I want to change my stock bulbs in my guages to something brighter in ethier white or blue. I'm thinking of using LED's but not sure which type will be the brightest without any "hot spots". For those who have changed their blubs, what would you recomend?

 

ive seen pics of optimus310's gauges with LED's... and they seem to be brighter than the stock ones.

 

heres a pic of mine with 6-led bulbs in. there's a few hot spots, but i can live with it. you just get used to it.

 

couple close-ups...

 

you can do this
http://www.petah.org/maxima/gauge.htm

 

has anybody tried those inverted leds? I was planning on going that way but i fear they won't be as bright as i would like them to be.

 

Ive tried all the LEDS from inverted cone to 4 cluster to 6 cluster and they are not as I expected so I went back to bulbs. I wanted a pure white light and LEDs wont give you pure white, they end up looking "hyper white"

 

Out of all the different types of leds that you've used, which would you say gave you the most light output without or very little hot spots?

 

I saw the how-to before but cant find it. Do you have the link for it?

 

well looks like you have some bad hotspots. Which Bulbs did you use?

 

I read somewhere that if you sand the tips of the LEDs to increase the opacity, you would reduce the hotspots. Anyone try this? It makes sense and some of the light would be reflected thru the sides.

 

http://www.geocities.com/amixam69/ni...ash/index.html

 

this one, in blue



WLED-6 LED bulb
12 VDC 6-LED Wedge Base bulb (194/168 type)

 

the 98's dont use the 194 bulb. Does anyone know what it is? Want it in a bright red.

 

98-99 Maxima's uses #74 bulbs. Some people modded it so they fit #194 bulbs.