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I believe there are actually 11 in the dash if I remember from when I did mine. Let me know if you need any bulbs.....I have about 30 10,000 mcd blue ones left from my car.
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1989 White IROC-Z
383 Super Ram, AFR 190's, LPE 219, Worked 700R4
Eibach springs, Koni 12 ways, More...
Sponsored By: Year One, Hawks Thirdgen Parts,
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Media Coverage:
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al just go to strauss and use the comp to find out, thats how i did mine when i wa workin there, but i forgot what bulb it was so i can't really help ya hehe. if i'm not mistaken i think it might be the 1157, but i'm not positive
whats happend if i put blue leds into my camaro gluster from 92??,what i mean is,gonna that be blue then, or yellow,beacouse the numbers into the gluster are yellow like its a plasticfilm on the backside of it.
So if i get blue leds into there what coulor its gonna be??
blue with yellow or only blue??
ihope you understand what i mean!!
Originally posted by Kingdomofmadnes whats happend if i put blue leds into my camaro gluster from 92??,what i mean is,gonna that be blue then, or yellow,beacouse the numbers into the gluster are yellow like its a plasticfilm on the backside of it.
So if i get blue leds into there what coulor its gonna be??
blue with yellow or only blue??
ihope you understand what i mean!!
using my magical skills of mixing paint when I was 5, i found out this spooky fact that when yellow and blue combine, you get green. I have further proven this fact in all my art classes and science classes over the years... heheh im just pulling your chain. You would get a very greenish color. It would not look good at all IMO. I will never understand why GM went with yellow as the color for the interior... dam day glow stuff of the 80's....
the six ones should work. i used the quad red ones in my car a year bakc since they didn't have the 6 bulb ones available. if you have the cash def go with the 6 bulb ones
Originally posted by TorchTA ...if 89blackGTA used the singles and his came out like that, the quads should be more than enough to do the trick.
-JT
They are not as bright as I would like. I would recomend the quads. They are bright, just not as bright as the pic. It has to be DARK in order for them to look like that. If it is getting dark(dark enough to turn on your headlight, but not dark) you wont be able to see them that well.
Brian, how did you change the rest of your interior lights? I got the gauges done but i dont know how to do the rest or even if they take the same bulbs? My dash lights arent all that bright and seem to be a little more whiteish/yellowish mixed in with the blue. I think behind the actual gauges is white so i'll paint that blue to accent more blue i guess. Any thoughts?
Hey, I've been reading countless of these topics, and I can't really seem to get a straight idea of what the best route is (well, other than straight solder of led's)
I wanna plug and play, but what would be better, the 4 or 6 led's from superbrightled's or what?
And when you guys say you can't see it at dusk, do you mean like you just can't see that it's blue, or it doesn't even light up the dash at all and you can't see the guages period?
And for blue led's, what would be the best color to paint the backpanel? blue, white or silver?
thanks for any help, and anyone post pics if they have any too!!
Originally posted by Project_1986_TA Brian, how did you change the rest of your interior lights? I got the gauges done but i dont know how to do the rest or even if they take the same bulbs? My dash lights arent all that bright and seem to be a little more whiteish/yellowish mixed in with the blue. I think behind the actual gauges is white so i'll paint that blue to accent more blue i guess. Any thoughts?
I only changed the guage, floor, and dome lights to blue. The floor lights are the same 194s. The rest is a photoshop of what I want it to look like. My guages are nice and blue and I didnt have to change anything. I dont know if the guages are different from 86 to 89....
Get the 6 bulb LEDs withotu a doubt. paint the back of the metal plate white so that it reflects all light better. and at dusk i can't really see the red that my dash lights up but i can see my gauges only cuz i have white face on them
Those LEDs look really good! has anyone installed a nordskog LED dash...how do you like it? They are a little pricey but very cool...not as cool as your custom stuff though! here is nordskog's link.http://nordskogperformance.net/dp4003.html
All those yellow dashes look the same as mine. Putting white LEDs behind them probably will just keep them that nasty yellow. Putting blues behind there will probably turn them green. Screwed both ways. Time to make new overlays I guess?
What the hell was with the yellow in the early 90s?
I put the 6 LED bulbs in my turn signals (and lower red idiot lights) in my dash. I used the green ones (30,000mcd I think it says on the SuperBrightLED site?) for hte blinkers and red ones for the idiot lights. Motherbitches are BRIGHT. The blinkers light up like shift lights when I turn them on at night. I can see myself in the rearview mirror quite well... but in green
They light up equally bright.. the pic looks odd for some reason. It was a very bright day out when I took that picture... just to give some reference. Put the flashers on an timed the picture.
I don't know how well they would light up behind the gauges though... I put one of them in my side blinkers for ****s and giggles and all it did was light up a bright green dot. No way I'd use them in my side blinkers.
I did have to make the socket holes grow a bit... persuading the holes w/ a router bit deal. It was quite close. One or two of the lights fit without persuasion.
Dont have blue but white LEDs on my camaro.1st pic,here are the gauges(im using eight 4 LED bulbs & three wide angle LEDs).the hvac though is using xenons right now.Thats a firebird hvac.BTW they use three #74 bulbs.Also if you want to reflect the most light from the metal bezel.I used aluminum foil over the blue area.I cut 1/4in squares of double sided tape & applied them on the back of the bezel to hold the foil in place.I have the dimmer turned down almost all the way in the pic
Heres the overhead console map light.Using super white 9 LED bulbs.Courtesy lamp is still using a xenon lamp,but ive got a 6 LED festoon bulb Ive yet to try.
