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08-28-2008, 01:01 PM

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quick question

i got some leds from v-led.com for my gauges. do i have to modify anything or are they plug and play. i ordered them have not received them yet

08-28-2008, 01:05 PM

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So, you ordered the parts first, THEN decided to figure out how they work?

Cart > Horse

08-28-2008, 02:08 PM

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Do you know how to solder? Because otherwise you will have a fun time putting them in.......

oh and its Chicken > egg....

08-28-2008, 04:26 PM

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on their website it said they were plug and play

08-28-2008, 06:37 PM

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Holy crap man...how can you order something and not know whether it works in your car or not? Do you even know if you ordered the right bulbs? You would really make Darwin proud.

08-28-2008, 06:54 PM

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hey tigersharkdude, what size were the vleds represented as? did they say a certain bulb type??

08-28-2008, 07:14 PM

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i searched the org, and found that the majority of everyone said #74 bulbs. so thats what i ordered. i didnt want to ask because everyone would tell me to search. so i searched.
so if im wrong on the size, that means that the orgers that tell everyone to search before asking a stupid question can give me one dollar each. LOL

08-28-2008, 07:17 PM

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these are the ones i got
http://www.v-leds.com/Shop/Control/P...id/0/SFV/32481

08-28-2008, 07:39 PM

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If you have a 98-99 they will work fine. If you have a 95-97 then they are wrong.

08-28-2008, 09:46 PM

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this has been covered one too many times....

08-29-2008, 05:18 AM

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all right G4nismo, with these what do i have to do to install them

08-29-2008, 06:33 AM

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What year is your car?

08-29-2008, 07:39 AM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by maximized98

If you have a 98-99 they will work fine. If you have a 95-97 then they are wrong.

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95-97 require #194
if you plug em in and doesn't work, you got the polarity reversed. just reverse it and plug it back in.

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08-29-2008, 01:15 PM

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i have a 99. just put the bulb in. or do i have to solder them in

08-29-2008, 01:19 PM

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You just put them in. They will be a little loose, a small piece of tape helps, just make sure not to cover the wire.

08-29-2008, 01:46 PM

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word. finally a thread that can be looked at and can tell what needs to be done

09-04-2008, 10:58 AM

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these bulbs suck ***. they are dim as ****. i put them and could barely see the numbers.
unless you are putting in real LED's dont waste your time

09-04-2008, 11:11 AM

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If you would have done some research, you could have found that out before you ordered them.

09-04-2008, 11:51 AM

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i did some research. ppl said they were just a little duller than oem.
thats a lie. you can only see where the bulb is.

09-04-2008, 12:34 PM

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Really? The pictures I saw posted on this site looked like total crap, output was horrible. There was a major thread that contained all the info and pictures, as well as complaints about the output.

09-04-2008, 12:40 PM

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From doing a quick search:

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Well, I'm a bit disappointed—because of the blue tint inside the gauges, my cluster is now light blue rather than pure white. I didn't think it would be this blue. Also, it's not as bright or as even as I'd hoped. These are pretty tiny SMT LEDs and they couldn't be that much brighter than regular LEDs.