mortificationrock

Ok I know this is in the faqs but I had a Q.I went to a auto parts store yesterday and to my surprise they had Sylvania Amber bulbs for the cluster as in the 24s and the 194.Has anyone ever tried these amber bulbs?Are they better than dying them?I know that at the faqs someone tried some but decided to go with red but I think that might be to much.Any opinions on this.

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DCSportEJ1Civic

probably a hell of a lot easier that dying them. imo id swap the bulbs. i bet it looks better too.

iBear

iTrader: (1)

Yep, probably does look better than painted bulbs.

Try them out and let us know how they worked out.

mortificationrock

Anyone else got anymore opinions.**** if you guys want me to try them first I need a crowd to get started.If I get a lot of people than ill do it.Maybe even a write up

aznlaoboi315

no need for a write up man. its pretty straight forward you wanna-be JDM then take out the cluster and swap bulbs. If not then be cool and get some white-face gauges that light up blue at night (lol yuk... i was j/k) not really a big comitment... but i say go AMBER lets see em

aznlaoboi315

hmmm... i just took the bulbs out of my DC cluster and I noticed they have a blue translucent film coated over them. I'm guessing since the bulbs are blue and they give off a white light. Then maybe if the bulb is amber it will give off either a yellowish orange(i guess thats what amber is...). Maybe if you use red it will give off a color that is similiar to the dark orange in the EM1 clusters. i say get the red ones and take some pics

mortificationrock

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by aznlaoboi315 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">no need for a write up man. its pretty straight forward you wanna-be JDM then take out the cluster and swap bulbs. If not then be cool and get some white-face gauges that light up blue at night (lol yuk... i was j/k) not really a big comitment... but i say go AMBER lets see em</TD></TR></TABLE>

Hey them white gauges with blue are gangster.LoL.Well yeah anyways ill swap them out tommorow and ill post some pics up of how they look.Besides I think anything is better than them ugly white light bulbs.

aznlaoboi315

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Hey them white gauges with blue are gangster.LoL.Well yeah anyways ill swap them out tommorow and ill post some pics up of how they look.Besides I think anything is better than them ugly white light bulbs. </TD></TR></TABLE>

agreed. white light bulbs in the cluster is so USDM and boring. I think if they were amber they would look very bold and stand out more. keep us posted I am looking forward to the pics. I would like to try this out myself

mortificationrock

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by aznlaoboi315 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">hmmm... i just took the bulbs out of my DC cluster and I noticed they have a blue translucent film coated over them. I'm guessing since the bulbs are blue and they give off a white light. Then maybe if the bulb is amber it will give off either a yellowish orange(i guess thats what amber is...). Maybe if you use red it will give off a color that is similiar to the dark orange in the EM1 clusters. i say get the red ones and take some pics </TD></TR></TABLE>

Well the **** is that I would have to order the red ones of the internet with the probability of them breaking during shipping.And on the other hand I can buy the amber ones from the auto parts store and swap them out in less than 10 min.And yeah I did notice my bulbs had a blue type of cover on them.That's what I was wondering.Since does are blue they come out white,how will the amber ones look.But I guess I might as well try them its only about 10 bucks for the bulbs.But honestly think RED bulbs might be overkill.

aznlaoboi315

hmm...i have a theory. what if you peel off the blue stuff and took a red sharpie and colored them. I mean your gonna be replacing them with ambers anyways why not experiment. I'm cheap *** hell so I'm just gonna go buy a red sharpie instead of red 194 bulbs lol

mortificationrock

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by aznlaoboi315 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">hmm...i have a theory. what if you peel off the blue stuff and took a red sharpie and colored them. I mean your gonna be replacing them with ambers anyways why not experiment. I'm cheap *** hell so I'm just gonna go buy a red sharpie instead of red 194 bulbs lol </TD></TR></TABLE>

WTF? That would peel off don't you think.Mayeb red is not that JDM.**** come to think about it I guess they would look kind of like the beamer type of interior.And I think that type of color is cool atleast better than white.Come to think about it I was driving my dads 2008 tacoma and the cluster is sweet in that yellow orangy color.

aznlaoboi315

yeah stick to the amber ones. yeah i remember ridin inside an M3 and the whole entire dash was lite up in dark red lights. red:more bimmerish | amber:JDM

mortificationrock

Well then it is set,will change for amber ones tommorow and ill post pics too.**** if all goes good ill be changing my a/c contorls too.

xd69

iTrader: (1)

Yea ive seen those bulbs around as well

Post ur pics and if it comes out cool ill have to pick some up for myself...

weemanch

wanting to know how this **** turns out so reply bac serously

fernruffryders

subscribed... even though i just bough the regular ones and did think about buying the amber ones... =/

aznlaoboi315

any updates?

greenej8

I used the Sylvania Amber #24's and 194's to do my guage cluster, instrument panel, and climate control in my 97 civic. Looks as oem as oem can get. Pretty easy to do to.

little dx that could

ya i bought those bulbs at autozone looks good. i did the whole painting before. didnt like it. it started to fade. heres some pics of the amber bulbs

aznlaoboi315

damn that looks good but no rpm is not cool

little dx that could

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oh well. soon i'll get a cluster with one and can get rid of the big tach.

mortificationrock

Its not that great great great...I mean better than white but not exactly it.I took pics of it but haven't been able to post them will do when I get the red bulbs in maybe tommorow.Once I have pics with both setups ill post the pics.But believe me the ones this guy posted look dark but in reality they look pretty orangy/yellowish in a way.So I don't come close to Beamers or my dads Tacoma.LoL.Patience ill post as soon as I change for red bulbs and ill tell you wich one looks best and why with some pics.Ill update hopefully tommorow.Atleast that's when im hoping the bulbs come in.

95jdmcivic

Theres already a thread about this https://honda-tech.com/zero...age=1

Heres how mine are when done properly with no painting