HOW TO: Put LED Bulbs in Gauge Cluster

[djflex167]

so which ones are the best ones?

[djflex167]

This is how mines look!!

[02redgalant]

wow nice it actually looks like a bmw speedometer, is that white face?

[BGR]

Is everyone happy with the led hotspots in their dash?

LED bulbs are directional so they shoot out light in one spot of the dash... I dont know about you guys but it doesnt seem like a perfect solution even though it may be brighter than stock (in some areas of the dash)...

I put LED's in mine last month and it sucks ass. I bought the hyperwhite and they're frickin blue. So, I put the "blue" LED's on the side, and for the middle I used Red LED.

I think I'll order another SpeedHut EL guage control thing and put my EL Gauges back in.

[BGR]

http://superbrightleds.com/mini-wedge.html

The one's I got are listed as WLED-x5 LED Wedge Base Bulbs

I thought about getting those but wasn't sure if they would fit, so I stuck with what I thought would be safer. I was pretty pissed that the dude I bought them from charged me $4.95 shipping per 2 pack. It's was something like $14.+ for shipping and it came in one package.

[djflex167]

wow nice it actually looks like a bmw speedometer, is that white face?

yeah, its a GTZ it comes with white face, but light up super red at night!! looks like the STi cluster at night!! pretty cool!

[BGR]

Ass

Red LED in the center. Blue LED's on the side.

[QnzMostWanted]

is that ur cruise light on?

[BGR]

is that ur cruise light on?

Yep. And the fog light indicator on the left.

[RAZ_76]

Thats why I'm not so sure about leds because the light is not evenly distributed and looks like patches of light, bright in one spot and dim in other.

[djflex167]

Thats why I'm not so sure about leds because the light is not evenly distributed and looks like patches of light, bright in one spot and dim in other.

as you can see i have red leds and mines looks bright all the way

[RAZ_76]

^^^I want what you have then , Pm me with info on your leds and what other colors they have. Thanx

[djflex167]

^^^I want what you have then , Pm me with info on your leds and what other colors they have. Thanx

ight let me find out for you, i'll hit you up when done!

[dronesurfboards]

Redid my gauge cluster and switched out the normal 5 led with the SMT 5 led bulbs and they are 10x better. No hot spots.

These are the ones I got


Here it is on my car...sorry for the crappy phone pic


Also for anyone who is planning on changing the dome light, I measured the bulb from end to end and its 44mm. just buy the ones in autolumination that are the rigid loop style.

[hellk4t]

Pretty sick, might give this one a go.

[beam514]

seems like anyone with the 02-03 gauges isn't as prone to getting the hot spots?

[hellk4t]

[QUOTE=dronesurfboards;344057]Redid my gauge cluster and switched out the normal 5 led with the SMT 5 led bulbs and they are 10x better. No hot spots.

These are the ones I got


Can you link that? I've read this topic like 3 times and still don't know which ones are the absolute best...what did vorcatec use?

[spdracr]

[QUOTE=hellk4t;352453]

Redid my gauge cluster and switched out the normal 5 led with the SMT 5 led bulbs and they are 10x better. No hot spots.

These are the ones I got


Can you link that? I've read this topic like 3 times and still don't know which ones are the absolute best...what did vorcatec use?

http://autolumination.com/194.htm

this is the page with all styles of 194 bulbs

[hellk4t]

Thanks speed, gonna work on grabbing 5 of those badboys.
Also, does anyone know if the AC cluster uses the same bulbs? Im gonna do the same thing there as well.

[momo21]

ok just to make sure these bulbs fit for ALL galants?

i got a '94