using 194 bulbs in the 98 max gauges
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Originally Posted by FLAVOR_24/7
Two threads, asking basicly the same thing, what gives?
BTW, guys like you on this forum who think its their duty to police and ridicule others makes me sick. I need help, we all need help, it's not like you were born with your maxima knowledge. geez. If you don't have anything productive to add, don't post.
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Originally Posted by natty99
Uh, I think you need to read more carefully....my first post was asking if anyone has knowledge of where I can find some really bright blue 74 LEDS, and, if they used regular 74 bulbs by themselves (i.e. no wedge base), how they positioned modified them to make it work. The second post, this post, is specifically asking if anyone has actually changed the 74 to 194s in order to take advantage of the greater light output available in both 194 stock and 194 aftermarket LED form.
BTW, guys like you on this forum who think its their duty to police and ridicule others makes me sick. I need help, we all need help, it's not like you were born with your maxima knowledge. geez. If you don't have anything productive to add, don't post.
BTW, guys like you on this forum who think its their duty to police and ridicule others makes me sick. I need help, we all need help, it's not like you were born with your maxima knowledge. geez. If you don't have anything productive to add, don't post.
Yeah, but you didnt have to create two threads in regards to basicly the same thing, blue LEDs in your cluster.
Both threads could have been comtained in one, you just have to ask two differnet questions in the one thread.
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Wait...lol...you people are soldering your 194's in? Hmm...dunno where you live. This is what I did:
I went to pepboys...bought some basic blue 194's. They turned white (light emitted) after about 3 hours of use. Went back to pepboys..got LED blue 194's...to dark...almost purple. Went to Wal-Mart...got GE Plastics Red 194's. Guess what...3 weeks later...still look the same when I put them in. No soldering, nothing like that. Here are some pics of my current set up:
![](http://youthlounge.com/e107_plugins/kig_menu/_imagefiles/2_copy1.jpg)
![](http://youthlounge.com/e107_plugins/kig_menu/_imagefiles/3_copy1.jpg)
![](http://youthlounge.com/e107_plugins/kig_menu/_imagefiles/4_copy1.jpg)
Granted...they aren't really bright thanks to my phone. But at night they look good. Not to bright, and defintly not dark. I did the white, red, white, red, red look because I wanted to make the impressions that as the RPM's, Speed, or Temperature get "dangerously high"...it becomes "red alert".
Hope this answered your question.
I went to pepboys...bought some basic blue 194's. They turned white (light emitted) after about 3 hours of use. Went back to pepboys..got LED blue 194's...to dark...almost purple. Went to Wal-Mart...got GE Plastics Red 194's. Guess what...3 weeks later...still look the same when I put them in. No soldering, nothing like that. Here are some pics of my current set up:
![](http://youthlounge.com/e107_plugins/kig_menu/_imagefiles/2_copy1.jpg)
![](http://youthlounge.com/e107_plugins/kig_menu/_imagefiles/3_copy1.jpg)
![](http://youthlounge.com/e107_plugins/kig_menu/_imagefiles/4_copy1.jpg)
Granted...they aren't really bright thanks to my phone. But at night they look good. Not to bright, and defintly not dark. I did the white, red, white, red, red look because I wanted to make the impressions that as the RPM's, Speed, or Temperature get "dangerously high"...it becomes "red alert".
Hope this answered your question.
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I get the impression from http://www.richardjasaitis.com/MaximaDash.htm which is located in the "how to" sticky, that the 194 bulbs are the ones that fit behind the gauges. No mention of cutting or soldering, just plug and play.
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Originally Posted by FLAVOR_24/7
Yeah, but you didnt have to create two threads in regards to basicly the same thing, blue LEDs in your cluster.
Both threads could have been comtained in one, you just have to ask two differnet questions in the one thread.
Both threads could have been comtained in one, you just have to ask two differnet questions in the one thread.
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Originally Posted by IlyaK
Wait...lol...you people are soldering your 194's in? Hmm...dunno where you live. This is what I did:
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Originally Posted by 98maximagle
I get the impression from http://www.richardjasaitis.com/MaximaDash.htm which is located in the "how to" sticky, that the 194 bulbs are the ones that fit behind the gauges. No mention of cutting or soldering, just plug and play.
95-97: #194 bulbs plug and play
98-99: #74 bulbs plug and play
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silvermax2k2 did this in his old 4th gen....here is a write up he did.
http://www.cardomain.com/ride/479058/3
scroll to the bottom
http://www.cardomain.com/ride/479058/3
scroll to the bottom
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#17
Originally Posted by mendon99
The thread starter has a 98, 98-99 take #74 LEDs plug and play, not 194. this is why they have to solder them in, or dremel holes. research some more man
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Originally Posted by IlyaK
Me researching 74's would have been a waste of my time since I don't require the use of them.
you asked why the people were soldering them in. everyone who said they were soldering 194s in had 98's or 99s. they were soldering them because only 74 is plug and play in 98-99.
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Originally Posted by howitzer
forgive me if this is a dumb question but are the 74s brighter than stock is that the whole point?
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