Led replacement in guage not good

[Bzart]

I have an 01 EX sedan and bought some LEDs from autolumination, I got the tri-powered #74. I was not happy with the outcome, the illumination was not even. I replaced the original bulbs imediately. I was wondering if I bought colored incandescent bulbs if I would get better illumintation throughout my guages?

Nothing worng with the product I bought, they did not work as I had hoped, autolumination is a good place to shop.

 

[chadi]

whatdoes yours looks like? any pics...heres a rough picture of what mine looks like...i did the whole ghetto LED riggin thing with cheap LEDs that i got from advanced auto....this spring im going to redo them so there are not any cold spots...as you can see...

 

[NOFX]

Yes, incandescent bulbs will make your lighting look much more even.

 

[Bzart]

Yes, incandescent bulbs will make your lighting look much more even.

I sent the led's back and got a bunch of incandescent lights. By monday I will have them installed in the dash, and have a picture posted.

 

[spook4thecia]

whatdoes yours looks like? any pics...heres a rough picture of what mine looks like...i did the whole ghetto LED riggin thing with cheap LEDs that i got from advanced auto....this spring im going to redo them so there are not any cold spots...as you can see...

WTF Mine are the exact opposite.

dim around fuel/temp gauge, 100-120 on the speedo, and top of tach.

bright around 5k to 8k on tach, 0-40 on speedo

 

[ivtec1]

I ordered some LED's from superbrightleds.com.... They worked out great. I couldn't find any size #24 bulbs so I just ordered 6 #74 bulbs.

 

[chadi]

holy s**t?! im going to have to order leds from there! i ghetto rigged mine so bad its not even funny...

 

[oc_civic]

I have an 01 EX sedan and bought some LEDs from autolumination, I got the tri-powered #74. I was not happy with the outcome, the illumination was not even. I replaced the original bulbs imediately. I was wondering if I bought colored incandescent bulbs if I would get better illumintation throughout my guages?

Nothing worng with the product I bought, they did not work as I had hoped, autolumination is a good place to shop.

you should read this thread..

http://www.clubcivic.com/board/showthread.php?t=61940&highlight=LED

no problems at all..

 

[Bzart]

I ordered some LED's from superbrightleds.com.... They worked out great. I couldn't find any size #24 bulbs so I just ordered 6 #74 bulbs.

Yours looks good. I'm pretty pissed off at this whole project. I replaced the LEDs with bulbs, the light is even but I can barely see the gauges. Plus I order 74s instead of 24s. I don't know what I am going to do next. Maybe this neon wire.

 

[oc_civic]

I ordered some LED's from superbrightleds.com.... They worked out great. I couldn't find any size #24 bulbs so I just ordered 6 #74 bulbs.

looks good.. IF you get tired of that.. or you want it lighter.. you can put the two top bulbs back to stock and the needles will be white lit again.. but the numbers stay blue.. easy to see contrast..

 

[Bzart]

you should read this thread..
no problems at all..

I wish I had a spare gauge cluster, I dont want to F up the one I need to drive with. I may check out some junkyards and see if I can dig one up, but I imagine it still may cost over $100.

 

[oc_civic]

you have a newer car so truth be told i dont know exactly what it loooks like.. but im pretty sure you could get the same effect with some time and patients..

 

[Bzart]

you have a newer car so truth be told i dont know exactly what it loooks like.. but im pretty sure you could get the same effect with some time and patients..

Next week I will have time to peek inside the guts of my cluster. I will probaly get a better Idea of what I need to do.

 

[NOFX]

holy s**t?! im going to have to order leds from there! i ghetto rigged mine so bad its not even funny...

It's the cluster, not the bulbs.

 

[Beelzebubba]

You just gotta' diffuse the LEDs light a little.

I want to illuminate the redline area of my tach in red LED but I haven' quite figured out how to isolate just that area yet.

 

[chadi]

It's the cluster, not the bulbs.

so your saying if i oder bulbs and put them in mine itll be different?

 

[NOFX]

so your saying if i oder bulbs and put them in mine itll be different?

Good chance.

It looks like your problem is where the lights are, not what kinds of lights they are.

 

[chadi]

well....sounds like they are using correct bulbs as to me....ive got a buckch of these that i jus stuck into where the old bulbs were...they just sorta hang there...

thats why im saying im going to get a 194 and for 74s

 

[NOFX]

well....sounds like they are using correct bulbs as to me....ive got a buckch of these that i jus stuck into where the old bulbs were...they just sorta hang there...

They have different clusters though. They're not the same year car.

 

[chadi]

yea i know thats a 5thgen but im just saying...mines terrible...and that looks good...so maybe if i do it that way...itll look better