what kind of bulbs and how many does the instrument panel in an 1998 GXE take? im gonna be ordering LEDs for it. ive also heard the inverted LEDs are better than the regular ones for instrament panel. is this true? thnaks

 

My '99 takes #74 mini bulbs. Not sure if the 98 takes the 194 wedge or the #74 mini. Best bet is to take out your instrument cluster and to look yourself, better be safe than sorry.

 

99 is the year they started putting 74's into the gauge cluster. I have a 97 and I'm very sure this applies to 98's...but anyway. You will need 194's for your application I believe (that's what size mine were).

I got these bulbs and I needed 5 of them. This is the end result:



Hope this helps.

 

thanks, thats exactly the effect i am lookin for. are those inverted LEDS? or regular?

 

No idea...just read the ebay listing information...it should tell you. I just bought them and plugged them in. Took me 5 minutes and I'm completely happy with the look.

 

ya sorry, i just barley looked at that link. i bought em. 10 of them for 9.95 i guess thats pretty good. thanks.

 

No problem bro..glad I could help. Peace and enjoy your new lights when they come in .

 

Almost a 100% sure 98 will take #74...

 

^ sorry to say but i'm almost 100% on 98-99 being #74 too..

 

hmmm...i cant find it anywhere on the web...anybody else know???

 

Oh well I'm sorry for giving wrong information. I was almost 100% sure both 97 and 98 were 194...my bad.

 

i also believe that the 98 99's are 74's 95-97 was 194's.

 

meh oh well.

 

ill just have to order some #74 bulbs

 

does anybody know how many #74 LED's i am gonna need for the instument cluster???

 

10 should be more than enough.

But I think there is 5 or 6

 

95-97 #194
98-99 #74

/thread

 

98-99 take #74, but you can fit 194's.

I have a 99 and I was able to put in some 194's just fine with some slight modifications

 

how hard was it to do that? if i can just use the 194's i ordered, i would like too so i can save money and not have to reorder 74's.

 

^^^^http://www.cardomain.com/ride/479058/3

 

What color 194's did you buy? I'll buy your extra or all 10 if you can't use them.

 

Agreed.

http://www.geocities.com/amixam69/nissan/dash/ - Taking the dash apart.
http://www.cardomain.com/ride/479058/3 - 98-99 #74 to #194 guage mod (bottom of page).
http://www.petah.org/maxima/gauge.htm - 97-99 #194 gauge needle mod.

 

sure ill sell em all to you. i havent gotten them yet, when i do ill pm you and we can figure a price

 

if he doesnt want em pm me man

 

Do you guys use resistors for the window switches?

 

If the original bulb are not LED's, then you DO need resistors. If they were LED's, then you don't need resistors. I believe the window switches are just tiny regular bulbs so you have to solder the resistors in. Hope that helps

 

i didnt use resistor for ani of my window switches. I'm afraid that it is using too much power, which it shouldnt

 

K-Town
Did you find any #74 bulbs??

 

ya i did. i ordered last night from superbrightleds.com
they shipped today, super fast service, ive ordered from them before
i got 10 blue ones and 5 red ones, im gonna mess aroudn and see if i can get a blue-red gauge cluster look. im gonna try to sell my 194 bulbs, if they ever get here. i might use 2 of them though for my truck.

 

^ be sure to post pics.. after all this we should see a nice outcome.

 

lol ya i will for shure. i like the pic that is further up the thread, im gonna try to make speedo and tach blue, and gas and temp red, maybe make the redline part of tach red also. we will see. it should look pimp.

 

i got the red for my gauges, i was amazed how it glow, i'll post up pics when it get dark. Cost me less than $10

 

^ but your 194. Boo.. i wanna see 74 bulbs in action.

 

K-town let me know how easy the 74's are to install and how bright they are. I'm going to do white with red needles very soon and I'm doing complete red interior lights as well.

 

alright, hopfully it will look chill. i cant wait for them to get here.

 

this is a crappy pic (took with my razr), i know. it turned out alright, but you can hardly see my needles at night, and there are really bad hot spots or bright spots. anybody know how to fix my problems?? do i need to install separate LEDs for the needles, or is there an easier way???

 

WOW...I thought it would look better then that...I guess thats off the list

How many bulbs did you use?
Where did you buy them from?
Are the bulb Inverted?

 

looks like you didn't get the right leds.. also you should sand down the red needles so that it'll glow better. (make it clear)

 

i got #74 leds from superbrightleds.com im not sure if they are inverted or not. will somebody post a link to some better LED's cuz i want it to look better.
i used 4 LEDs for the gauges, thats all that i could use for them. i also made my turn signals, od off light, brights light, and digital odometer blue LEDs. they look fine, its the gauges i need to work on. http://www.superbrightleds.com/specs/74_t15.htm
these are the bulbs i bought.

 

the bulbs i bought from superbrightled's.com have an MCD of 1860. i found some other ones HERE
it says these ones in blue have an MCD of 3200. would it make a huge difference if i went with the 3200MCD ones over what i have now???