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

[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