1g blue led's and gauges

[BlackTopPat]

i havent seen many pictures of this done so here it is. took awile, a LONG WILE and was a big PITA, but its all done (except the hvac which i am prob going to do blue bulbs instead leds because of the light pattern needed. but if any one needs any help, hit me up.
CAUTION! Obects in pictures are brighter then they appear(except the dang dimmer switch!!)

 

[slvrstingray]

damn!!!! thats hot.... it gives it that volkswagen look.... i like it.... what does it take to do that?

 

[BlackTopPat]

leds, resistors, solder, wire bullets, wire sand paper and alot of time. i have details if u need um

 

[HighPsi92GST]

well done.

 

[wishihadatalon]

leds, resistors, solder, wire bullets, wire sand paper and alot of time. i have details if u need um

make a write up please.

 

[BlackTopPat]

its in proccess i am waiting to submit it untill i do the hvac. im still undecided oh led or bulb

 

[a_scobel]

make a write up please.

http://dsmtuners.net/forums/showthread.php?t=5282

There is your write-up. Read the wholeee thread.

 

[BlackTopPat]

thats my insperation, no im going to compact it into aone article for a 1g not a 2 g

 

[wishihadatalon]

http://dsmtuners.net/forums/showthread.php?t=5282

There is your write-up. Read the wholeee thread.

yeah thats for a 2g. a 1g write up will be nice b/c they might have used different lights and well the guy that has done it will tell us the best way to get it done.

 

[HighPsi92GST]

not bad. thinking of doing something like that in my car. looks good

 

[PaleDSM]

I admire your devotion to such a time consuming and tedious mod. It came out very nice.

 

[DSMKevan]

I kind of did the same thing you could say. I just converted my gauge cluster bulbs to LEDs, and changed my HVAC bulbs to LEDs. I would like to know, in detail, of how to install LEDs into the stock switches. My main question would be how did you disassemble the switches and how did you get 5mm LEDs to fit. Also, what wires did you tap the LEDs into?

Im in the process of making a write-up on how to install LEDs in the stock gauge cluster, maybe we could collaborate and make one big write-up? Heres a couple pictures of my "custom" gauge cluster.

Edit: Added the HVAC picture. All I did was add in led's in place of the stock bulbs, turned out pretty good IMO.

 

[HighPsi92GST]

not bad at all

 

[DSMKevan]

Thanks, it turned out good IMO, but I did do one thing that bothered me. I accidently ordered 2 50pack LEDs off ebay, each from a different manufacturer and I got them mixed up in my parts bin. Hence, they arent the same "tint" of blue. You can BARELY notice it, but if you look very closely at the speedo, one side is one tint of blue and one side is another tint.

Im nearly finished with my write up, I just need to take some more pictures and I need some circuit layouts of the back of the gauge cluster.

 

[chicagoboostin]

subscribed

 

[Tsi90talon]

subscribed..........lookin good guys

 

[azkikr10]

does anyone know how many bulbs are behind the guage cluster and the sizes. i want to order blue replacements but i dont want to get too many