Alright. I've done some searches on here and read what I found which has answered many questions I had but still leaves a few left. My car is red and so I thought of changing my dash lights to red also. I want to COMPLETELY change them all. My question is what's the estimated time to do this? Also, what's the pitfalls or problems any of you have had? I plan to at least ad a oil gauge. Has anyone changed the lights in aftermarket gauges(I'll try to see what Mopar has availible for gauges)? My goal is to have this completely done in one step and have it look flawless. I don't want "hot" or "dim" spots. Also, where did you all get the bulbs from? I'd like to get them from a local vendor but I don't think anyone's got anything like that.
red wont work, the green film on the stock gauges makes it too dim. Only blue and purple work well
You should be able to do any color as long as you can get the bulbs. All you do is sand the green film off, one other way you may want to try that I did with my gauges in my old car is once the green is sanded off put red brake light tape (it lets light pass through) over the back of it and it should shine red just as he did.
Here's a pic of what it looked when I first did it (the Odometer/Clock and the gas info display). I don't have a stock pic but they were green before.
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I didn't specify. I meant those colors only work on the stock unmodified gauges. The matrix bulbs put out the most "useable light". I mean it projects the light in useful directions rather than just spraying it everywhere. I think its 6 bulbs in the cluter and 1 for the boost gauge
Yeah...I'm stilling trying to find time to do the how to from that. It was ALOT of work, and I would not attempt it if you are unsure about any of your mechanical abilities.
The bulbs were a whole 99 cents a piece too.
The only colors of LEDs that will work effectively without any alterations to the cluster will be something similar in wavelength to the stock green color (since the film is green). Therefore, blue seems to be the best bet.
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I didn't specify. I meant those colors only work on the stock unmodified gauges. The matrix bulbs put out the most "useable light". I mean it projects the light in useful directions rather than just spraying it everywhere. I think its 6 bulbs in the cluter and 1 for the boost gauge
Correct....6 bulbs in the cluster, plus 2 if you do the turn signals, 1 for the boost gauge, and 3 for the HVAC.
I do aftermarket stuff to cars as a living and own my own bizz so I am more than able to do this. I just want to change the color. I was thinking either red or clear. I was just curious what's the back of the cluster like and what bulbs to use. I wonder if I could just sand off the green tint to have them white when they light up??? I bet it'd be a bitch to do though on the boost gauge.
I do aftermarket stuff to cars as a living and own my own bizz so I am more than able to do this. I just want to change the color. I was thinking either red or clear. I was just curious what's the back of the cluster like and what bulbs to use. I wonder if I could just sand off the green tint to have them white when they light up??? I bet it'd be a bitch to do though on the boost gauge.
If you go to the thread that I made that has the pictures, I did a VERY basic write-up. If you want more information than that, feel free to PM me and I'll get back to you as soon as I can.
Once you pull the motors away from the back (and therefore take the needles off of the gauge), you have to do a little bit of cutting to get the glued facing off of the gauge plastic...then it's sanding time. No lie, it's an absolute bitch and a half to do. Then you have to put the cluster in the car without needles and start the car in order to get the needles to where they should be. After all of the hard work though, I'd do it all over again...looks very good. Everyone that has seen it thinks its stock. Not bad for under $10
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