gauge lights Options

[Raves44]

ok so im in the process of changing my dash lights and for the gauge lights i was looking in the how tos and it says use a 194 led and i am not sure where a good place to get them is so if someone could send me a link to order these i would greatly appreciate it. and hopefully 194 is the right size if not tell me haha thanks

[solidxsnake]

get 3mm leds. i would get them off ebay. you can usually score a nice deal.

3mm LEDs? I feel as if 3mm LEDs would be way too small and not give off a wide-enough light source. The normal bulbs are at least 5mm in diameter (I think even more, possibly 8-9.5mm) and in addition have a 360° viewing angle, as opposed to the very narrow viewing angle of a standard LED. I've also seen pictures of single LEDs in the gauge cluster as the backlighting to a sub-par result where there is spotty and patchy weak lighting.

I'd suggest getting a 5-7 LED 194 replacement, they don't come cheap though. They're a pre-made package of 5-7 SMD LEDs clustered to give a very wide and bright illumination area, and they're drop-in replacements for the stock 194 bulbs (and take up the same space). They run around $8 a piece, which I personally think is a ripoff and is why I didn't buy them.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAP...em=250400783053

Something like that.