Well, i have been working on my car alot this past week, and here are the newest additions. I fixed the front end of my car, previously i had a broken fog light, and a missing clear corner. i used some donor part from my other 98 max. all in all, they look good, i am rather pleased with the turn out.

i also took apart my dash, and fit 194 bulbs into my 99 max. (194 bulbs are not the right size, i had to dremel and soldier.) the gauges look very good, nice and crisp, and bright.

and i also put new bulbs in the doors, the pictures do not do them any justice. they light up the whole cabin very well with a nice bright white/blue tint. well, here are some pics:










my donor car




What do you think?

 

guages look great!!! give more info...where did u get the 194's from and how exactly did u put them in ?

 

What 194's did you use? Polargs? BTW are you parting out with that donor car?

 

woah your needles look cool as hell. how'd you do those?

 

do you guys want me to do a write up?

i got the bulbs off of ebay for $6.50 per pair. they look great, nice and bright, and they look like an ice blue. (my camera didn't pick up the blue.) you can use a pure white bulb if you want.

let me know about the write up, but it may take me a day or two to make it.


and no, i am not parting out my donor car!

Chris

 

Us 99's have RED needles

 

 

you already showed me the pics early today, but damn...it's nice. day shots of the gauges just make them hotter. Still sad about the whole donor car idea

 

That looks great! Im planning to put Polarg M4 (same as 194) in my 98 gauges. A write up will b greatly appreciated.

 

chris those gauges look sweet!!!

 

Thanks Ed! want me to come over and do them to yours?


Chris

 

Cool!! Nice and bright.

 

I want some!

 

Looks sweet!! Will it work on a 96?? the 194's?

 

Yup. It sure will. Without have to dremel and solder. Simple plug and play. I am waiting for my Hyper White Polargs to come from custommaxima. Cant wait.

 

NICE!!

 

Polarg M4194 bulb) or Polarg M21194 bulb)??

And how many?

 

Thats a good question...I ordered M4...I hope that is right. I am like 95 percent sure. I have been told there are 7. If you look in the How-to section you will find a detailed how-to with pitures.

 

Here you go...http://www.geocities.com/amixam69/nissan/dash/

 

Thanx man!

 

Your welcome

 

Awesome! Looks like you have to put in 6 lights - but the mix and match is kind of cool. Anyone have suggestions for the type of bulbs - maybe Polarg Hyper Whites just to brighten. How about bulbs to give it a blue look to match the clock/climate control better?

 

Ya it does say 6 but in another thread I was told 7...I will just disasemble it tomorrow and take a look.

 

it needs 5 bulbs. the ones i installed are polarg hyper whites... it has a blue tint to it, but the camera did not show it very well in the pic i posted.

 

My car is a 95 and takes 194's, the 95 may be a little different.

 

never thought about doing 194's, I was gonna solder ultra bright LED's into my 99. Looks good, they deff. need to be brighter, I was thinking red, I may go bright white, the Red needles look good at night.

Lookin good!

 

umm.....yea!!!!

 

Thanks for all the pos. feedback guys... so you still want me to do a write up since someone provided a link to a write up? That write up is only of the 95-97 maximas... let me know.

Chris

 

yea! do one for the digital 98-99 max's gauges also. Did you change a bulb for the needle? It looks a lot brighter than stock. What are the default bulbs for the dash anyway? I do have a dremel and soldering iron but would like to not go that route so looking for the oem type bulbs.

 

The stock bulbs on the 97-99 are little 74 bulbs. Nobody makes a brighter than stock bulb. I tried for 2 months to find brighter ones but no go
I tried #74 LED's from superbrightleds.com but they didn't light up the entire range of the gauges. There were dark spots all over, besides the gauges were royal blue instead of super white. The leds have a very strong blue tint to them.
There are only way two ways to do this mod.
#1) As you just read, use a dremel and then solder 194's to the brass rings on the electrical filament sheet(the blue plastic sheet behind the gauges).

#2) Same as #1 but instead of soldering the bulb contacts, find some 194 bulb sockets and screw them in like OEM.

If anyone has any other ways please pot it because these are the only 2 ways I've ever heard of or seen.

 

OK, i will start the write up in a few... should have it done by tonight.

 

That sucks that it is so difficult for you 4.5 guys.

 

Would Sylvania 194's look good? Or just get polargs or some off ebay? I'm asking i'd like to do the MOD tomorrow and Kragen has Sylvania 194's for $2.19 a pair. Just woundering if i should wait to get these or just wait and order some online!!
Your thoughts would be helpful.

 

WOAH... We have identical front ends

 

lol, yeah we do! how do you get into your hood release if you put the mesh over the latch???

 

Here is the write up i made... sorry if it is not too good, i was not expecting to make one, so i didn't take alot of pictures. And i assumed everyone knows how to take out the gauges.

http://www.cardomain.com/memberpage/245554/11

enjoy.

 

hmm, very nice thanks man

 

lights looks sweet!!

 

so you have clear bulbs in your corner markers? im guessing orange for the front corner (turn signal) and white in the back (night indicator)

 

All u gotta do is stick ur finger in sideways and twist down