100 leds and alot of free time.............. - Page 4

cherrington17 · 12-24-2007, 11:12 PM

i did my passanger floor led tube while listening to dane cooks 2 cds.

i used a bunch of 4700uf... i think. i didn't count how many. i just did some math and figured it out. i think i calculated slightly more then 1F of power for the 100 or so leds i have.... to have ~2-3 sec fade out.

breadboard, you can get from any radioshack, pretty cheap.

YALEROYNOT · 12-25-2007, 12:42 AM

i decided to close up the gauge project. here is the finish product i think i did ok for about $20:

Cliff8928 · 12-25-2007, 02:10 AM

Wow, you made VW gauges LOL!

YALEROYNOT · 12-25-2007, 08:28 AM

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Originally Posted by Cliff8928

Wow, you made VW gauges LOL!

different then any one else for less then $20

cherrington17 · 12-25-2007, 10:23 AM

looks great. glad you got your motors fixed.

YALEROYNOT · 12-25-2007, 10:28 AM

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Originally Posted by cherrington17

looks great. glad you got your motors fixed.

ye i was pulling my hair out. very frustrating

YALEROYNOT · 12-27-2007, 09:25 PM

progress waiting on resistors and curcit parts

this is 50 leds (need 12 more)

YALEROYNOT · 01-12-2008, 10:01 AM

i found this for any one doing a lot of leds

helping hand

joserivas19 · 06-10-2008, 05:19 PM

so how are those projects coming along? did you get to finish the rest of your projects? any pictures?

cherrington17 · 06-10-2008, 05:23 PM

jose, i know your looking to do the needles, and i'll give ya a few tips here.

1) a drill press would GREATLY help, instead of by hand, like i tried.
2) get some good bits
3) measure. measure. MEASURE!

i attempted to do my needles in two color and killed it, because i was attempting by hand, and hadn't premeasured correctly. so, it didn't work well.

and last time i checked, yalero botched the 3rd brake, somewhere in the wiring (things kept shorting) and the needles got done (hence the pics)

YALEROYNOT · 06-10-2008, 06:59 PM

ye there was a short in the 3rd brake light. so I whent with cold cathodes instead. ( pm me if interested in some cold cathode lights I got a good price on them. all colors R,BL,GR,PRP,YEL,WHT,UV )

installed

the needles are done :

i did make 6.5 door pods have them installed but still need to be covered :

I also put exhaust (2.5" pipe from motor thru muffler ). high flow cat, taylor wires autolight plugs.

any questions on the stuff I did let me know I will try and help the best way I can.

Justy311 · 07-16-2008, 03:19 AM

Just found this post, all I have to say is wicked man, very very nice. I have always wanted to do my needles like that. Although, when I had the halo gauges on mine, I messed up during the install and really messed with my needle placement, never knew when I was going to run out of gas and my speedometer was off. So I just bought a new cluster to fix it.

I put LEDs in the cluster, blue like yours, but I would really like to add a red color like that...again very nicely done. If you ever decide to sell them...you have a buyer

justin

jeenysrider07 · 07-18-2008, 08:24 PM

I still have not got my leds in the mail yet but I was getting anxious so I took apart the gauge cluster and it was fairly simple. Now i cant wait to get my leds, oh ya I also took of the needles they wer a pain to get set back to normal but it wasnt to bad

ksekirby · 09-23-2008, 02:03 PM

ive been wanting a new custom gauge set and im sure it would be easy enough to go out and get one but i assume that there wouldnt be an led kit that i could get so id like to have my entire gauge set glow is there a way i can do that or is there a kit i can get??.

Justy311 · 09-23-2008, 02:16 PM

This would be your best bet if you are unfamiliar with taking apart your cluster. Check it out, although expensive, you can do just about anything you want: http://www.speedhut.com/custom_gauge..._number-16.htm

justin

meadus101 · 09-23-2008, 02:30 PM

I'm pretty sure with that kit, you can tap into the original wiring, and just use that compared to the gay controller they give you.

YALEROYNOT · 09-23-2008, 10:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Justy311

Just found this post, all I have to say is wicked man, very very nice. I have always wanted to do my needles like that. Although, when I had the halo gauges on mine, I messed up during the install and really messed with my needle placement, never knew when I was going to run out of gas and my speedometer was off. So I just bought a new cluster to fix it.

I put LEDs in the cluster, blue like yours, but I would really like to add a red color like that...again very nicely done. If you ever decide to sell them...you have a buyer

justin

sorry the cluster is sold.

I do have a spare cluster if you want to try to put leds in it. I will even send the leds with it. pm me if interested

cherrington17 · 09-24-2008, 06:51 AM

what did you do with that 3rd brake light?

YALEROYNOT · 09-24-2008, 09:57 PM

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Originally Posted by cherrington17

what did you do with that 3rd brake light?

I put cold cathodes in it but I have all the leds still mounted to the plexy. and I also have two whole third brake light assbys. and the one with the cold cathodes in it.

can you use any of it ? pm me we can work out a deal.

cherrington17 · 09-25-2008, 06:56 AM

i could use it, but i don't have the time to play with it, unfortunately.