has anyone put leds behind there speedometer and that, my mates have done it in their falcons and it looks friggen awesome, theirs are blue.
pretty sure itd be illegal but wotta ya reckon, im thinkin blue or red even.

and how hard is it to take apart to put em in????

so ahhh im guessin no ones done this, or know how to take apart the instrument cluster???

its been done. if u search it ull find it. most ppl for the instrument cluster had not much luck coz its not bright enough. i went to autobarn and bought LED wedge type and the light from that sucked balls big time so i got my self sum reverse glow gauges and its way better the LEDs

I have blue leds in my dash cluster and have no probs with brightness, they cost me $5 a piece though.

Its easy as to put them in too, unscrew the surround and pull out, remove the plugs and pull out, then unscrew the four screws holding the cluster and pull out, take out the four big lights in the back of cluster and replace with leds, and remember when putting them back in that they only work ONE way, so a little trial and error if you forgot which way you pulled them out in.

They look unreal and I have had many people comment on how nice they are.
As for legalities I cant see why they would be a problem, you still see everything just in a brighter different colour.

I have blue leds in my dash cluster and have no probs with brightness, they cost me $5 a piece though.

Its easy as to put them in too, unscrew the surround and pull out, remove the plugs and pull out, then unscrew the four screws holding the cluster and pull out, take out the four big lights in the back of cluster and replace with leds, and remember when putting them back in that they only work ONE way, so a little trial and error if you forgot which way you pulled them out in.

They look unreal and I have had many people comment on how nice they are.
As for legalities I cant see why they would be a problem, you still see everything just in a brighter different colour.

What type/size/brightness/colour etc? Usually you need resistors in line with LED's or they burn out very quickly... Did you keep the screw part that is in the cluster aswell? You just yank out the bulb? Or did you do some custom wiring to get them in there?

What type/size/brightness/colour etc? Usually you need resistors in line with LED's or they burn out very quickly... Did you keep the screw part that is in the cluster aswell? You just yank out the bulb? Or did you do some custom wiring to get them in there?

Cant remember the type, I kept the screw part as the led plugs straight into them, there still going strong after two years. NO custom wiring, a direct replacement for the bulb.
I did have the packet until two weeks ago when cleaned out shed, they had japanese writing all over them, bout all I can remember now. soz.

I've seen them done on EF/EL falcons, it comes up nice.

You can get 12V LEDs ,the resitor is doped into the LED at manufacture (no you can't smoke them:nuts:) and various intensities.

i bought some 10mm 12 volt blue led wegdes off of ebay, they work a treat. They dont operate any different from usual, still dim the same, just blue. Do a serach for 10mm led wedge or something.

cheers guys thats more like it hahaha

heydude i replied to your extractor thread to help ya out too

i've got red LEDs in my dash.... if u are going the way of LEDs just make sure it's at least 3W (5W is what i got) not those poxy 0.5W ones auto stores usually have in stock.

The blues dont look bright enough IMO, I have tried just last month, didnt like it. If you want that look go for the reverse gauges.

The blues dont look bright enough IMO, I have tried just last month, didnt like it. If you want that look go for the reverse gauges.
Well that all depends on what type of LED you got. There are high brightness ones and there are normal ones. Make sure you look at the LUMI rating of them.... The higher the brighter...

Anyone know where to get blue needles from? :) I hate those orange ones magna's come with...

What is reverse gauges? Do you have any pics of it? and where i can get it. I tried the blue led from autobarn. Looked really bad. Had to take them off.

I went to Jaycar, got bright led's and resistors and used them, can go from full bright to almost off, never had a problem, many have seen them and they look great. Mine are green

Guys pics!!

:stoopid: yeah let's see some pics!!

i put blue leds in my dash 2 weeks ago and it was so dark u couldn't even see then needles :doh:

so it would be nice to see pictures from those who have had better luck!!

yeha u can get extra bright LED's for not that much...that shine brighter than those globes...i know we sell those type of LED's from where i work(this is not a promotion bash) also ready made replacment LED globes for ur back lights!

ill try and get pics tonight and post tomorrow...

i also replaced the lights that shine from the front of the cluster to leds aswell.. that might help see the needles.

here's my nice red-uns

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Here's mine!
they are pretty :)

thanks 4 the pics guys :D

i ended up putting Philips Bluevision or something globes into my cluster. it doesn't really change the color, but makes it a lot brighter... a nice difference for night driving.

i put blue led's in mine but it didnt have the same consistence across the gauges, it was brighter in some places then others, how can i fix this( straight replacement led's).

i put blue led's in mine but it didnt have the same consistence across the gauges, it was brighter in some places then others, how can i fix this( straight replacement led's).

you can't...
problem is Led's tend to be very focused whereas normal lights spread there light 360Deg.. (LED is more like 120Deg...)

i have the same problem with mine...

i put red sleeves all thru my dash & console. very nice. plenty of light & look horny. cost $10 for sleeves. doing my bro th this w/end when i go home. the guy that bought his te did sleeves as well. mixed opinions on leds. good success rate with sleeves. whatever spins ur wheels.

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i put red sleeves all thru my dash & console. very nice. plenty of light & look horny. cost $10 for sleeves. doing my bro th this w/end when i go home. the guy that bought his te did sleeves as well. mixed opinions on leds. good success rate with sleeves. whatever spins ur wheels.
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pics on how to do this would be good.

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i put red sleeves all thru my dash & console. very nice. plenty of light & look horny. cost $10 for sleeves. doing my bro th this w/end when i go home. the guy that bought his te did sleeves as well. mixed opinions on leds. good success rate with sleeves. whatever spins ur wheels.
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pics on how to do this would be good.

you dont need to know how to do this as is a simple put on the sleeve on the bulb.
However pics on the RED effect results would be nice.

If you want to know how to open the instrument cluster, there is a thread that shows you how to do it, let me know if you need to know how and I post the url. Try search "Changing 'D' light" and there should be a write up by me

Cheers!

Guess nobody has a clue where to get blue needles from for the cluster?? I hate those orange ones

nope... although i have seen some white ones..

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you dont need to know how to do this as is a simple put on the sleeve on the bulb.
However pics on the RED effect results would be nice.
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Sorry stupid me, i thought he was talking about placing plastic inside the cluster to refract light better through it, not placing a coloured piece of plastic over a bulb.

nah wasnt stupid, thought you needed to know how to open the instrument panel. However example of the red lights please?

Cheers!