hey guys.. i just got this thing finished after much tweaking.. still have a lil to do.. but its mainly done.. tell me what you think.. a little different from what most ppl have.. but thats me...

All Lit Up


No Back Lights

 

Good job man looks hottt especially with crome rings
i wish i had the same
what bulbs did u use for background

 

Just some regular amber 194's from autozone

 

how long you got them are they fading off
cause i've heard that color bulbs loosing their color

 

looks good, i like

 

looks pretty good, im seeing some hot spots in your gauge faces tho. oh, btw i bouth 194s form autozone once, and they faded in 2 weeks. check back with us later on that..

i see you have a 97, how did you get your speedo needle to light up nicely? i can't get it right. or is it the camera used?

 

looks sick. write up?

 

Looks really G35. The light output looks inconsistant is that the camera?

Nice job with it.

 

thats exactly what im doing but having needle orange aswell but i think ima go with teh 194 leds the ones with liek 5 leds on it so "no hot spots", but that look awesome good job

EDIT: where did you get he chrome rings from that add a nice touch

 

do you have a writeup for getting your needles to glow like that?

 

Good job, Jason!

 

man thats a nice touch

 

is the camera making it really look uneven? good job on effort and creativity.

 

I want to know how you got your speedo needle to light up so bright. That was my only problem with the 95-97 guages.

 

also wondering if it's the camera that makes the hotspots and uneveness show up.

 

If you get the leds that have the cup tipped they distribute the light evenly.
Im not sure there will be enough room for the multiple led one to fit in there.

 

looks very nice

 

i saw ur cardomain awesome car man. 1 question..did u rig the alpine the same way with the amber? it looks factory, but ive never seen the all amber illumination

 

You should've used red led's... prepare for pink gauges in the near future. Looks good though.

 

Looks nice. I got a 96 Max so I didn't need to white out the needles. I threw in some blue 194 LED bulbs about a year ago. They still light up thike they did from day one. No problems yet. You should do the rest of your car the same color as your gauges. I did my window switches, gauges, clock, and climate control in blue. It's a pain to do but it was well worth it.

 

I have only had the amber 194's in for the night.. I took those pics rght after i finished it.. I also have some 6LED amber 194's on backup for when they fade.. I just decided to use some halogen bulbs to see the difference in output, color, and hotspots.. there is no trick to getting the speedo needle to light up so well.. just took about 30 min after having it plugged in for minor adjustments of the LED's.. you have to get the angle almost perfect since they dont have a wide range of light output..

FR33way- No the inconsistency of the light is not from the camera.. it is from the positioning of the LED for the speedometer.. its at just the right angle that it shines out of the cap on the needle..

95SEfreak - You are still going to have hot spots with the 5LED i still have some with my 6LED.. and they just barely fit in the hole.. just perfect though.. I got the chrome gauge rings from custommaxima.com.. but you can probably get them off of ebay or something also..

incognito903 - no rigging on the alpine.. thats the way it comes.. actually i can change the color of the buttons from green to orange.. most come with a choice.. i dont know about the newer ones though..

VIPmaxima - no write up here.. just used the write up in the stickys for the LED needles.. and used regular bulbs for the backlight.. btw nice car.. sharp yet suttle..

thanks for all the compliments and opinions..

 

o and if you all were wondering they are called inverted 194 leds that will put out a nice even putput on your gauges-they never fade and its alot more even -i have it done to mine -you can check out my cardomain to see what im saying

 

I like that look very clean. I just put LED's,Rings, and a CF bezel in mine 2 wk ago. After looking at yours I wish I put some more time into them and did the needles also. I used the inverted bulbs and still have hot spots. Wicked Nice job on yours!!!

 

tell me how!!!!!! please

 

i like the looks of it.

 

i do not know why everyone is talking about the bulbs, fading.......they are leds, they do not create much heat so they never fade......

 

where can i get rings like that at? those leds look nice and bright!

 

He said he originally used regular 194 red bulbs, and that he has a set of red 194 led's for when they fade.

 

Ebay, custommaxima, etc, etc...

 

Looks nice, did you have to do any modding to put in the 194 bulbs?

 

No i said i have some Amber 6LED 194's for when they fade..

no modding needed for the 194's.. just plug them in.. only modding is with the LED Needles.. and there is a write-up in the stickies..

 

Amber... red... same thing.

 

Wow, awesome gauges! I just bought a soldering iron so I need to get some LED's and figure out how to do that to mine! I'm going to install my chrome gauge rings at the same time. I have the orange needles though so I'm not sure if I can sand that off or not.

 

hrm,.... not sure about he ES.. i know the 99 SE's needles will sand off..

 

I probably have the same needles since I have the SE gauges...good to know

 

oh, then you're all set. i've done my gf's 99SE led needls.

 

ever thought about changing the back lights?

 

Yes if you have SE gauges (white gauges) they will sand off.. If im not mistaken all the gauge clusters (no matter what you have GLE, GXE, or SE) will all sand off.. that is what i did to mine was sand the orange off and then paint the underneath of them again (just white this time) so that any color you choose for your LEDs will show up better..

Ethnic6 - changing it to what color? the reason i chose orange is 1) i like the orange and white contrast, and 2) it matches almost perfect with the colors on my CD Player.. to each their own.. im interested as to what colors you would choose though..

 

Gauges look great man! I'm doing my interior over this summer in red. I think I'm keeping the white gauges with red needles tho. But I might swap to red gauges and white needles...any thoughts guys?

 

Not to raise the dead, but what about using those "flat" mult-led bulbs instead the inverted ones? Would those give you an even light since they have the leds on the top and sides?
http://autolumination.com/images/aut...1w_y_wmark.jpg
I have these for my corner lense bulbs and they distribute an even, uniform, wide light. The bulb has very small leds going around the top on the side and 6 small leds on the flat top (so the top "bulb" part of this bulb is actually smaller than a regular led/non-led 194 bulb)