Changed my guage bulbs ***PICS*, Got Blue Bulbs Check it out Options

[RbrtNdrws]

Edit..

I got the blue Matrix LED's for my gauges..

What do you think?



They appear a bit brighter in person but they look pretty good to me..

It's what i've been goin for the whole time..

-Rob

This post has been edited by RbrtNdrws: Mar 6, 2005 - 9:38 PM

[95gtschick]

yeah they look green. all i did with my bulbs is painted them (with nail polish) pink! it looks awesome, just make sure you don't get any nail polish on the circuit board by the guages... cause then right when you're done you're just driving and all of a sudden your dash starts smoking!! yeah needless to say i was freaking out... lol

[lagos]

that looks really good.

i tried a few blue bulbs and realized that the only way to get blue is to go with leds. everything else is either to dark or will fade and change color over time.

or you could go with reverse indiglo gauges.

This post has been edited by lagos: Feb 27, 2005 - 4:43 PM

[RbrtNdrws]

alright, I think I'm just going to get indiglo guages, thats probably the best way to do it..

I'm pretty happy with the color thats there right now sometime I'd like to get the indiglo.

[lagos]

crap you got a lot of miles on the car

[macavely]

looks nice... but don't get the LED.. they suck .. u won't see ur gagues at nite... i just took mine off and bought some white bulbs and put the gel caps on them... red on the sides and blue in the center.... i'll post pick when i get to work ...

[RbrtNdrws]

yes, I know it has a lot of miles, but it still runs good and it looks nice Thats a toyota for you, they go forever according to some of my friends

The interior is in perfect condition. It looks better than alot of newer cars that I've seen.. The mileage is the only bad thing about the car.

Macavely i would like to see your guages post a picture when u can..

[macavely]

don't feel bad about the miles i have 215 xxx miles on mine .... and i'll post the pics as soon as i get to work .. i would do it now.. but don't feel like going down to the car just to take a pic.. its back way down the block .. and damn its cold out ..

[RbrtNdrws]

thanks... your mileage makes mine look like new lol. i guess it really is true that toyotas will run forever, or at least for a long time

This post has been edited by RbrtNdrws: Feb 27, 2005 - 9:26 PM

[94silverst]

Go Indeglow

[RbrtNdrws]

thanks for the constructive criticism

[Zimluura]

hey now, LEDs can be pretty bright (and very saturated with color). mine are at least as bright as the stock bulbs. and nearly as easy (no soldering involved). see my profile for a pic (and product link).

[chucho]

Mine are suppose to be red but came out orangish, which works

[RbrtNdrws]

nice guages chucho, are those from speedhut? those are pretty cool

zimluura, where did you get those bulbs!? thats exactly what I want mine to look like... is it the link in your profile??

Thats the color i've been wanting but every time i get somethin it turns out the wrong color...

[chucho]

nice guages chucho, are those from speedhut? those are pretty cool

zimluura, where did you get those bulbs!? thats exactly what I want mine to look like... is it the link in your profile??

Thats the color i've been wanting but every time i get somethin it turns out the wrong color...
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ya, speedhut....crappy picture

[Zimluura]

here's the link
http://autolumination.com/194.htm

the picture *is* pretty blurry, my first time using a digital camera, and no tripod for it. but in person it's easy to read.

it seems like with these LED-194-bulb-fabrications polarity matters. (not sure if it does with regular incandescent bulbs or not). but it's pretty easy to sort out. i'm going to write detailed instructions that account for everything i can think of. so don't get intimidated by the slew of words.

this is what i did:

make sure to start the project in the afternoon. so that you're finishing it when the sun is down. and make a mental note of the positions of all the 194 bulb sockets. if you have a garage you can probably skip worrying about sunlight.

when you plug the 3 wire harnesses back into the guage cluster leave it hanging there, and start up the car to see if all 3 light up. if not, leave the car running and leave the lights on, reach around behind the cluster and take out the first LED cluster that doesn't work. then turn it around (so that the positive and negative terminals are reversed from what they just were) and put it back in, it should light up right away. repeat the process for the others if any area of the cluster looks dark.

yeah, worrying about polarity is sorta a pain. but the standard LED benefits are soo worth it:

* energy efficiency (lower current draw for more light output)
* durability
* long life (avg. is like 10 years of continuous use)
* The Color!!!

This post has been edited by Zimluura: Feb 28, 2005 - 11:58 PM

[Batman722]

pics of mine




I like em

[RbrtNdrws]

nice gauges, hey thanks for the quick tutorial.. I ordered the bulbs and I'll get pics when they're installed.

