Anybody have stock guages with colored bulbs?
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Car: 1986 Z28 Camaro Gunmetal Gray with
Engine: GM Crate ZZZ HO 350, Edelbrock head
Transmission: Rebuilt 700r4 all TransGo and Beast
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Anybody have stock guages with colored bulbs?
I thought this might be a cool idea. i hate white face guages, silver face are alright, and reverse glow are alright. i like the reverse glow with the black background but ive only seen those once in a stock appearance. anyhow, i was thinking it might be cool if you replaced the light bulbs in the gauge panel with some nice blue, red, green, or any other color. anyone done this or wanna try it?
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Car: 88 Iroc
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I wanna try buying LEDs to put back there like the ones on this site
http://www.superbrightleds.com/cgi-b....10562&next=50
They are the 194's about half way down. I wasnt sure which would be better but I like the idea of using them.
http://www.superbrightleds.com/cgi-b....10562&next=50
They are the 194's about half way down. I wasnt sure which would be better but I like the idea of using them.
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Car: 1986 Z28 Camaro Gunmetal Gray with
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would those go right in?
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Car: 88 Iroc
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Yea the 194 bulb works. Ive put new hyperwhites 194 bulbs in the gauges but I want to try colored LEDs now. Thats with different gauge faces though.
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make sure you get quality bulbs. i got cheapies from walmart or pepboys dont remember i got blue ones though little 194s. changed all the gauge lights with the blue and it works just fine. it was kinda dark and dull but it had the blue i was looking for. but few weeks later of use they ended up turning some green some blue and some white. so i took them out and put stockers in and matched my HU color to it so it looks good with the orange on my firebird. so beware of qaulity.
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Car: 88 IROC
Engine: 305 TPI w/ l98 cam
Transmission: T5 5-speed
Axle/Gears: 3.45 posi disc 9 bolt
i do i will post pics later on 2day.
edit: heres a pic, they are just regular painted red 194 bulbs you can buy at your local walmart. they come in packs of two. the camera really sucked so its pretty blury...
edit: heres a pic, they are just regular painted red 194 bulbs you can buy at your local walmart. they come in packs of two. the camera really sucked so its pretty blury...
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Car: 88 Iroc
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Wow those are pretty bright. I want to get those LED ones but Im not sure which ones to do cause Im not good at picking out good LEDs. They have the 5 and then the 6 LEDs on one set up on the site I posted up. Im not positive which would be better. I don know I want to go with the wide since they disperse the light better.
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Car: 1986 Z28 Camaro Gunmetal Gray with
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painted them? those look cool...im actually going to walmart today
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Car: 1987 IROC-Z
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defiately get BULBS! DO NOT GET LED's!! I went the cheaper route and ordered the 194 led's online, b/c my walmart didn't have any and I didn't really have the $5 for just a pair of them either. But anyway, the led's do not light up the gauges well, they look dim, and if you don't know your gauge panel, it can be hard to read the numbers. I'm going to be swapping them out for bulbs real soon.
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and there real easy to swap so you shouldn't have a problem with that part of it.
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and there real easy to swap so you shouldn't have a problem with that part of it.
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Car: 88 Iroc
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What kind of LED did you use? Was it with just a single LED on one or was it the ones with multiple LEDs on one plug in?
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Car: 1989 camaro rs
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so no matter what led's they are there dim ? i was looking at a set of purple that seem bright , any one know a nice bright purple 194 bulb ? would also consider blue , but a nice purple would rock casue my cars purple
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Car: 88 Iroc
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Jtufts they have purple LED 194s here
http://www.superbrightleds.com/cgi-b....20574&next=50
I havent seen any regular 194 bulbs in purple though.
http://www.superbrightleds.com/cgi-b....20574&next=50
I havent seen any regular 194 bulbs in purple though.
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oh i auctly never looked i just thought they were all led's heh
and whats with led bulbs and leds , are the led bulbs , bulbs or leds?
and whats with led bulbs and leds , are the led bulbs , bulbs or leds?
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Car: 1986 Z28 Camaro Gunmetal Gray with
Engine: GM Crate ZZZ HO 350, Edelbrock head
Transmission: Rebuilt 700r4 all TransGo and Beast
Axle/Gears: 10 bolt with 3.73 gears
how many lights are in the cluster anyhow (early style iroc cluster).
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Car: 1986 Z28 Camaro Gunmetal Gray with
Engine: GM Crate ZZZ HO 350, Edelbrock head
Transmission: Rebuilt 700r4 all TransGo and Beast
Axle/Gears: 10 bolt with 3.73 gears
is that including or not including the ses and "brake" lights, etc. or is it just the gauges.
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Car: 1983 25th Anniversary Daytona 500 Pace Car Trans Am
Engine: 5.0L 305 Crossfire-Injected V8
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my T/A has red backlighting from the factory... not sure if the same bulbs would work w/any dash tho???
