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Is there any way to do them in blue? because superbirghtleds only offer those plug and play in blue, would i have to find some single led bulbs and solder resistors in myself? or is there a ttype of plug and play bulb in blue?
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Re: LED Guages
Superbrightleds.com has the wide angle plug and play bulbs in blue (the same one used in the red cluster a few posts ago). I just added them to my car and they look great.
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Yep, I just plugged them right in where I took the old one out. The only downside is the inability to dim them, but they are a good light level so its not a big deal.
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Anyone have grief with the make them yourself lights? I made them using two led's with a 220 ohm resistor. use a battery to test them, works fine. put them in the dash, zero light? suggestions?
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Re: LED Guages
how many of these bulbs would i need to do a firebird cluster, heat panel, and shifter(i know 1 for this)
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theres like ten sockets in the firebird cluster that lights up the surroundings the rest are for like turn signals (2) and the others are the ones that light up red (about 7 or 8)
dont know about the heat panel sry but i heard it might be one also
dont know about the heat panel sry but i heard it might be one also
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Re: LED Guages
Hey i have a camaro and there are 9 #194 in there and 3 #74 for the turn signal,high beam light
http://frickinbrite.com/catalog/index.php
http://frickinbrite.com/catalog/index.php?cPath=40_114
http://frickinbrite.com/catalog/index.php
http://frickinbrite.com/catalog/index.php?cPath=40_114
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Have you done this mod to your 82 Firebird? You should have the same gauge cluster I do in my 84 right? What bulbs did you use?
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Re: LED Guages
The camaro gauges changed in 90, the original cluster style was 82-89 and the new electronic speedo one was 90-92. I am not sure on a firebird though since I never had one but it looks like BadBrains420HR answered that one
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That said, as with the Badbrains420HR, the lights should be the same from 82-89 so that's what I'm going with when I order them.
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i remember my first time took me a lil while just dont forget to get a long screwdriver to take the cable off the speedo(flashlight will be handy so u can see it it just has a lil clip so it shouldnt be that hard and lowering ur completly dropping ur steering colomn will make it easier
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i remember my first time took me a lil while just dont forget to get a long screwdriver to take the cable off the speedo(flashlight will be handy so u can see it it just has a lil clip so it shouldnt be that hard and lowering ur completly dropping ur steering colomn will make it easier
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http://www.hioutput.com/tech/speedo.html this page tells you how to take it off and like cooltc said you dont really need to lower the steering colomn u can just get it out either way but it does make it a lil easier the bolts are on the bottom ull see them when you take a look for yourself
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i know the thread is old but im just clearing up something i said before
im showing two gauge clusters the light blue one is from an 82 firebird and the white one is from a 1990 firebird
the red rings around them are the ones you all will want to replace with LEDs the green rings you dont have to replace at all cus it doesnt matter really
im showing two gauge clusters the light blue one is from an 82 firebird and the white one is from a 1990 firebird
the red rings around them are the ones you all will want to replace with LEDs the green rings you dont have to replace at all cus it doesnt matter really
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i know the thread is old but im just clearing up something i said before
im showing two gauge clusters the light blue one is from an 82 firebird and the white one is from a 1990 firebird
the red rings around them are the ones you all will want to replace with LEDs the green rings you dont have to replace at all cus it doesnt matter really
im showing two gauge clusters the light blue one is from an 82 firebird and the white one is from a 1990 firebird
the red rings around them are the ones you all will want to replace with LEDs the green rings you dont have to replace at all cus it doesnt matter really
Last question, besides the guage cluster where else can i put the 194 bulbs? I would like all my lights in the car to be blue to match my radio and radar detector
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get the 5 smt leds from frickinbrite, they are awesome, 2 in your mirror, should have 1 or 2 in your heater?
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ok im doing this to my truck and all my autometers in my camaro...now i have a autogage tach...it has teh twist in type bulb in the front....does anyone have this one and can tell me what kinda bulb is in it...i talked to autometer and he says its a 37 or 86 bulb...superbright leds dont have anything like that so im thinkin its a 74 in there...anyone....cuz im gonna order this like couple hours
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Here it lists all the bulbs that are in our cars
http://www.sylvania.com/ConsumerProd...RG-Results.htm
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Has anyone here done the LED tail light bulbs? I have been thinking of doing those too?
http://www.sylvania.com/ConsumerProd...RG-Results.htm
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Has anyone here done the LED tail light bulbs? I have been thinking of doing those too?
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Here it lists all the bulbs that are in our cars
http://www.sylvania.com/ConsumerProd...RG-Results.htm
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Has anyone here done the LED tail light bulbs? I have been thinking of doing those too?
http://www.sylvania.com/ConsumerProd...RG-Results.htm
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Has anyone here done the LED tail light bulbs? I have been thinking of doing those too?
Still not done yet, really haven't had a chance to finish it.
Or check out this thread, if you just want to buy some
https://www.thirdgen.org/forums/cama...-led-kits.html
Whatever you do tho, just don't buy those plug/play LEDs and stick them in there. They are not bright enough, and don't fill the lens with enough light, especially in the day time.
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This looks neat and all but I love the way my dash and Hvac light up. Now Autometer make gauges for the pillar pod and I think I'm going to get a set.
