HELP ASAP!

Ok well I decided to change my lights in the gauge cluster, but I just used replacement 194 bulbs

http://www.victorautomotive.net/pdfs/vic/vabs2.pdf

Those, I pushed my old ones out and popped in the new ones but they don't work :-(

luckly I only changed one light and decided to try it first so I still have the other 4 working haha.

anyways.. the bottem of my lights dont have that hole that he pushed his out of, they have a wide slot. Any Suggestions, when I pulled out the light there were two little wires still on the inside, I imagine they need to hook up to my light but they are so small and I can't get to them.