ok I have searched and came up short...I am looking for the bulb size for the AC **** lighting...it is in a 95 camaro and I bought the bulbs autozone...buld 194 and there WAY to big...anyone have a bulb number for these?

thanks
matt

 

jim you dont think those bulbs come colored by chance, looking for the bulbs in blue

 

like stated in the first thread, these bulbs are small, and pep boys and auto zone only have the 194 bulbs to big to fit, but ill keep looking, i bought the white hvac gauges and the white light going through looks like crap, thats why i want the blue ones

 

How do you change these damn things? I always thought to myself, "damn these stupid ***** should be lit up." Go figure.
Also can I get these bulbs from pep-boys or somewhere else?

 

the ***** dont lite up, i thought just the area behind the overlay lights up, maybe im wrong but my ***** on my 96 never lite up

 

ahhhh once again.....LEDs to the rescue, take the stock harness pick the 3mm LEDs of your choice i would prefer a wide angle one over 10* to get a nice spread light, then wire up the resistor (470ohms 1/2 watt 5% tolerance thats on mine) an enjoy looking at something else besides that dingey looking yellowish color... and enjoy somethin new

 

bigkernel44 where did you buy all your stuff at, is it a kit you can buy

 

no kit, i bought all the resistors and leds on ebay, i think the users name was cwthik or somethin like that, search for 3mm LED an look for his user name i htink that was it, an if u want 194 bulbs go to superbrightleds.com they got the best deals, then checkout my post in the appearance section on LEDs =) hope this helps

 

i checked out your pics and thats what i want, the blue looks cool and matches your headunit, will the bulbs from superbrightleds work too?

 

yeah i love how my interior matches but thats the look i was goin for, you can actually get everything from superbrightleds.com but the small 3mm ones from there are more expensive

 

ok thanks ill give them an email and see what they say

 

The direct replacement bulbs for these are available at AutoZone, Advance, Pep Boys - any car place. They aren't available in any colors. They are any size in the two digit range that is the same size (#37, #57, #97...) - they have a selection. The difference is the resistor - I believe the higher the number you go, the brighter the bulb is.

If you want color - go 3mm LED.

BTW - this is the same size bulb as what is in the door panel to light up your window switches and door locks.

 

bigkernel44 how many resistor's would i need to do both the hvac and the headlight switch, 1 on each harness?

 

1 for each LED (you can run more than one i kno that but if one blew out on me i would flip out cuz it was a PITA to wire everything so i jus played it safe and it didnt even dim the LEDS

 

ok thanks ill buy 2 then, what are you saying about dimming the leds that i cant or they will blow, that would suck, i need to know all this stuff becasue i might want to dimm them and it would be a pita to take everything apart again