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Old Nov 11, 2007 | 04:33 PM
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Default Has anyone installed LED's in their gauge cluster?

Hey, Im thinkin about doin some LED lights in my cluster, but Im not sure if I will need resistors and all. Has anyone done this before?
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Old Nov 11, 2007 | 04:39 PM
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I just did this about a week ago, you don't need anything except the 3 194 bulbs.
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Old Nov 11, 2007 | 05:09 PM
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Cool, thanks dude... I just found a link on G2IC.com
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Old Nov 11, 2007 | 06:57 PM
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theres a thread on team integra about replacing cluster bulbs with led. you need a wide spread led bulb or else you'll get hot spots because of the nature of LED bulbs.

cheapleds.com I think is the site
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Old Nov 12, 2007 | 10:44 AM
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Old Nov 12, 2007 | 11:43 AM
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i figured just about everyone has done it, i did it with a few different colors from http://www.superbrightleds.com but sometimes their bulbs burn out, thats apparently just for me, alot of people have good experience with them.

after i was tired wtih the leds i just baught some incandescents from http://autolumination.com/...

they work just as well, theyre just as bright, a little cheaper... in theroy incandescents dont last as long, but since the LEDS were dieing on me it didnt matter much, if it concerns you just buy 2 sets to save shipping.
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Old Nov 12, 2007 | 02:57 PM
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its been done by quite a few people
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Old Nov 12, 2007 | 04:30 PM
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Default Re: Has anyone installed LED's in their gauge cluster? (PACT man)

superbrightleds.com offers 194 LEDs "bulbs" for your cluster. However, they did note the following about the brightness of LED "bulbs":

LED bulbs are generally not as bright as standard incandescent bulbs, they have many advantages over filament bulbs (longer life, faster on/off times, lower power consumption, more vivid colors) but brightness is not one of them.
They are generally not as bright but some of them with large numbers of LEDs, will appear brighter than filament bulbs.
As an exception, our new 3 Watt Luxeon LED car bulbs are as bright or brighter than most standard filament car bulbs.
The light is distributed differently so they can appear brighter in some applications and not as bright in others, it depends on the size and shape of the bulb housing and reflector.
Most LED bulbs emit light like a flashlight, all out the end. Regular filament bulbs emit light from the end and all sides, so they will be better suited for some lighting applications than LED bulbs.
This is the same reason why we do not rate LED car bulbs in lumens or watts, the numbers would be deceptively low because the light is measured from all sides and the end on standard filament bulbs but only from the end on LED bulbs
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Old Nov 12, 2007 | 06:03 PM
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[QUOTE=Blahblah718293]i figured just about everyone has done it, i did it with a few different colors from http://www.superbrightleds.com QUOTE]

I did the same, first I got PepBoys amber LED's which sucked, so I ordered, amber,red, and white LED's from the above mentioned site. Because of the light output though, I ended up just running with the white since it was the brightest.
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