blue gauges

[Aldog3788]

wut should i use to change the color of my gauges to blue with out makin them look half ass

[cherrington17]

sanded leds or blue led bulbs, made to fit 194 sockets.

check www.superbrightleds.com

[Vtolds]

do what I did with my Alero get speedhut gauge faces.

[cavaliers60]

LEDs.

[cavaliers60]

do what I did with my Alero get speedhut gauge faces.


That's expensive

[Vtolds]

^yeah and it is easier.

[Aldog3788]

its jus a 194 light bulb behind there???

[cherrington17]

actually 5 of them.

[[ion] C2]

just pick up the reverse halos, they look GREAT and cost only about $30 shipped

[Aldog3788]

so cherrington those leds will fit right into the grey sockets on the bcak of the cluster and light up with out any soldering or mods?? yo thanx for all ur help

[cavaliers60]

^yeah and it is easier.


actually, replacing the light bulbs is a lot easier...... and you won't run the risk of screwing up your needles.

[cavaliers60]

so cherrington those leds will fit right into the grey sockets on the bcak of the cluster and light up with out any soldering or mods?? yo thanx for all ur help

Yeah, just buy 5 of the 194 LED bulbs... The bulbs that are in there are soldered on the holder, but you can easily get those off... Then, I would solder the LEDs on the holder. I didn't do that, and a couple of them like to flicker on and off a lot.... So I'll be soldering mine in.

[Aldog3788]

thanx bro..im doin it next paycheck

[cavaliers60]

ok here it is... Had to go out and take one. lol

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c26/cavaliers60/IMG_0153.jpg

[Aldog3788]

your the man im doin it asap

[cavaliers60]

I had to dim them down a bit at first, cause they are freakin' bright! lol But they do look pretty sweet!

[Aldog3788]

aight i dont want any fuck ups...so im buyin 5 leds to fit 194s and all u do is rip out the old and put the new in the stock grey piece and add a lil solder

[Aldog3788]

looks madd good on urs tho and thats not all the way up??

[cavaliers60]

When I took the pics, it's all the way up, but my camera took some of that out...

[Aldog3788]

sickk

[meadus101]

See. Technically, It's not a 194 bulb. I looked into this. it's a 195, which comes already in the holder. I wasn't feeling too confident on Swapping that out so i didn't bother. I mean, Those bulbs are a bit expensive if you break the holder. And you Won't find 195's Coloured.

[Cliff8928]

195? really... I've always seen then as a PC194. Either way you can buy just the holder at AutoZone and use a regular 194 style bulb.

[billytheman1188]

Damn cavalier, that looks GOOD. Maybe someday i will take out my gauges i got off ebay, and just put some blue LEDs in. That looks PHATTTT!!!! Good job dude!

[cavaliers60]

Thanks bud. I can't remember how long it's been since I did them. lol I've gotten use to them being in there.

The 194 bulbs work in there even if it's 195 bulbs. My LEDs are 194 bulbs. All I did to take the other bulbs out was just break the solder off and pull the stock bulbs out. Then slide the LED bulbs in. I'm going to take mine apart cause one of them is a little loose. I would recommend soldering the LED bulbs in like the stock ones were to better hold them in. But thanks for the comments guys.

[steve-o]

looks good :coolio:

[cherrington17]

i just did a how to on this... mine weren't soldered in at all. just slide in and out of the holder. :huh: odd.

[cavaliers60]

I didn't solder mine either, but one of them worked its way loose, so I might end up soldering them.

[Satsuriku]

hell i MADE sure those bastards wernt going anywhere so i soldered them all, took me all of 30 mins to get them done, been working awesome since and its been over a year :)

[Vinalero]

I was wondering, are the stock bulbs green? If not, what makes the green color in the gauge?

[Satsuriku]

the bulbs are clear and its the green film thats behind the guage that gives it its green glow, but LED's are strong enough where the light just cuts through them and still look bright and blue (or what ever color you choose)

[meadus101]

Now, Do you have to use a LED bulb? Becuase the ones i had ordered were Eurolite Blue tinted bulbs, I figured a LED would be too bright. But would the blue still show through the green you guys think?

The 2 pack of blue 194's was 93 cents. Instead of 10 bucks a LED bulb.

[TheMeaningOfLife]

Its not 10 bucks a bulb at that we site posted at the beggining of the thread.

[meadus101]

Which works fine if you have a credit card.




How would I go about changing the rest of the interior lights? Like down by the shifter or on the AC buttons and whatnot.

[TheMeaningOfLife]

The shifter one is a 194 bulb to, so pull off the shifter get that plastic piece up and swap out the bulbs.

[cherrington17]

took the bulb out of the shift console, expoxied in the hole where the bulb used to be, and drilled holes under each letter, then inserted 2 leds into each. (since i'm running two different colors)

[Aldog3788]

cavalier where did u get ur bulbs

[Aldog3788]

oh and i know its a 194 bulb but how big is the led itself there are so many fuckin sizes
i have to choose btween a 1 a 4 and a 6

[meadus101]

A 1 would probably do it?

[Danny Boy]

yeah cavalier witch size led do you have? the single led or 2 or more?

[Satsuriku]

a single 5mm LED for each socket is more than enough