Heres the alarm flashing.Also using a 9 led bulb.I put it in a empty socket next to the seat belt warning lamp.Its bright enough you can see it flashing in the day thru my tinted window.
Heres the lic plate lamp housing.Im using a 6 led bulb.Notice all these pics were taken when its still daylight.Plus my lens is painted with VHT nightshades.
Heres that same 6 led bulb before i installed in the lic plate housing.I used a 9 volt battery to light it.notice the daylight outside the window.All these LEDs were purchased on ebay from (ctlumination).
Originally posted by Mark P. Those LEDs look really good! has anyone installed a nordskog LED dash...how do you like it? They are a little pricey but very cool...not as cool as your custom stuff though! here is nordskog's link.http://nordskogperformance.net/dp4003.html
Thats what i had before going back to my stock gauges.Got old after a couple of years.
Maybe this'll help solve some problems....
ok, after seeing Ed's custom made clear "RS" L.E.D emblems, and reading all these posts, why not just get a few feet of fiber-optic string and then epoxy some cut lenghts of it around the inner centers of all the gauges!?!?!?
From what I remember, Ed stated that the light given off by the LED's tended to show up where he used epoxy. Furthermore, fiber-optic string is a great known light conductor...so I'm assuming that my idea would definitely solve some visibility issues with LED's illuminating the whole gauge.
-G
Hey so that blue hvac is stock? I want a lit up blue hvac but I don't know how to do it. It lights up red, but the bulbs in the back of it are clear. So there's like a red fillament in there somewhere that makes it red. Can anyone help me here and figure a way to get a blue hvac?
And also, getting a little off the topic, what if you blacked out your taillights, but then used the brightest led bulbs inside the taillights, and always kept your parking lights on when driving. If bright enough, you wouldn't even be able to tell the lights were shaded/blacked out unless the car was off. Maybe helping those of us who live in places where blackouts would get us in trouble?
I saw on the SuperBrightLeds.com site, that theres some ultra bright white, red, and blue clusters that have like 15 LED's in them. My thinking on the blacked out tails, is that if youmade your own cluster board(aka: pc board with 2 rows of 4 -15LED clusters) and then mounted them in place of the stock tail bulbs, then you'd definitely have some great new tail lights that you could see from anywhere.
:nono: HOWEVER.....I believe that in all states, the only legal color of tail lights is red. So just make sure you check the local ordinances and state stat.'s before you do anything!
Hey guys I think I think I may have found your place(website) to buy the blue led's (possibly the red ones if they have them)you have been looking for. Here are some of the specs. Let me know if these are what you are looking for cause im wanting to do the DIY way. Thanks for the great project ideas also. Thanks!
SOURCE MATERIAL InGaAIN
EMITTING COLOR Blue 475
LENS TYPE Water Clear
LUMINOUS INTENSITY (mcd) 10,000 mcd
REVERSE VOLTAGE 5V
DC FORWARD VOLTAGE 3.2 - 6.00
DC FORWARD CURRENT 20mA
OPERATING TEMPERATURE 40ºC to 85ºC
LEAD SOLDERING TEMP 260ºC for 3 seconds
VIEWING ANGLE ± 30°
k, I just ordered these from ProCarParts.com,
They should be here on the 3rd, so we'll see what happens when I get them!
The total was $41.00 and some change, with tax & S+H included.
IMO, PCP is a good site to order from, as they give you a UPS tracking number to use and have an easy ordering system.
-G
P.S- there's another pair that PCP sells which are white during the day, and go up to 140MPH, that Jgifford has. But correct me if i'm wrong bro!
...oh, and for those wondering why i didnt get the white 140 set, it's because my T/A is that dark metallic sapphire color, and since I already have a blue-lit head unit, I wanted everything to match.
-G
ok, so my new inlays from ProCarParts.com arrived last night as scheduled, and they look amazing! Something that was'nt mentioned in the site's product discription, is that they come with an on/off switch that lets you adjust the display color(blue or green) and how bright they are.
Like I said, they look kick *** in person and I cant wait to get them in. I'm too tired to take pics right now, but I will later on this morning as I continue my install update.
-G
k, heres the update. I've got a small oral surgery on Monday morning, and thus I've got Mon-Thur off of work. Still no pics YET, but hey...when you're doing 48+ hours/week of manual labor...you sorta dont feel like doing much other than sleeping after! So I know i've kinda slacked with the pics, but i do promise that I will have before, during & after install pics up sometime later this week!
-G
FINALLY got them in two days ago between work and sleeping!
I've got about 12 install pics, but for right now....i'll give you guys & girls what you really want to see!
-G
here is another link to LED bulbs sold at auto Zone.jamstrait.com
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if you scroll down to the bottom, you'll see that they sell the empty wedges, so you can get your own LEDs and create your own.
The superwhite LEDs that they use have more of a purple look to them. So I bought some 21,000mcd 5mm superwhites from elsewhere and installed 3 in a base. I put them in the lights for the runner boards on my 4Runner. Look really cool!!!
I also put some in the parking lights too, almost looks like I installed HID parking lights
here is nordskog's link.
