blkfirebird91

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would these fit in a 91 firebird dash??
Quantity Product Price Base Shipping Options Subtota 9 WLED-x5 LED Wide Angle LED bulb $ 2.99 $ 0.00 Green WLED-G5 1.15
$37.50

cdoyle

If you have a wrecking yard near you, stop by and see if they have any older 3rd gens. In my 84, the bulb and the socket will come apart but it looks just like the ones in the 90+ years that are a 1 piece unit.

So you untwist it from the cluster you can then pull the bulb out of the base and replace it, reusing the old base. If you can find some of those, then you can put your LEDs into that, and put that into your 90 cluster. Not sure why GM decided to go with a 1 piece thing in the later models, really stupid.

BluFBdy

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do them by hand, took me a half hour and it looks better, plus i kept the bill under $10, couldnt ask for a better result, i have people pulling up next to me at night commenting the blue glow

CLCAMARO305

ok i got my buddies 87 cluster twist locks for the bulbs and that worked just fine...and i put 4 led bulbs and it looks pretty dang good already cant wait to see what it looks like with all of them in....(only 4 cuz thats all they had at autozone)

Chezoom

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ok so im going to do this, what exactly do i need to order to get it to look like this
PS i have a 91 Camaro
i want blue

84 1LE

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Yes, 9 LED lamps will work, but you have to install them from the front by removing the gauges & pulling the bulbs only.The 9 LED units are too big for the hole the socket goes into.The hardest part is the speedo(the cable driven ones).Since you have to release the cable from behind the cluster to remove it.Or you can hassle with it & try to install the LEDs with long needle nose plies!

Here's what mine looks like after i switched from white LEDs to blue (matches OEL pioneer deck).You will need 194 LEDs any # of LEDs will work.Just depends on how bright you want it & how much your willing to spend.I spent about $25 on 6 four LED & 3 nine LED lamps of the blue.All from superbrightleds.com.Pic is from my cell so the color is a little off, but its plenty bright though.

Chezoom

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whats the least amount, ill prolly add 5 to the amount needed for safe side,
yours looks like the light leaks through on the sides, i dont want that
whats the brightness off the pic i showed? if you know, if not anyone else?

84 1LE

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The gauges in your link look to be back lit.Camaro gauges are front lighting(early years anyway).Meaning the light bouces off the gauge bezel & onto the face of the gauges.The units in your link are are illuminated from the back.So the light passes thru the #s.Kind of like the gear indicator is lit.There is little to no leak thru.Its the camera phone, Im guessing.If you dont want that much bleed thru though.Then use LEDs with less then 9 or even 6 LEDs per.Try 4 or less, but they wont be as bright & you will have dim/dark spots as well.There is little you can do about though since camaro gauges dont use back lighting.

Wrecked92Camaro

yours is gunna have the light seep through i'll show u where later

paulo57509

I think the '91 instruments are illuminated with neo-wedge type bulbs. See if these might work.

http://www.superbrightleds.com/instrument.html

I did my dash lights similar to this:

https://www.thirdgen.org/leddash

FWIW, I soon tired of the blue color. It actually sucks, IMO. I went back to red 194 LED replacements.

cdoyle

the 91/92 cluster is a backlit cluster, the real problem with these clusters is the yellow writing.

So a blue LED combined with the yellow of the writing on the gauges is going to give a greenish glow.

That's what I'm running into, I want to use white LEDs (to get that bright whitish/bluish look) but the yellow letters ruins everything.

I tried to remove the yellow, but it won't come off the gauge face. I think the only way 91/92 cluster can have a different color is to have new gauge faces made. Which is costly, but when I finally get back to working on my car, I'll eventually just pay to have new ones made with white letters.

84 1LE

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Doesnt green & yellow make blue?Maybe green LEDs will give better results.Paint some bulbs green & try them out before spending any money on green LEDs though.Worth a shot anyway.

84z-28

ok. just a little bit confused. would i install the wedge base leds in my 84 Camaros gauge just like the article says or would i have to do it a different way?

84 1LE

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They are plug & play.Meaning you remove the stock bulbs & install the LED.Just make sure its a 194 style & watch the polarity.

RED_DRAGON_85

this makes me want a firebird dash

lasher_350

In my world, green and yellow make greenish yellow....not blue. Blue and yellow makes green, however. Not that it matters...

Chezoom

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paint thinner? i want to keep the black face gauges but I am hatin on the yellow

88TransAmFreak

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Does anyone have pics of the 85-90 Firebird dash lit up? Did you go with white or red bulbs?

Thanks!

EDIT:

What would the single LED 79 cent bulbs be ok? What veiwing angle? Or would I be better off getting the 4 led bulbs?

from super bright led.com

TA5point0

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can someone post a link to the LEDs needed to changed a 89 firebird cluster?? I want the brightest ones I can get in red

M1K3

Dont know if anyone is still looking but here are some on ebay not sure how well they fit or work, but for $9.00 if they look like crap pitch em if anyones interested. Id love to see some pics if anyone get these

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/i504-90-92-CHEVY-CAMARO-IROC-Z28-WHITE-FACE-GLOW-GAUGES_W0QQitemZ290322760010QQcmdZViewItemQQptZMotors_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories?hash=item439895c14a&_trksid=p4506.c0.m245&_trkparms=65%3A1|39%3A1|240%3A1318

kent624

ok i have a 1986 firebird and the guage lights are plug and play but how do you change the hvac lights?

