gauge lighting questions - SRT Forums

becksauce · 05-05-2009, 08:05 PM

I was wondering if all the lights in the gauges were the same because I got a kit to change them blue and was wondering if the wedge lights from autolumination.com for $1.50 were the same lights as the ones I got in my kit from byvampdesign. If so I was just going to buy the remainder of those bulbs and put them in. Also I checked out the how to for the red lighting, except Im doing blue, and I couldnt tell if you just want to put cellophane over the mileage screen, if you have to mess with your needles and tear the whole cluster apart. Thanks guys

wiggyx · 05-06-2009, 01:00 AM

You don't need to tear the whole thing apart to put blue cellophane on the ODO/Trip display. I can't tell you what byvamp uses, and whether or not the 1.50 bulbs on Autoill are the same, but I'm willing to bet that someone here does. Lilsparkplug has blue LED lighting in her cluster. I'd ask her.

LilSparkPlug · 05-06-2009, 08:09 AM

Autolumination.com's 5WLED Matrix 194 bulbs in Blue:

SuperBrightLEDs.com's 5WLED White LED bulbs, film not removed. Color is a cool blue in person.

IMO Vamps bulbs are not as bright and evenly lit as these. I have the blue cellophane from him and it just slides right underneath there's no need to remove the needles at all.

Soldoutluck · 05-26-2009, 10:29 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by LilSparkPlug

Autolumination.com's 5WLED Matrix 194 bulbs in Blue:

SuperBrightLEDs.com's 5WLED White LED bulbs, film not removed. Color is a cool blue in person.

IMO Vamps bulbs are not as bright and evenly lit as these. I have the blue cellophane from him and it just slides right underneath there's no need to remove the needles at all.

don't mean to jack the thread, but I'm debating changing the gauge lights as well and I wanted to know if you just change the LED's to blue will it look and work like yours, or do I have to change the cellophane as well. I also read a thread where someone said to use the 100 grit sand paper to sand down the the stock green cellophane???

aww sheet · 05-26-2009, 10:35 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by Soldoutluck

don't mean to jack the thread, but I'm debating changing the gauge lights as well and I wanted to know if you just change the LED's to blue will it look and work like yours, or do I have to change the cellophane as well. I also read a thread where someone said to use the 100 grit sand paper to sand down the the stock green cellophane???

blue leds you won't have to. the only thing is that you won't see the redline. red leds, and i think white, you'd have to sand

Loyalty · 05-26-2009, 06:23 PM

Yeah I just got my Autolumination blue Matrix LED's this past week. It took all of about 15 minutes to install and everything looks great. It's litterally just swapping the bulbs for LED's. I am however, kinda feeling that white with the film not removed

Soldoutluck · 05-27-2009, 08:07 AM

so before i go drop like $56 plus shipping on these to change 8 bulbs let me get this right. If i get the cool white LED's and the blue celophane i can still see my redline... Is this correct, is this what you did lilsparkplug?

LilSparkPlug · 05-29-2009, 12:42 PM

The last picture I posted is white LEDs and I didn't touch any cellophane or anything, I just put them right in for a lighter blue color and to keep my redline.

wiggyx · 05-29-2009, 01:44 PM

I always wondered how you kept your redline.

Soldoutluck · 05-29-2009, 03:09 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by LilSparkPlug

The last picture I posted is white LEDs and I didn't touch any cellophane or anything, I just put them right in for a lighter blue color and to keep my redline.

Thnx.

LilSparkPlug · 06-02-2009, 09:01 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by wiggyx

I always wondered how you kept your redline.

Ohhh the mysteries. Different color temperature LEDS FTW!

-ND4SPD- · 06-02-2009, 11:25 PM

Keeping the redline is easy. Autolumination sells the 5 led Matrix bulbs with 2 color options. You need to get the blue & red combined bulb & install it in the socket farthest on the right.