Nice work... I think I need to wear sunglasses to look at it.

 

I could have swore you said this was being done without removing the needles...

 

Metal, this looks badass. I might have to buy an extra cluster soon and TRY to follow this. Excellent work once again.

 

For 5.5 gens and AEs, no.

For 5th gens and lower, yes.

Additional pics coming up tonight...all I have left to do is color my needles (not sure what color yet) and pulg her back in!!!

 

Dan I got the e-mail from the guy that might be able to make the boards. PM me and I will give you the e-mail.

 

Dan check your hotmail please.

thanks man

-Greg

 

this is comin out nice man. can't wait to peep the finished pics. good work

 

I bet if the offer was high enough, you'd do it again.....

Good work

 

Awesome work Metal, I wonder how things may look with Blue LED's. I'm a little surprise you didn't for that since You have all those Blue Led's in your interior overhaul.

I may have to try this with blue for my max just to see.

 

sooo...its way past tonight.

obligatory F5.

 

nah, you just use a self resetting ckt breaker. you set the dimmer to full dim, and bring it back up... no big deal.

also from what i understand, thermal runaway is usually under higher current/diode ckts, yea?

 

This question has already been addressed and the faults therein. Thanks for playing!


Higher current is anything higher than the nominal values epcified from the manufacturer.

You certainley seem to know your stuff, I am looking forward to your version of this.

 

STEP XII - NEEDLE LEDs
Last but certainley not least is the needle LEDs. As you can see we will be using a 4-LED array with no resistor. We will not be needing one since the circut is regulated at 12V. I did this in white as I was out of blue LEDs, but I still have yet another trick up my sleeve! Simply make a PCB square, solder the LEDs in place, and go! I also enlarged the size of the hole for the OME needle to allow alot more of the LED to blow up the needle.

 

My car will be in the shop as the alternator is dead, FTMFL. It is to be hoped I get the car back tommorow so I can get the needles done and get her rolling!

 

Gawd those are bright.

Dan, in the "comfort" thread in the Brakes/Susp forum, I posted I've got an Otto FSTB if you're interested. Good condition, you can have it for a couple bucks.

 

Yes, yes, yes. Consider it sold! Oh, I will be hitting you up soon about when we are going to be doing my suspension. Probably in the next few weeks.

 

NP lemme know whenever.

 

SUCCESS!!!!!

Everything is back in, I am going to take some picture tonight (to do it justice). I really should have done the needle-mount LEDs in blue, perhaps I will take care of this at a later date, I want to see what it looks like at night.

Oh, and I only have a single project left for THE overhaul, so, suffice to say, I am quite excited!!!

Special thanks go to Barc for checking his cluster to provide me the reference values for the gauges...I lost the paper I wrote them down on.

 

STEP XIII - ENJOY!
The last step will involve tapping power leads. Simply tap off of an OEM positive lead and ground the two wires as previously described. These pictures suck total *****, I'm using my fiancee's camera. I'll have more pictures up tommorow. It's bright. OFFENSIVLEY BRIGHT. Puts and Accord to shame bright. SO, if you're looking for an INSANELY bright cluster, follow these steps! Good luck!

 

Does it hurt to look at? That's INSANE! Those aren't guages anymore. They're spotlights!

 

i think i might want to do that in purple with green needles. . .

 

When I do this I'm definetly using softer lights i think. I may try a blue with red needle. Granted the dimmer should still work with this, right Metal?

Awesome job though, cheers Metal.

 

I just have one question. You said that soldering was the easy part?????? I'm scared!!

 

i see no needles....lol
Dan that is exactly how bright I want mine to be. GREAT JOB!!

Now if I could just get the ***** to do it for my 4th gen...

 

wow, that's insanely bright! A+ for effort.

 

Glad I could be of assistance. And more than glad it is all back together! Let me know if I can help out any more.

 

hot d@mnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn

 

wow.....that looks so nice

 

Hey I recognize that cluster!! lol The reason you do not see any needles 2 Maximus 4, is because Dan is using for the test fit my old cluster that was a complete **** up which includes needles I colored blue thinking it would still diffuse the light but it didnt. When metal puts his cluster back in (the SE Cluster) it will no doubt be more spectacular. Great job Dan!

 

ahhh, I see. I thought he was done with it and thats how it was...

 

Now it seems, the next order of business would be the clock! Besides that...

 

Also, that "money shot" is missing something on the screen.

 

I've never looked into my cluster, or how the dimmer **** is set up, but if it's just a potentiometer, or if you could replace it with one, then you *should* be able to get it to work with this. At least I would think that you should be able to.

 

FYI, a couple of other large distributors are digikey.com (my favorite) and newark.com

 

This project is definitely not for the "light" hearted (LOL). It looks great I am a little concerned about how bright it is. I am going to look back in the thread to see if someone mentioned if you are still able to dim them.

 

Dan did you get an email from the guy to see if he can make the boards. That could make this alot easier for other people.

 

holy krikey batman, that looks friggin sexy!

hope you make some progress on mass producing these or getting boards made, i'd buy some.

 

soo...any pics with the SE cluster and a closeup too?

 

 

well you made the dome light obsolete now