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Old Aug 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
Old Aug 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
Old Aug 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....
Old Aug 28, 2008 | 04:26 PM
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on their website it said they were plug and play
Old Aug 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.
Old Aug 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??
Old Aug 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
Old Aug 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
Old Aug 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.
Old Aug 28, 2008 | 09:46 PM
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this has been covered one too many times....
Old Aug 29, 2008 | 05:18 AM
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all right G4nismo, with these what do i have to do to install them
Old Aug 29, 2008 | 06:33 AM
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What year is your car?
Old Aug 29, 2008 | 07:39 AM
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Originally Posted by maximized98
If you have a 98-99 they will work fine. If you have a 95-97 then they are wrong.
+10000

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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Old Aug 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
Old Aug 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.

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word. finally a thread that can be looked at and can tell what needs to be done
Old Sep 4, 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
Old Sep 4, 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.
Old Sep 4, 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.
Old Sep 4, 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.
Old Sep 4, 2008 | 12:40 PM
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From doing a quick search:



And-
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.
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