Gauge Cluster Tip, Not bright enough? Options

[lagos]

For the longest time I always felt like that stock green gauge cluster was always light too dark and kind of hard to read at times, and just over all didn't look right at night. After a little bit of research, I realized that 168 bulbs are exactly the same size as the stock 194 bulbs that the cluster uses, but they are a higher wattage bulb, so i decided to buy a set and try them out. To my surprise, this totally fixed the problem! Now the gauge cluster is nice and bright and light up more evenly and makes the whole cluster look a lot better. It really feels like toyota should have used these bulbs from the get go, so I thought id pass this along in case it was an issue that bothered anyone else.

[BocaJ]

Alright, I took the gauge cluster apart now, to see what happened from another angle when I tried to insert the bulb holder with the LED

First, here's a photo of the actual LED in the stock bulb holder:


Then a comparison of the stock bulb and the new red LED:


And here you see my problem...


Another photo...


So if those other red LEDs doesn't hit the inside of the gauge cluster, I assume that they only JUST fit right in there with the 27 mm length/height