[macavely]

welll posted thi 2days late.. but here ya'll go ... and for some reason i can't get the right setting on my cam and the pics come out alot darker then what they really look like ..

[95BlueGT]

here's the link
http://autolumination.com/194.htm

the picture *is* pretty blurry, my first time using a digital camera, and no tripod for it.  but in person it's easy to read.

it seems like with these LED-194-bulb-fabrications polarity matters.  (not sure if it does with regular incandescent bulbs or not).  but it's pretty easy to sort out.  i'm going to write detailed instructions that account for everything i can think of.  so don't get intimidated by the slew of words.

this is what i did:

make sure to start the project in the afternoon.  so that you're finishing it when the sun is down.  and make a mental note of the positions of all the 194 bulb sockets.  if you have a garage you can probably skip worrying about sunlight.

when you plug the 3 wire harnesses back into the guage cluster leave it hanging there, and start up the car to see if all 3 light up.  if not, leave the car running and leave the lights on, reach around behind the cluster and take out the first LED cluster that doesn't work. then turn it around (so that the positive and negative terminals are reversed from what they just were) and put it back in, it should light up right away.  repeat the process for the others if any area of the cluster looks dark.

yeah, worrying about polarity is sorta a pain.  but the standard LED benefits are soo worth it:

* energy efficiency (lower current draw for more light output)
* durability
* long life (avg. is like 10 years of continuous use)
* The Color!!!
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so how many total LEDs did u order?

[RbrtNdrws]

you need 3 of the matrix bulbs I believe... because there are 3 stock bulbs in the cluster

[Zimluura]

i ordered 3 of the 5LED matrix bulbs. so there were 3 parts i ordered but a total of 15 LEDs now in the guage cluster.

tangent thoughts:
i'm now thinking about climate control. it's a more difficult issue. requires (3 i think) special toyota bulbs. i'm thinking it'd be nice to fabricate an LED replacement. so i could get the backlighting blue without really modifying the climate control unit. but even so i'd want to change out the LEDs that are behind each button and that will definitely require soldering.

maybe a better project would be to modify the climate control unit to just accept 194 bulbs (or LED clusters as the case may be). i've seen a guide for permanently wiring in some 194 LED clusters, but it may be possible to just fabricate a socket for 194, and then use the LED clusters as a replacement instead of an incandescent bulb.

[RbrtNdrws]

that would be awesome.. i want to work on something like that too... I want to make everything that lights up at night inside the car blue instead of the ugly green color that it is now..

pm me if you get any ideas, I'll try to do some research about the 194 idea.. but I got work today, I'll look at it tomorrow or late tonite

[Batman722]

for climate control to blue, there are some good ideas in the UK forum

blue climate and clock

blue lights part 1

blue lights part 2

[RbrtNdrws]

for climate control to blue, there are some good ideas in the UK forum

blue climate and clock

blue lights part 1

blue lights part 2
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wow thanks thats exactly what i was lookin for... thanks batman

I'll try to do this once I can get a chance to grab some more bulbs... I think if I did those matrix wide angle LED's they would glow a bit brighter..

[RbrtNdrws]

I got my bulbs in today and installed them! I got my friend to take some pics with his camera so hopefully I will try to have the pics up tomorrow..

-Rob

[bloodrain]

pics of mine

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hey batman, where did you get those gauges from, Im lookin for the same thing just in green. (I know my dash is already green, so are my neons and all the other lights on my car, might as well just stay with the color already there ^_^)

[lagos]

i got the same guages as batman in my car. i really like them. i painted my needles red with testors paint to make them stand out better.

[Batman722]

ebay. $35 I think. They were #165 or something. They also can change from blue to green, there is a switch to change them.

[wuhukf]

I changed my interior lights recently to blue and red. Here's some pics:

The gauges with the warning lights on to show the red turn lights:


The clock:


The climate controls, cig lighter, and the glove box(opened):


The ceiling light:



I also made the keyhole circular rim blue, but forgot to take a pic of it.

[Drocay]

nice reminds me of a VW.

[Batman722]

MK IV interior pics anyone...




and...hotness

with the OEM navi

[Batman722]

pics of mine

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hey batman, where did you get those gauges from, Im lookin for the same thing just in green. (I know my dash is already green, so are my neons and all the other lights on my car, might as well just stay with the color already there ^_^)
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on ebay here