I ordered a pack of Red 194 LED bulbs (10) and I changed my parking lights and door lights Glove Box and Automatic shifting lights. I had 4 left over so I changed my gauges. Bot there are deffinitly hot spots in the gauges. Any recomendations?

 

got pics? I just bought the uni-directional ones. Just search for more posts on led SE gauge replacement bulbs, and you'll find a lot of write ups on what led clusters that fit the 194 socket holes that will stop the hot spot effect.

 

are the hot spots bad? this how mine looks like on the 3rd gen (old **** pic though)

 

at night their not bad. but during the evening u can see it obivously where they are

 

so are the gauges red and the climate and radio still green?

 

Do the bulbs that you use have an inverted cone top? (making the light spread uni-directional) as kling's suggested? if not, you can try to sand the dome part of the led down a bit, then use a drill bit that has the same diameter as that of the led bulb, then drill, becareful not to hit the crystal in the middle, and you will have created a uni-directional bulb.

 

No the bulbs have 7 leds. 1 middle 6 outside. but they are all pointed up. Meh its ok. I bought a set of 10 for other parts of my car and happened to have extra. I can deal with the coldspots till I get a few more.