M1K3

Just put these in few weeks ago $10.00

Theking

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Nice guys!

Ive been thinking of this for a while. So now im in the mood of buying some LEDs for my 1989 Camaro.

Im going to buy from http://www.superbrightleds.com

So could someone link or give me the exact name/number of the LEDs I need.
I want blue ones, and shall it have a large/wide angle ? do be best ?
I want good light so it can be shown at day/dusk/dawn/night etc. But not over bright so you need to wear sunglasses when driving the car.

Shall I have 90 or 120 degree ones ?

is these the ones I need ? :
WLED-x-x LED bulb
12VDC 1-LED Wedge Base Bulb (194/168 type) with 90 or 120 degree Wide Viewing Angle LED
Select LED Color and Viewing Angle


They cost $0.79 each

Is those the right ones to get a good light, and good spread over the dash so it wont be super bright on some spots and less light on some.

Please help me out guys


EDIT:
This one: http://i41.tinypic.com/2yxgrd3.jpg (picture from above)
looks pretty bright, you have any other picture with a "better" camera ? at maybe daylight and maybe a nightshot again ?
Is it superbright so you get annoyed when driving at night or is it good ?
Also how many light do I need 11 ?

I want the turn signals and highbeam to be the stock colours.

Theking

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Anyone ? Check my above post

Agent13

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I'd go with this style:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/10x-1...=p4506.c0.m245

Theking

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Those lights, are they the ones I posted about in my post above ?
the 90 or 120 degree blue ones ?

they ones I have a linked picture on (from brightleds) are they the correct ones for a 1989 Camaro ?

Tha looks awesome the picture you linked, I want that kind of light

Jay

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I hate the yellow myself, but with the red leds I used, the numbers light up pure red at night. I was a little worried they would be too orange, but the red must overpower the yellow.

Toehead

has anybody ever done this to the berlinetta's digital cluster? Mine is super dim.

Theking

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Then I order these : WLED-X blue 120 degree.



Hopefuly they will fit the 1989 camaro dash

Al Hasse

Those should fit with no problems, as long as your current bulbs aren't soldered to the sockets like many are. I went with these for my 89



They look much brighter than the picture shows and much more red.

Theking

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Soldered ? They shouldnt be I hope, is it easy to change even if they are soldered or is it a big chance of destroying the board then ?

But it feels wrong if they are soldered, cause you should be able to just replace them if they go bad, cause the stock ones are regular bulbs right ?

Theking

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But if you look at this guide: https://www.thirdgen.org/leddash


The lights/connections dosent look the same as for these :


or does that led go inside this socket?:


I live in Sweden so I dont wanna order the wrong ones.
Wich have the best light, 90 or 120 degree diod ?

Al Hasse

By soldered, I meant to the socket and they twist out as an assembly. Yes, the LED fits inside that socket. The same site also has LEDs alredy in a twist-lock socket if you find you might need the whole assembly. Might have to take some measurements to see which ones fit best. Fortunately, the lights for my 89 weren't soldered in, but on my 92 they were.


http://www.superbrightleds.com/instrument.html

Theking

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1990 changed dash and I think they was soldered after that, before that it was replaceable bulbs without soldering, I just ordereed 15 blue 120 degree angle leds and 3 white leds (I think the transmission light is the same bulb so I orderd some extra blue and white to test

Thanks

Ill get back with info when I got them home and installed them

Al Hasse

I also painted the back side of the bezel (the metal piece in front of the gauge faces) metallic silver to aid reflecting the light onto the gauge faces. The stock pale blue is just weak. Since you'll have it out anyway, it only takes a couple of minutes more.

19Chevrolet84

Anyway to turn the digital dash blue? my 1984 needs an overhaul.

punkdude908

hey 82FirebirdTA-

i also have an 83 Bird- i like the way your gauges turned out- looks great. 10 of those bulbs were enough for all the gauges? i'd only be doing the gauge lights, not the indicators.

Agent13

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Ten for the gauge cluster and one for the HVAC controls.

punkdude908

thanks!!!

Toehead

If you take the dash apart, it is a vacuum fluorescent display wich is sealed in glass. I think the only way to change the color would be to either use some sort of filter and deal with the reduced brightness, or have a custom replacement made.

KITT1983

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wow you are on TGO as well


al hasse now those are some awesome evil gauges

Transmetal

Ok, I just got done swapping out all the stock 194 bulbs in the gauges for the superbright 194 LED 5-wide in red. While it does look better than stock I was hopping for more, the red is nice but it's in no way as bright as I thought it was gonna be. If I swapped out the stock gauge bezel for white faced gauges would it be brighter? Should I have bought a different bulb with more lights or what? The dimmer switch still works for the lights if anybody cares.

I also broke the plastic gauge lens while doing this, anybody know where I can get a nice one for cheap?

mmm88TA

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have any pictures? I've been thinking about doing that to my 88TA. I can't decide whether to go w/ red or white. I have white in my truck and they are very crisp and bright.

KITT1983

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I second that mesaure we need pictures!!

vengetta82

so, are the LED's able to fit in the pre-existing wireing or do you have to rewire some stuff? from what it sounds like this seems like a plug n go type deal....?