I'm trying to do red LEDs for my gauges in my 92' camaro but I'm trying to figure out which ones. I used ones like these -


But they weren't anywhere near bright enough. What ones should I be using and which ones are the brightest?

 

Super brights are really good and brigh but ive never used red before

 

Yes, but what type? I've tried the search funtion of the board and they all say superbrightleds.com but dont say what bulb specifically.

 

194 bulbs. They plug right in.

 

I'm gonna be doing this too. From what I've read on here, get at least 4 diode LED at at least 90* angle or more. There is only 4 bulbs for the backlighting so you need a wide angle. I'm probably gonna go with 120* for the backlighting and 90* for the other ones.

And paint the light blue area in back white/silver or put in tin foil so they reflect better.

 

194 bulbs are not led these are fact tuyp bulbs. and dint come in red.

 

These are what I used in my stock gauges and now my autometer gauges

http://www.ebay.ca/itm/20X-T10-158-1...dd2ccc&vxp=mtr

OR THESE

http://www.ebay.ca/itm/2-x-super-Whi...item56513c13b1


This is a pic of my autometer gauges and how they look. I used the 2nd link for my gauges it just all depends on how bright you want them

 

Are they bright?

 

thats a night shot in my garage with the interior light on and they are really bright as you can see

 

This is what i meant by 194. This is an led 194 replacement.

http://www.superbrightleds.com/morei...edge-base/199/

 

do a search for white gauges . they tell you what leds to use for your cluster.

 

go to ebat and type in ( T10 5050 red led)

 

How much did it cost to change the gauges to autometer and how hard was it? I need to do that

 

194 defines the style and base of the bulb not the lighting element. A 194 is a wedge base bulb either led, incandescent or whatever else there may be. Just like a 1156 and 1157 are both bayonet base bulbs but the number means either a Doble base or single base.

Anyways, with a shine through Guage style like on newer cars where a reflection plate isn't used you might want a 6 diode to insure brightness. Also the color of the numbers and notches may affect the lighting with some bulb colors. Most cars have a blue tint on the gauges and when mixed with a yellowish tint of incandescent bulbs it becomes green ( think back to elementary school with mixing colors) so you may get a more purple color if you don't remove the tint. IMHO go for 6 diode bulbs, test them with the tint on and if purple just use a sewing needle to scrape off the tint. It's tedious I know, but trust me, red is worth the work, I always get comments about my red lighting.