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Old Mar 20, 2011 | 12:41 PM
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LED Gauge swap

Anyone know what bulb size are behind the instrument cluster? Haven't pulled the cluster out yet but was curious if anyone knew yet so I can order before construction begins.

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Old Mar 20, 2011 | 03:34 PM
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i hate the orange guages.. i have a g37 vert and the gauges look awesome.
if u find a way to change them out post some pics and let me know, i would love to change that out on my maxi
Old Mar 20, 2011 | 04:11 PM
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Not a big fan of amber lighting either. I'll let you know.
Old Mar 20, 2011 | 04:16 PM
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Yeah a blue light would look 10 times cooler all around the interior.
Old Mar 20, 2011 | 04:25 PM
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Yeah a blue light would look 10 times cooler all around the interior.
Working on it. Possibility that it might be done by the end of next weekend. Quick DIY if I can get everything I need in this week. Fingers crossed.
Old Mar 20, 2011 | 04:52 PM
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Keep us posted. I think it should be blue from the factory, but then your still gonna have the amber lights behind the controls in the center stack.
Old Mar 21, 2011 | 05:13 AM
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Then I suggest to just go with a RED color so it wont be far off from the rest of the gauges and interior lights. I have to take my cluster out anyway this weekend and will be taking notes of exactly which leds will fit and work correctly in the cluster.I also want to change the mood lights in the door handles and the 1 in the center of the map light that lights the shifter.I think those alone would make a big improvement.Lastly the key fob and push start buttons are the last 2 items I want to mod with different led's.But those 2 may need to be soldered in.
Old Mar 21, 2011 | 08:11 AM
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Keep us posted. I think it should be blue from the factory, but then your still gonna have the amber lights behind the controls in the center stack.
My friend just swapped out the entire LED cluster in a Cube and if the Maxima is anything like it, everything will be swapped out including the controls in the center stack. Fingers crossed.
Old Mar 21, 2011 | 08:13 AM
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Then I suggest to just go with a RED color so it wont be far off from the rest of the gauges and interior lights. I have to take my cluster out anyway this weekend and will be taking notes of exactly which leds will fit and work correctly in the cluster.I also want to change the mood lights in the door handles and the 1 in the center of the map light that lights the shifter.I think those alone would make a big improvement.Lastly the key fob and push start buttons are the last 2 items I want to mod with different led's.But those 2 may need to be soldered in.
The push start button is something I'm changing as well but I'm confused as to the keyfob LED. What keyfob LED?
Old Mar 21, 2011 | 10:08 AM
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Man, I hope this can be done!!!
Old Mar 21, 2011 | 07:21 PM
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If I change the start button its gonna be a swap to the GT-R button.
Old Mar 22, 2011 | 08:46 AM
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If I change the start button its gonna be a swap to the GT-R button.
Thats a thought too but if they only made it in blue.
Old Mar 22, 2011 | 09:04 AM
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very cool mooshoo! take pics for others to follow. I do miss our tsx's gauges. but these are fine for me. I can't wait to see what they would look like in blue/white!!!
Old Mar 22, 2011 | 06:28 PM
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Originally Posted by MooShoo
The push start button is something I'm changing as well but I'm confused as to the keyfob LED. What keyfob LED?
Key fob holder on left side I meant to say.Sorry.If you look at it ,it has a few lights and they blink at times. It would look good if the color were changed to something different.
Old Mar 22, 2011 | 06:58 PM
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Originally Posted by Juggernaut23
Key fob holder on left side I meant to say.Sorry.If you look at it ,it has a few lights and they blink at times. It would look good if the color were changed to something different.
I never noticed it. I'll have to take a look at that too.
Old Mar 22, 2011 | 07:19 PM
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Thats a thought too but if they only made it in blue.
Im pretty sure you can make it blue.
Old Mar 22, 2011 | 07:30 PM
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Im pretty sure you can make it blue.
Im pretty sure I can get it to go but if I can't, I do have a GT-R button on hand just in case.
Old Mar 22, 2011 | 07:31 PM
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Im pretty sure I can get it to go but if I can't, I do have a GT-R button on hand just in case.
Nice! I think thats the best mod u can do for 40 bucks, plus having that red button looks sick!
Old Mar 22, 2011 | 07:50 PM
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Nice! I think thats the best mod u can do for 40 bucks, plus having that red button looks sick!
Yeah....The only thing is I have blue leds throughout the car and the gauges will be the same. The only thing red will be the GT-R button and it doesn't light up.
Old Mar 23, 2011 | 04:59 AM
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the GT-R button lights up just a tad. And I am sure where it says start on it it is clear in that section so you can put blue led backlighting if you want. I already took it apart to check. I just plan to make mine a lil more solid red rather than blue thats all. Give it a whirl.
Old Mar 23, 2011 | 08:23 AM
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Originally Posted by Juggernaut23
the GT-R button lights up just a tad. And I am sure where it says start on it it is clear in that section so you can put blue led backlighting if you want. I already took it apart to check. I just plan to make mine a lil more solid red rather than blue thats all. Give it a whirl.
Im trying to complete the led swap in the dash this weekend. Will keep you guys posted.
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