Let There Be Light,,,,Cluster LED LightS!!
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St. Jude Donor '09
Let There Be Light,,,,Cluster LED LightS!!
When i finished installing the dash pad, The Dash lights were almost pink due to the lip being painted red as in picture. I took some white paint and covered all the red around the lip and the difference is phenomenal !! Cool White!!!
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Drifting
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St. Jude Donor '09
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Drifting
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St. Jude Donor '09
Is my vette stock?? HAHA
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That looks awesome!!!
Wish they made black light led's.
Wish they made black light led's.
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That turned out great!
Are those hydrographics?
I tried the bulbs- white and red- just didn't have the light I wanted- as I'm running the stock green letter gauges.
I ended up using LED strip lighting and made a length long enough to wrap around twice. Looks better- but I'm going to get a hold of some cool white strips and see if it looks any better. I could also add some LED bulbs in the stock location and see if that makes a difference.
Albeit my gauges are totally custom- you can still do this to stock gauges-
They do!!!
Are those hydrographics?
I tried the bulbs- white and red- just didn't have the light I wanted- as I'm running the stock green letter gauges.
I ended up using LED strip lighting and made a length long enough to wrap around twice. Looks better- but I'm going to get a hold of some cool white strips and see if it looks any better. I could also add some LED bulbs in the stock location and see if that makes a difference.
Albeit my gauges are totally custom- you can still do this to stock gauges-
They do!!!
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That looks pretty good actually. I was thinking about trying the multi color LED strip lights with a wireless controller. That way I could change color to whatever I felt like,and maybe even dim them.
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I ended up using LED strip lighting and made a length long enough to wrap around twice. Looks better- but I'm going to get a hold of some cool white strips and see if it looks any better. I could also add some LED bulbs in the stock location and see if that makes a difference.
Is that the led strip on the left and regular bulbs on the right?
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Your gauges look fantastic, are the LEDs just plug and play, and is that just a white sticker on original gauges?
Drifting
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I changed almost every bulb in the interior with LED's, just the bulbs were changed, nothing else. A vast improvement over stock, but not too bright as to be distracting. here are a couple of pics.
Note the difference in the amp draw . . . .
Note the difference in the amp draw . . . .
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Is my vette stock?? HAHA
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I need too do this
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just finished putting the white overlays on my tach and speed-o. Went with some custom AutoMeter gauges for the center console.Maybe I missed it but what color bulbs did you use ? White, Cool White, or Warm White. If you don't mind, I'd like to match yours..
Thank You
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looks great just finished putting the white overlays on my tach and speed-o. Went with some custom AutoMeter gauges for the center console.
Maybe I missed it but what color bulbs did you use ? White, Cool White, or Warm White. If you don't mind, I'd like to match yours..
Thank You
just finished putting the white overlays on my tach and speed-o. Went with some custom AutoMeter gauges for the center console.Maybe I missed it but what color bulbs did you use ? White, Cool White, or Warm White. If you don't mind, I'd like to match yours..
Thank You
However, It's not just a matter of taking out the incandescent bulb and replacing it with an LED.
You need to pick different LED's for different locations There is a lot to consider, such as, total lumens, number of LED's that the bulb actually has, is it a side firing, or forward firing, just to name a few.
The kit's may be a better way to go, but I chose to experiment with different LED's for the various locations and not just the speedo/tach.