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Old Feb 1, 2004 | 06:19 PM
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Blue Gauge and the Bulbs within.

Today I replaced the 5 194 bulbs in my gauge with blue leds. And to go with my new color i want to change the smaller lights like CEL and Brakes. What bulbs fit into those spaces?
Old Feb 1, 2004 | 10:57 PM
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those arent bulbs, i mean a bulb lights them up, but the plastic piece itself is the color, like orange for the cel and red for the brakes and green for the blinkers. as far as changing them i dont know how, ive seen pics here of some guy with blue blinkers in the dash
Old Feb 2, 2004 | 10:49 PM
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IC, well bump to see how I can turn those lights blue.
Old Feb 2, 2004 | 11:46 PM
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you have pics of your new lights at night? Im going to go with 5 polargs soon. How bright are those LEDs compared to regular bulbs?
Old Feb 3, 2004 | 01:11 AM
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I used 74 LED bulb from superbrightleds.com
They'll show up nicely on the blinkers but not on the others because of the color of the plastic
Old Feb 3, 2004 | 05:49 AM
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Let's see some pictures of these BLUE LED clusters.
Old Feb 3, 2004 | 08:25 AM
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I will take some pictures tonight. I am really happy with the way they turned out, but it is just that the other lights take away from the blueness. Also for some reason my cruize control light isnt going on, the fuction still works but no light. Is it possible for that light to burn out?
Old Feb 3, 2004 | 08:29 AM
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Let's see some pictures of these BLUE LED clusters.
here are mine. haven't switched the blinkers yet though
Old Feb 3, 2004 | 09:05 AM
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wow that looks pretty good... did you paint your needles or no? I just put my black gauges back in and i broke the damn bezel. wonder how much a new one is gonna run me. I'll post pics of the blue once i get the led bulbs in this week.
Old Feb 3, 2004 | 10:20 AM
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Anybody willing to help me install this. A tutorial or thread with pics would be appreciated. THANKS
Old Feb 3, 2004 | 10:57 AM
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Go Here for instructions on how to do it. Basically if you are just changing the bulbs only do up to step 8. Now under step 8 is a pic of the back of the gauge, notice the 5 larger red plug looking things. Those twist out and you replace the bulb with 194 style bulbs. Reverse the instructions to put back together.
Old Feb 20, 2004 | 11:26 AM
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what are the bulbs for the control panel?
Old Feb 20, 2004 | 11:34 AM
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here are mine. haven't switched the blinkers yet though
what bulbs did u use to get that color????? i put in blue leds but they were only bright in the spot that the bulb was, they didnt project out like that
Old Feb 20, 2004 | 11:35 AM
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194 superbright leds for the gauges, not sure for the control panel. Ask arrafio how he got his signals to be blue. They look awesome!

I actually was experimenting with a red dry erase sharpie instead of a wet erase one for the needles, and I think the wet erase is better looking during the day time. The blue naturally comes through in the night. I may in the future get a red intelliglow needle kit to compliment the blue gauges. Remember that I also have the gauge rings which help with the overall look imho. (paradoxsystems.com or phsinvent on ebay)

good luck.
Old Mar 1, 2004 | 06:07 AM
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yea me too spreenyk, they dont light up the whole gauge, just a little bit where the bulb is. Which ones did you use rowan?
Old Mar 1, 2004 | 06:31 AM
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looks good, but i still like my reverse indiglo gauges
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