Instrument Panel LEDs

[irishblessing]

When ordering from superbrightleds.com is that price per bulb, or per pack? If its per pack how many bulbs come in a pack?

-Jester

the price is per bulb

 

[AKBroncoII]

Shit, I'm just having a hard time finding the right bulbs for my 91 explorer dash. It's pretty expensive per LED compared to the indiglo dashes.

 

[irishblessing]

Shit, I'm just having a hard time finding the right bulbs for my 91 explorer dash. It's pretty expensive per LED compared to the indiglo dashes.

what size are your bulbs i bought all mine on superbrighleds and its was $20 for 6 bulbs and shipping which isnt bad

 

[jmsmith76]

mine was 20 for 6 bulbs and shipping. got the WLED 4x. haven't put them in yet, just got them today

 

[irishblessing]

mine was 20 for 6 bulbs and shipping. got the WLED 4x. haven't put them in yet, just got them today

yeah thats what i got, there cool lights i just bought 2 more for my heater ac controls

 

[MAranger]

can you do this with autozone lights?

 

[nitrofan1]

If you are talking about colored 194's the answer is yes....to a point. If you want the blue or red 194's to show those colors you have to take your gauges apart and scrape the green film off the back of the numbers. Get the LED's. You will be much happier! The LED's color will show through the green film whatever color LED you choose. I have blue LED's and that's what my dash lights up as.

 

[jmsmith76]

so i put my lights in the other day and i'm somewhat disappointed with the result. the needles and odo shine bright blue like they should but the light barely comes through the numbers and they're still greenish. it's kind of growing on me to have bright blue needles and dim numbers though. looks kind of cool. but the question is, should i return them and get some that have a wider light diffusion or should i go with the current look? here's a before and after picture...

BEFORE

AFTER

kind of crappy pictures, but you get the idea

 

[jmsmith76]

and yes, i'm aware i have a dead spot on the oil gauge, i think maybe i didn't seat the bulb quite good enough...

 

[nitrofan1]

Well, it's hard to judge by the pics, but I like the cool blue. I like the non glare blue and I've grown accustom to the dimmer light. I know there are better ways to do it but for less than $30 it's really hard to beat. Maybe some day I'll upgrade to a better system. Course the black gauge panel doesn't help much lol. If anyone has done LED's on a white face gauge let us know how it looks!

 

[lone-wolf]

Here's mine with 5 WLED-xHP6 and 1 WLED-x4 LED(screwed up order, will replace with xhp6) at the top of the speed thingy.

(287,000KM btw)

Getting to the cluster was a PITA! I basically removed everything that's clip and screwed on before I found the right stuff to remove. Broke some plastic because there are 2 screws hidden at the bottom of the plastic under some metal.

 

[jmsmith76]

im not really sure why mine don't shine through like everyone elses...

 

[locovaca]

im not really sure why mine don't shine through like everyone elses...

Did you go with the xHP6 bulbs? They're a little more expensive but they give a far better look than any of the other bulbs. They're much brighter and since they don't have any bulbs pointing right at you they help eliminate hot spots.

 

[irishblessing]

Here's mine with 5 WLED-xHP6 and 1 WLED-x4 LED(screwed up order, will replace with xhp6) at the top of the speed thingy.

(287,000KM btw)

Getting to the cluster was a PITA! I basically removed everything that's clip and screwed on before I found the right stuff to remove. Broke some plastic because there are 2 screws hidden at the bottom of the plastic under some metal.

are your needles blue?

 

[lone-wolf]

I never really noticed, looking at the pictures the needles don't look like they're very noticeable, I'll check it out when it gets darker.