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so theres 11 in the guages , how about the shift plate ? what kinda lights in the dome light is it a 194 also ?
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Car: 88 Iroc
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shift plate i believe is just one 194, im not sure what kind of bulb the dome light is but that site i put up has it in LED too.
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Car: 89 IROC Z28
Engine: 357 TPI
Transmission: 700R4
Axle/Gears: 3.42 Posi
The LEDs I got light up the guages better ther bulbs sorry but it's true. I've tried both, but the leds need to these "WLED 5-LED Wide Angle LED bulb" from
http://www.superbrightleds.com/cgi-b....20574&next=50
I promise they are great.
http://www.superbrightleds.com/cgi-b....20574&next=50
I promise they are great.
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Car: 88 Iroc
Engine: L98 5.7 LITER V8 TPI
Transmission: THM 700R4 Auto
Axle/Gears: 2.77 Posi. Lim Slip
^^^^ bad link, but I know that site, wat about the 6 and 9 LED ones?
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Car: 89 IROC Z28
Engine: 357 TPI
Transmission: 700R4
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Take a close look at the picture, the WLED-5s have a large square LED in the center and four smaller ones at angles giving these a wider coverage than the others.
http://www.superbrightleds.com/cgi-b....20574&next=50
http://www.superbrightleds.com/cgi-b....20574&next=50
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Car: 88 Iroc
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I see what you mean. But you dont think the wedge base with the 6 or 9 wouldnt be better?
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Car: 88 IROC
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i can try and get better pics tonight. they are not painted per say they are just coated or something red, its a basic 194 bulb that is red on the outside ive had mine in for over a year and it looks just as good as it did when i first put them in, no discoloring at all.
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Car: 1987 IROC-Z
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Take a close look at the picture, the WLED-5s have a large square LED in the center and four smaller ones at angles giving these a wider coverage than the others.
http://www.superbrightleds.com/cgi-b....20574&next=50
http://www.superbrightleds.com/cgi-b....20574&next=50
nice link, I think I had bad experiences cuz I got the cheap, 1-led wedge type bulb, and they don't produce light for $h*t. I'm goign to order some led's from there this weekend.......and I'm holding you to that promise
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Car: 88 IROC
Engine: 305 TPI w/ l98 cam
Transmission: T5 5-speed
Axle/Gears: 3.45 posi disc 9 bolt
i just bought all new blue dash lights for mine to match my new cd player. ill sell the red ones out of it if anyone wants them, CHEAP. these things are like 3$ a pair at the store. it was over $20 for the lights. lmk if you want em.
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I got bored one day and decided to mess with my gauges. I put tinted plexiglass in front of the gauges. I removed the original plexi that is there. I then took a few LEDs and put 4 per gauge pod. The LEDs are insane at night, but early morning/late evening they work great. Even during the day they hit that plexiglass and glow.
In the pictures, I only have the tinted plexiglass over the Tach and speedo. without any light, they are extremely hard to see the gauges because the plexi is so dark. But it does give a nice effect. Almost like digital gauge looking until you turn the light on.
The stock pontiac red is still visable... just not in the pictures. I have a switch for the red, and a switch for the LED's. So I can choose whichever.
At night, from outside the car:
In the pictures, I only have the tinted plexiglass over the Tach and speedo. without any light, they are extremely hard to see the gauges because the plexi is so dark. But it does give a nice effect. Almost like digital gauge looking until you turn the light on.
The stock pontiac red is still visable... just not in the pictures. I have a switch for the red, and a switch for the LED's. So I can choose whichever.
At night, from outside the car:
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Car: 1987 IROC-Z
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Car: 1992 Camaro RS
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Re: Anybody have stock guages with colored bulbs?
sorry to bring up a dead post but i have to replace my cluster lights on my 92 rs and figurd i might as well change the color to the color of the car so i was wondering if these would work
LB194G
194 Green Mini Wedge Mount Bulbs (12V 5W
i just copyed that from a web site i dont really no what u need to no to tell me what i need and also how meany bulbs r in the cluster?
or dose eny one have eny beter sugjustions on what to get i dont no eny thing about the lights i just know that i want a green color
LB194G
194 Green Mini Wedge Mount Bulbs (12V 5W
i just copyed that from a web site i dont really no what u need to no to tell me what i need and also how meany bulbs r in the cluster?
or dose eny one have eny beter sugjustions on what to get i dont no eny thing about the lights i just know that i want a green color
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Re: Anybody have stock guages with colored bulbs?
Is there a way to evenly distribute the light?
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Re: Anybody have stock guages with colored bulbs?
Yes I put red in my 1992 camaro cluster, lights from http://www.v-leds.com/Shop/Control/fp/SFV/32481
the best lights around, trust me i tried them all, smt 5led lights is what you want tu use.
the best lights around, trust me i tried them all, smt 5led lights is what you want tu use.
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