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https://www.thirdgen.org/forums/body...nversions.html
Still not done yet, really haven't had a chance to finish it.
Or check out this thread, if you just want to buy some
https://www.thirdgen.org/forums/cama...-led-kits.html
Whatever you do tho, just don't buy those plug/play LEDs and stick them in there. They are not bright enough, and don't fill the lens with enough light, especially in the day time.
Still not done yet, really haven't had a chance to finish it.
Or check out this thread, if you just want to buy some
https://www.thirdgen.org/forums/cama...-led-kits.html
Whatever you do tho, just don't buy those plug/play LEDs and stick them in there. They are not bright enough, and don't fill the lens with enough light, especially in the day time.
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Hey there boys and girls, I had this idea a while back, and I just happened to have a few of those 8 inch 7 color LED rods sitting around, soo.... I used a dremel to cut a rectangular hole in the top of the black bezel that the clear plastic pane fits on, and then (somehow, its been like two years) attached the seven color rod to the top. I covered the rod with one layer of masking tape to get rid of the spotlight effect, and since there were two rods wired to the controller, I cut a small portion of the bottom of the dash out under the dash pad on the passenger side. I now have a seven color adjustable gauge cluster that (IMHO) looks kick-***, especially since the blue highlights all the yellow and red hash marks, and it looks very clean as well with the passenger side floorboard lit up to match. I'll see if I can post some pics in the near future
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Hey there boys and girls, I had this idea a while back, and I just happened to have a few of those 8 inch 7 color LED rods sitting around, soo.... I used a dremel to cut a rectangular hole in the top of the black bezel that the clear plastic pane fits on, and then (somehow, its been like two years) attached the seven color rod to the top. I covered the rod with one layer of masking tape to get rid of the spotlight effect, and since there were two rods wired to the controller, I cut a small portion of the bottom of the dash out under the dash pad on the passenger side. I now have a seven color adjustable gauge cluster that (IMHO) looks kick-***, especially since the blue highlights all the yellow and red hash marks, and it looks very clean as well with the passenger side floorboard lit up to match. I'll see if I can post some pics in the near future
please do
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I finally got my LED's in the mail from China, took almost a month to get but I am very happy with the results. I put in the 5led bulbs. I have done the guage cluster and the review mirror and I also put in the 25led bulb in the dome light. I still need to do the shifter and the HVAC but I do not know how to do it yet. Here are some pics of what I have so far. Tell me what you think!
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Ok I pulled the HVAC blubs and shifter blub out and they are a lot smaller then the 194's that i used in the guage cluster. What size are they and can i get them in a led?
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This is all neat and everything but arnt we turning into *****s by doing this I would not put that blue light in the front but maybe the hatch light would work. And even make it red. That would kind of neat
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In the end, it's what you like. Some like it, some don't. For me, personally, as long as it's understated and adds background rather than being in your face, it's cool.
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i'm not really seeing the r i c e in this.. just my oppinion but i think blue interior lights bring such a clean look to any car.. i want to do this to my 92.. but i've got bigger things on the list first.. so for now.. stock lights
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I used to have some in my floor board and they looked sweet, Not really rice to me either, a huge wing in the back would be though.
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Personally I don't care what one person considers "rice", as long as it looks nice I'm game for it. I'll be doing either amber or red lights sometime later this month, probably duals or quads.
How many bulbs are there in a 87 Camaro's dash +HVAC? I know there is only one in the shift console, but not sure about the others. Thanks!
How many bulbs are there in a 87 Camaro's dash +HVAC? I know there is only one in the shift console, but not sure about the others. Thanks!
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old post but I thought it was funny. I'm going to try wide angle blue in an older camaro cluster to see whats up
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Personally I don't care what one person considers "rice", as long as it looks nice I'm game for it. I'll be doing either amber or red lights sometime later this month, probably duals or quads.
How many bulbs are there in a 87 Camaro's dash +HVAC? I know there is only one in the shift console, but not sure about the others. Thanks!
How many bulbs are there in a 87 Camaro's dash +HVAC? I know there is only one in the shift console, but not sure about the others. Thanks!
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ok so the WLED-x5 LED Wide Angle LED bulb 12 VDC 5-LED Wedge Base bulb (194/168 type) would fit in my gauges on a 1990 camaro?
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Re: LED Guages
Those are the ones I intend to use in my 89. They'll fit the 90 cluster also, but you'll only need about 4 or so to light the gauges - 90-92 gauges focus the light through the end of a plastic projection behind the cluster, sort of a fiber optic principle, you may get away with using a narrow angle LED.
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FYI: Keep the bulb in the SES light location. For some reason, there's enough current/voltage there to dimly illuminate an LED. At least in my experience.
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Re: LED Guages
HELP!!!! i just went and bout some 194 led lights from autozone (just the bulb) i FINALLY get my dash off and go to put the lights in and there is the bad news....the little bracket that holds the light is a entire assembly and it says you have to replace the ENTIRE thing you cant just pull the light out and replace it with the led!! WTF good news there is only 4 194s and like 6 161s on a 1990 camaro rs...
ok to the point anyone know where i can get the ENTIRE assembly and the led (194 bulbs) for my camaro gauges??
ok to the point anyone know where i can get the ENTIRE assembly and the led (194 bulbs) for my camaro gauges??