05-31-2004, 12:25 AM
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seriously, just make the end of the led flat, it disperses the light much wider.
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06-06-2004, 09:57 PM
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Originally posted by sound_xtreme@May 31 2004, 04:25 AM
seriously, just make the end of the led flat, it disperses the light much wider.
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dremel it down
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06-06-2004, 10:25 PM
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yea, i used a bench grinder, hehe. dremel would work tho
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06-11-2004, 12:25 AM
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has anyone tried to change the lights behind their HVAC controls (fan, A/C, etc.) to LED's? I haven't the slightest clue what kind of bulbs are back there or anything, so I dunno...
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06-11-2004, 12:41 AM
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Originally posted by ShortysTRM@Jun 11 2004, 04:25 AM
has anyone tried to change the lights behind their HVAC controls (fan, A/C, etc.) to LED's? I haven't the slightest clue what kind of bulbs are back there or anything, so I dunno...
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think this was just discussed in appearance, hvac from silent's response, it's soldered
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12-30-2004, 04:02 PM
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has anybody figured out how to do just the needles yet?
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02-05-2005, 05:30 PM
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They had this kit for about $80 a while back for our cars, but worked on all cars. It sucked, but basically what it was was 4 circle things with tiny led's attached to them. 3 led's for the 2 big needles, and 1 led for each small needle. It came with these extremely thin wires that break easily, and a dimmer switch. Worked pretty cool the first time, but when i had to readjust the speedometer, RPM, and fuel level needles, somehow the water temp led stopped working, I finally took it out since i don't do much night driving, and that dimmer switch was just getting in the way of things. It's definently not worth buying that kit if it's still available. I think it was called indiglo needles??
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02-09-2005, 01:42 PM
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i could of sworn there was just 5 bulbs, 4 bulbs for each needle and one bulb for the PRND123 indicator in the cluster. cant you just replace those with LED bulbs? and arent they 194's
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02-10-2005, 10:22 PM
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if anybody figures out how to get just the needles and the PRND123 in the cluster done let me know cuz I already got halo gauge overlays so i dont care bout the normal gauges
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04-06-2005, 12:13 PM
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i ordered 40 surface mount leds off ebay to try this with. they should spread the light better. the rest of the smd will be used for custom "neons".
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04-06-2005, 02:13 PM
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Originally posted by stealthlero@Feb 10 2005, 10:22 PM
if anybody figures out how to get just the needles and the PRND123 in the cluster done let me know cuz I already got halo gauge overlays so i dont care bout the normal gauges
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just take out and replace the big bulbs in the gauge cluster.
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04-06-2005, 07:31 PM
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Each 194 bulb has its leads soldered into the socket they are in. The sockets are easy to take out and mess with, so if you break the leads on the 194 incandescent bulbs and straighten out the leads on a 194 and insert them into the socket so that the wires can be soldered into the same location as the stock ones, they are a direct replacement. The soldering is not necessary, but I would advise it. I didn't solder April's and we have had to take them out and fix them a couple times. We have the 6 led bulb 194's from superbrightleds.com, but I don't know if I would recommend them. They are bright, but they are very focused and they don't seem to be very reliable. See if ledtronics.com has 194's. We bought white LED's and it ended up light blue with white needles. I don't think red would shine through the blue light filter in the gauges. The lens is blue, but when the stock yellowish bulbs shine though, it produces a faded green. There are 5 bulbs, I believe, and if you already have "halo" gauges and you want different needles, you'll either have to buy the intelliglow needle kit, which is likely what bjensen83 was talking about, or just buy different bulbs for the gauges. Since you have EL guages already, the light shouldn't shine through anything but the needles.
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07-05-2005, 02:53 PM
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Will this work good with my stock cluster and needles?
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08-07-2005, 12:15 PM
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okay so how many 194's are there total in the cluster, I would like to just throw some superwhite bulbs in my cluster and then do the intelliglow kit. I like the black face on the alero.
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08-07-2005, 12:39 PM
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Originally posted by midnightalero01@Feb 21 2005, 11:47 PM
since the main bulbs for the guages are 194's couldn't you just get some nice wide angle 194 led's off this site here and plug em in instead of messing around with wiring normal leds http://www.superbrightleds.com/cgi-bin/sto...d=6566569.25199
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i agree just go to http://superbrightleds.com under the car bulb section they have the instrument cluster lights there (same ones in the dome light too) musch better then trying to cut soder and fit in the the old(condoms) plus if you ever sell the car and the buyer wants the original stuff (MAYBE) not always true but you still have them then
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10-22-2005, 03:35 PM
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anybody know what wrench kinda job this would be....i know talk about thread revival, but its a how-to jamie and i are going to work on here very shortly
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01-23-2006, 07:04 AM
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quick q -
which one is the best led 194 to buy off of http://www.superbrightleds.com/
which one exactly, there are several 194's
i want it disappated so it lights it up , not glared in my eye ...
like a grand am's cluster would look like
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01-24-2006, 01:31 AM
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bump
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