dash illumination
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You'll need one or two 194 bulbs, 5-7 24 bulbs, and 2-4 74 bulbs. Make sure you get the tri-power or four-star bulbs.
You'll need one or two 194 bulbs, 5-7 24 bulbs, and 2-4 74 bulbs. Make sure you get the tri-power or four-star bulbs.
yes you can replace them with LEDs but if you dont do it right there will be lots of hot and cold spots..
i did it in my car..
http://www.clubcivic.com/board/showthread.php?t=61940&highlight=LED
i did it in my car..
http://www.clubcivic.com/board/showthread.php?t=61940&highlight=LED
no you wont ruin any circuits. but like OC said...you have to add extra led's if you want to be as bright as his is.
http://www.superbrightleds.com/cgi-bin/store/commerce.cgi?product=CAR
http://www.superbrightleds.com/cgi-bin/store/commerce.cgi?product=CAR
i used plug and play bulbs.. but as stated.. they create hot spots... LEDs tend to give off too much light at the source... ALL my bulbs are plug and play if you LOOK at the link i posted..Eran said:Or you could use PnP bulbs like I posted up and not have to drill holes and wire everywhere.
there are just adjustments that need to be made... EVERYONE who rushes it cries that it comes out like s**t.. and everyone who takes the time to wire in the extra bulbs has always been happy with it..tjlucas said:
my setup is LED with extra LEDs... but i left the bulbs that illuminate the needles normal.. this creates a good contrast between white needles and blue numbers.. im very happy with it... came out perfect..
And like I said in another thread, there have been quite a few new "advancements" in LED pnp bulbs since you did your lighting. You've had your lighting way longer than I've had mine. You had yours for like a year when I first did mine, and there were no good options then. They've made ones specifically for gauge cluster applications now.oc_civic said:i used plug and play bulbs.. but as stated.. they create hot spots... LEDs tend to give off too much light at the source... ALL my bulbs are plug and play if you LOOK at the link i posted..
you CAN just put the bulbs.. but on every car ive seen just put the bulbs in and NOT add more has had uneven lighting (hot and cold spots)tjlucas said:
if you follow the links i gave you and do it like i did.. you will get the result i obtained.. i obviously cant say eran is wrong.. because i have never seen his car in person.. to get it perfect (to me) i needed to make all the adjustments i sight in the link..
I have no arguments with oc's results, they're top notch. I just feel there are easier ways given the new products available. Most LED clusters I've seen also have hot/cold spots, but that is because they're using single-LED bulbs with narrow-beam lenses (much like I did the first time I did my lighting).oc_civic said:
"Designed especially for gauges, and applications requiring a large uniform field of bright light"
Only downfall is the price. I checked it out for doing a 96-98 cluster and climate control, and it ended up being around $55 shipped.
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k, i think im gonna go scrap yard, get the same dash, and use that one and see how it turns out, just so i can take my time and do it rite and still have all my guages in the car. (also if i screw it up) i think im gonna use my transparent-blue paint to paint the housing the bulbs go into aswell.
i had already done my dash but im not happy with it so its gone. i painted the bulbs blue in the guages, took out the seatbelt bulb, and did the bulbs in the climate control. problems were that it wasnt bright enough, and it looked a bit green, especially in the climate control
i had already done my dash but im not happy with it so its gone. i painted the bulbs blue in the guages, took out the seatbelt bulb, and did the bulbs in the climate control. problems were that it wasnt bright enough, and it looked a bit green, especially in the climate control
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Lil_falco said:
definately not buyin a new car cuz i dont like the way my dash lights up, cuz the car is auto that makes me wanna buy a new car. but i didnt pay for this car, it was a hand me down in the family with 134000kms so were riding clean for now.
and exactly, i will design my own circuit. electronics is all a do in my car