A smurf got ahold of my gauges!
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A smurf got ahold of my gauges!
http://users.tc3net.com/prielipp/misc/glowygauges.jpg
I did have them all different colors, just to experiment.... they faded from blue to purple to red. It was a tad too much though so I took it back apart and made them all blue.
While I had it apart I also made this diagram:
http://users.tc3net.com/prielipp/misc/labeledbulbs.jpg
Helps quite a bit when you're trying to figure out what bulb goes to what.
I did have them all different colors, just to experiment.... they faded from blue to purple to red. It was a tad too much though so I took it back apart and made them all blue.
While I had it apart I also made this diagram:
http://users.tc3net.com/prielipp/misc/labeledbulbs.jpg
Helps quite a bit when you're trying to figure out what bulb goes to what.
Last edited by z28_melissa; Jul 28, 2003 at 11:47 PM.
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Well first I was being cheap and bought the blue colored glass bulbs from wal-mart... and they turned out more of a green color so I bought a bunch of blue "single LED wedge bulbs" from http://www.superbrightleds.com which cost a little bit more but still not too bad ($1.49 a piece).
I'm very happy with the results. I also purchased a couple extra red and purple bulbs for a gradient effect which looked REAL nice but reminded me of fast and furious
But if you're going to spend the time doing this, don't waste your time with the wal-mart glass bulbs, go straight for the LEDs.
Most time consuming part was getting my dash apart.... had to take off just about everything to get to it easily. The diagram I made should make the bulb-changing a quicker process though for those of you doing it for the first time.
REMEMBER - do not use LEDs for the indicator/blinky lights, such as the turn signals, high beams, check engine light, etc.... keep the stock clear bulbs in those spots, cause for some reason the LEDs won't work for them.
I'm very happy with the results. I also purchased a couple extra red and purple bulbs for a gradient effect which looked REAL nice but reminded me of fast and furious
But if you're going to spend the time doing this, don't waste your time with the wal-mart glass bulbs, go straight for the LEDs.
Most time consuming part was getting my dash apart.... had to take off just about everything to get to it easily. The diagram I made should make the bulb-changing a quicker process though for those of you doing it for the first time.
REMEMBER - do not use LEDs for the indicator/blinky lights, such as the turn signals, high beams, check engine light, etc.... keep the stock clear bulbs in those spots, cause for some reason the LEDs won't work for them.
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Re: A smurf got ahold of my gauges!
Originally posted by z28_melissa
While I had it apart I also made this diagram:
http://users.tc3net.com/prielipp/labeledbulbs.jpg
Helps quite a bit when you're trying to figure out what bulb goes to what.
While I had it apart I also made this diagram:
http://users.tc3net.com/prielipp/labeledbulbs.jpg
Helps quite a bit when you're trying to figure out what bulb goes to what.
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Originally posted by z28_melissa
Well first I was being cheap and bought the blue colored glass bulbs from wal-mart... and they turned out more of a green color so I bought a bunch of blue "single LED wedge bulbs" from http://www.superbrightleds.com which cost a little bit more but still not too bad ($1.49 a piece).
I'm very happy with the results. I also purchased a couple extra red and purple bulbs for a gradient effect which looked REAL nice but reminded me of fast and furious
But if you're going to spend the time doing this, don't waste your time with the wal-mart glass bulbs, go straight for the LEDs.
Most time consuming part was getting my dash apart.... had to take off just about everything to get to it easily. The diagram I made should make the bulb-changing a quicker process though for those of you doing it for the first time.
REMEMBER - do not use LEDs for the indicator/blinky lights, such as the turn signals, high beams, check engine light, etc.... keep the stock clear bulbs in those spots, cause for some reason the LEDs won't work for them.
Well first I was being cheap and bought the blue colored glass bulbs from wal-mart... and they turned out more of a green color so I bought a bunch of blue "single LED wedge bulbs" from http://www.superbrightleds.com which cost a little bit more but still not too bad ($1.49 a piece).
I'm very happy with the results. I also purchased a couple extra red and purple bulbs for a gradient effect which looked REAL nice but reminded me of fast and furious
But if you're going to spend the time doing this, don't waste your time with the wal-mart glass bulbs, go straight for the LEDs.
Most time consuming part was getting my dash apart.... had to take off just about everything to get to it easily. The diagram I made should make the bulb-changing a quicker process though for those of you doing it for the first time.
REMEMBER - do not use LEDs for the indicator/blinky lights, such as the turn signals, high beams, check engine light, etc.... keep the stock clear bulbs in those spots, cause for some reason the LEDs won't work for them.
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Originally posted by z28_melissa
REMEMBER - do not use LEDs for the indicator/blinky lights, such as the turn signals, high beams, check engine light, etc.... keep the stock clear bulbs in those spots, cause for some reason the LEDs won't work for them.
REMEMBER - do not use LEDs for the indicator/blinky lights, such as the turn signals, high beams, check engine light, etc.... keep the stock clear bulbs in those spots, cause for some reason the LEDs won't work for them.
Thank you for making that diagram - and your smurf dash looks good.
