Don't Buy Cheap Colored Bulbs!
 

Yeah, just a little public service announcement. I was in Wal Mart today, and I see these blue 194 bulbs and I'm like 'Cool! I want some of these.' So I buy them, and they were 3.00 for 2. I rip apart my whole dash and install the suckers and MY GAUGES ARE STILL GREEN ARGH! Upon closer inspection, the bulbs were thinly painted thus showing green with light and they didn't even have paint on the top. In conclusion, if you see GE bulbs on sale at Wal-Mart, pass them right on by. Oh yeah, I ended up taking off the condoms and just having clear bulbs and white guages. Anything to get rid of Green.

Re: Don't Buy Cheap Colored Bulbs!
 

ummmmmm green lights on a white gauge would look interesting i think. especially green light on the SE gauges. I think it would look neat as hell, better then the gay green lights on the gxe gauges.

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you know whats funny, i bought some cheap-a$$ red 194's to put in back of my guages about 2 months ago. i really tought that they were going to fade, but to my surprise, they are still red. i mean there is absolutely no fading. i dont know what it is, maybe its because red doesnt fade as much? or maybe its just a miracle. but anyways, i would recommend red, if you dont want fading, and you dont want to fork out more than like $3.

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They are green (stock)

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the se comes with white bulb stock
but what i am trying to say is that green light on the se gauge looks neat, becuase the way how the se gauge was made, almost like green reverse indiglo

Re: Don't Buy Cheap Colored Bulbs!
 

Mine where green as well as every other stock WFGs I have seen. Not to start **** but the color produced buy the stock bulbs is green

yeah, mine arent too white at all
i need blue leds in there over summer
or just some damn bulbs that wont fade

so is there a place to get the bubs that wont fade?
 

well?

Re: so is there a place to get the bubs that wont fade?
 

yeah ebay

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ok i bought 2 of them.. 1 pack made by:APC (ya KNOW THE SKY BLUE BOX) 1 pack that just said mood lights/auto lights (yellow packageing)

the APC bulbs were red now there a light orange...(fugly) the other brand stayed BRIGHT red.. never faded.. they were bolth 2.99 each

red lights in the se guages are awesome. it makes it freaky looking. i also have blue indiglo's in the se guages which are pretty cool too, i'll take some pics of it tonight.

I drove the car around for a while, and they look great actually, the white has really good contrast, and the orange needles really pop out. just for the hell of it I put the blues in the map lights.

get the Eurolite SuperWhite 194s. They are a blue glass bulb (not painted) and actually brighten the gauges twice as much as the stock bulbs.
http://images.cardomain.com/installs...88_26_full.jpg
You may be able to find Xenon Amber bulbs. I hear those work well also. :)
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needles
 

nice guages! i like the indiglow needles.. were did you get em? e bay?

Re: needles
 

aren't those the stock gauges and needles for the SE
all he did was change the bulbs behind, but hey i might be wrong. But i think it's just silly to spend 70 bucks on indiglo needles on a SE gauge when their needles looks like the indiglo needles stock.

They are completely stock.
 

Everyone who gets in my car at night asks me where I got my needles and how I got them to glow on the gauge face. :D They are much brighter in person tho.

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Dude, that is sweet. I saw somethin like that goin for around 100 and I decided to wait on it. Did you use an Aluminum dash kit?? I've been wantin to do that, and What did u use for your steering wheel?:D

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Thanks man, I painted all the panels myself. I used auto spray. If done correctly, it will come out very smooth and clean. It took me about 6 hours to do though. And the Steering wheel was done the same as the dash. I'll take some close ups of it soon for you. :)

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sorry to pull this thread up again but i said i would post a picture with my guages and some people have seen them already on another thred but this is for the guys i said i would show that i never did. here you go, the needle position is fake (of course) i don't have that plastic thing and i was screwing around so, here it is. (i was also trying to make fun of 4th gen guys, they always show pics of that) http://www.paylessfreight.com/no%20ecu.jpg

Those are GXE gauges, right? How did you make the gauges red and the needles blue? I thought that they are always green? :confused: Those look cool tho :)

yeah, gxe. but i put carbon fiber guage faces on them and put the import intelligence intelliglow needles in there with red lights. repleaced the green "condom" lights with red ones.

Hey thanks DaBox.
Spipe: Were those...Sylvanias?? I went to wal-mart and bought some:D :laugh:

i just bought led 194 from Autodynamic.com for 10 for 2 . im going to put them in my gauges they sghhould look good

does anyone have pics of led's behind the gauges?