led dash lights
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Le Mans Master
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2023 C3 of the Year Finalist - Modified
led dash lights
anyone know of any drop in led lights for the dash? how did they work, can you dim them? do they come in colors? im getting ready to fix some gauges and while im in there.....
Melting Slicks
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From: Texas
this place has a good selection, even for corvettes.
just pick your year.
http://www.superbrightleds.com/cat/l...e--/11-412--/#
just pick your year.
http://www.superbrightleds.com/cat/l...e--/11-412--/#
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Race Director
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From: Scottsdale Arizona
this place has a good selection, even for corvettes.
just pick your year.
http://www.superbrightleds.com/cat/l...e--/11-412--/#
just pick your year.
http://www.superbrightleds.com/cat/l...e--/11-412--/#
The LED lights are pretty expensive but at least you can buy a couple from this site and see if you like them before spending a ton of money. Also, for te OP, I'm pretty sure that you can not dim LED lights.
Le Mans Master
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St. Jude Donor '17, '19
I asked about this a while back...I still haven't been able to get to it yet. But here are my threads:
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c3-g...-the-dash.html
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c3-g...light-out.html
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c3-g...-the-dash.html
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c3-g...light-out.html
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Le Mans Master
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Burning Brakes
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I bought a bag of 20 white zone tech 194s
Not a bad one in the bag.
These bulbs only have a pair of wires bent over plastic to make contact. It's very flexible and I found that if not bent or tweeked to make contact when installed it won't work. They all seem to work when I play with them.
For a tenner you really can't go wrong with cheap LEDs.
Not a bad one in the bag.
These bulbs only have a pair of wires bent over plastic to make contact. It's very flexible and I found that if not bent or tweeked to make contact when installed it won't work. They all seem to work when I play with them.
For a tenner you really can't go wrong with cheap LEDs.
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Burning Brakes
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I built mine and it does not cost much to do it also yes you can dim them and you can select the color you want.
I also made the light for the center console, its controlled by a remote to change the color. When you turn the lights on it retains the last settings
I also made the light for the center console, its controlled by a remote to change the color. When you turn the lights on it retains the last settings
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I'm running some LEDs from superbrightleds.
I went with the warm white color because I wanted the car to appear original, but still have the benefits of LEDs (lower power consumption, cooler operation, longer life).
Pics:
The parts I'm running are the WLED-WWHP6-AC LEDs. 35mA draw, 9-14.5V operating range (so they dim a bit, but only about halfway down the dimmer, and then they shut off completely).
I went with the warm white color because I wanted the car to appear original, but still have the benefits of LEDs (lower power consumption, cooler operation, longer life).
Pics:
The parts I'm running are the WLED-WWHP6-AC LEDs. 35mA draw, 9-14.5V operating range (so they dim a bit, but only about halfway down the dimmer, and then they shut off completely).
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Le Mans Master
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wow, both are great options. being able to change colors is something i had not considered, but looks more involved than i think i want to tackle.that superbrite website has so many styles of bulbs and how the led's are arranged I'm not sure which to get.
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Burning Brakes
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You know, like a lot of guys, I've been fighting dim dash lights for some time, but why are they dim? I've pulled mine out, cleaned them, changed them the the highest wattage I can find, cleaned the gauges all that stuff. There has to be a voltage drop somewhere. Is it the headlight switch? The dash lights weren't this dim originally, so what changed? The bulbs are the same ones used in the license plate light, and corner marker lights and we don't have to go LED to get them bright, those are nice and bright, and if the dash lights worked like they do, we wouldn't be looking for alternatives. I don't have any problem going to the LED's and may, but I'd sure like to understand why the lights are dim in the first place. Any ideas?
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I really like your solution. Could you elaborate on your procedure/parts that you implemented?
Burning Brakes
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Le Mans Master
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I bought a bag of 20 white zone tech 194s Video Link: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B008TW6KPA/ref=oh_details_o04_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Not a bad one in the bag.
These bulbs only have a pair of wires bent over plastic to make contact. It's very flexible and I found that if not bent or tweeked to make contact when installed it won't work. They all seem to work when I play with them.
For a tenner you really can't go wrong with cheap LEDs.
Not a bad one in the bag.
These bulbs only have a pair of wires bent over plastic to make contact. It's very flexible and I found that if not bent or tweeked to make contact when installed it won't work. They all seem to work when I play with them.
For a tenner you really can't go wrong with cheap LEDs.
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