Sickness91Z28

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Well...the gauges went in great....got'em in....in about an hour. The LED's look OKAY....but could look much better. Here are a few pictures. I wish I could install a couple more LEDs.....but I don't know how. I just changed the 4 gauge cluster bulbs into LED's...(194 replacemt LEDs at superbrightleds.com...)

sorry the pictures came out blurry....the LED's are the 4 in one type and are white.

Sickness91Z28

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Sickness91Z28

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also installed one of the LEDs in my HVAC controls. Anyone know how I can install a few more leds in my gauge cluster?

d_johnsen

that is typical of led lighting in any application, that the light is concentrated in spots, a cheap and quick way of possibly increasing brightness would be to take the cluster apart, and spray paint the inside with either white or silver/chrome paint, increasing reflectivity

Sickness91Z28

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before I put the LED's in....I had the regular bulbs in. The light coming off of the bulbs spread out a bit better....but they wren't bright at all. The LED's are very very bright....but just don't spread out as much. I thought they would have spread out a little more since I got the 4 in 1 type LED's....

d_johnsen

yeah dont they always make it look good in the pictures online or in catologs?

Sickness91Z28

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I've done a search...and people say that they can add alot of LEDs to their gauge cluster. Does anyone know how this is done (90-92)? There is a circut board on the back...seems like you wouldn't be able to drill through that.......

d_johnsen

it involves buying leds that are seperate, soldering them and then mounting them behind the gauges

Sickness91Z28

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that doesn't sound bad....I just don't understand how they are mounted. Seems like they would have to be mounted on the gauge cluster..behind each gauge....

d_johnsen

you could probably take a stick of acrylic, drill holes in it to mount the leds into, then drill holes in the side of the cluster, where there isnt any circuit board, and fasten the acrylic stick like that, suspending the leds behind the gauges

tpiroc

Dude..... those needles look SWEET

Sickness91Z28

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what is "stick of acrylic"?

Thanks TPIROC...I think the actual needles look awesome too....now I just need to get the numbers brighter


and what is the difference between "polarized and non-poloarized" LED's?

d_johnsen

it is plexi glass cut to resemble a long slim shape

tpiroc

It's the difference between having to insert them in a particular manner so that + hits + on the led, and - hits - likewise. Non-polarized is like a bulb, it will operate regardless of insertion as long as one side get a + signal, and similarly for a - signal. That's my understanding.

BTW; I just got your latest PM (never seem to get them for weeks), how's the gauge project going?

Sickness91Z28

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Works perfect man, thanks for the help

I just ordered 7 more LEDs...I drilled more holes in the back of the cluster where there was no circut board and it seems that it will be more brigher and even placed. For the others....I guess I'll have to wire them...positin them...and use JB weld to hold the in place.....as long as the won't wobble around or anything..I think they will be fine. I have to do that because I can't drill anymore hole because I can't drill through the circut board. Now I have to wait a few days before I get the other LEDs because I have to order them....

d_johnsen

you know that u cannot simply wire up leds to 12 volts right?

Sickness91Z28

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yeah..I just figured that out....I may not even mess with it...I really don't wanna mess up my cluster....it looks alright...just not as bright as I want it to be.

d_johnsen

it is very simple, u need to use resistors with the leds, then they will be able to work with 12 volts

Blake

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did you sand your needles down and paint them?

cheers

blake

90firebird

whoa... pretty sweet lookin!

Sickness91Z28

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nope, never touched'em!

I'll take another picture later....I adjusted the angle of the LED's, and they look a little more even now....I'm pretty happy with'em

grngryoutmyway

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So your needles are still orange when not lit up? jeepers thats cool, and how did you get the green numbers? Is that just the macewen overlay? Im confused I want greeen *** damnit!

Sickness91Z28

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Well..since mine is a 91...my needles are actually white/yellow...the 92's got the orange needles. When I don't have the dash lights on...the needles are white/yellow. It's kind of cool how all of the numbers turned out green....those are just the Macewen Gauge Overlays back lit with four "4 in 1" leds. I think since the LED's are sooo intense....it just made the true colors come out

grngryoutmyway

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Do the macewen overlays have blue numbers or something? ..yellow mixed with blue = green.. and you said you had white led's right?

any pics of them not lit up.. that would help me

Sickness91Z28

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The Macewen numbers are pefectly clear...I held a flashlight up to them when I got them to see. And yes, I used clear LEDs. It's weird how intense the numbers turned out. If you give me a few...I can go get a few pictures for ya.

grngryoutmyway

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do the 90-91 dashes have green numbers? I thought they were the same as mine, ur seriously confusing me dude.. how did you make them green?

Sickness91Z28

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alright, here are a few pictures. No, the 90-91 didn't have green numbers. All I did was change from regular crappy 194's to LED's....that's it...

Sickness91Z28

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Sickness91Z28

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also installed an LED in my vacuum gauge....looks freakin awesome

tpiroc

:rockon:

FLYNLOW92rs

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Looks sweet man, looks sweet man.............:hail:

Kj Rockz

well when I finally saw them, "I was like that is pretty sweet"