Instrument cluster back lights
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Drifting
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From: Jasper Alabama
Instrument cluster back lights
Wondering if anyone has done a LED upgrade to the guage cluster. I am wanting to change out the lights that illuminate the guages from white to red. Are these 194 bulbs or something different? Any help would be appreciated.
Le Mans Master
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From: Columbia SC
The originals are incandescent UV bulbs. LED UV bulbs are manufactured. Whether they will have the proper UV light for this application is something I can't say and may vary based on who makes it and in what spectrum range they operate.
PS: The originals are not in the spectrum range that I consider to be "black light", but still UV.
PS: The originals are not in the spectrum range that I consider to be "black light", but still UV.
Le Mans Master
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From: Columbia SC
Here is a picture of the original bulbs. The plastic bases are about 1/4 inch in diameter, the black base looks a little larger but have not put the micrometer to it. The left side is white and the right side is black. They are different size bulbs with different part numbers.
Drifting
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From: Hopatcong New Jersey
Here is a picture of the original bulbs. The plastic bases are about 1/4 inch in diameter, the black base looks a little larger but have not put the micrometer to it. The left side is white and the right side is black. They are different size bulbs with different part numbers.
^not my car, but I didn't take a pic of mine when I had my dash apart.
Le Mans Master
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From: Columbia SC
Sorry for misleading anyone on this. I started a post 6 months ago trying to get info on the UV bulbs. Until now no one who posted had a clue or that the ones I bought were correct. It did not make sense that such small bulbs would do the job.
