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Re: Replacement bulbs?B4 light up rings on cluster,advice?

Postby B1B2andB4 » Wed Sep 01, 2010 8:53 pm

jdm rsk wrote:
talev788 wrote:i wanna do this to my gauges too :(

do it then


JDM is the man to help :D
Looks better in blue - JDM, you know the little blue thingy that the globe fits into and then inserts into dash.. do you know what part thats called? or where to get (have not tried to source yet)
One light is not working (was before i did leds) so going to try replacing that blue bit.
ty
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Re: Replacement bulbs?B4 light up rings on cluster,advice?

Postby jdm rsk » Wed Sep 01, 2010 9:11 pm

B1B2andB4 wrote:
jdm rsk wrote:
talev788 wrote:i wanna do this to my gauges too :(

do it then


JDM is the man to help :D
Looks better in blue - JDM, you know the little blue thingy that the globe fits into and then inserts into dash.. do you know what part thats called? or where to get (have not tried to source yet)
One light is not working (was before i did leds) so going to try replacing that blue bit.
ty

(twist lock base) did you crack it when the led was inserted? one of myn did. i just used one of the others that was not used like VCD. i had a look in the parts book but could not find it. but the place i got my leds from sold them with a led fitted.

have a look at this link
http://www.superbrightleds.com/cgi-bin/ ... 02&next=50
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Re: Replacement bulbs?B4 light up rings on cluster,advice?

Postby B1B2andB4 » Wed Sep 01, 2010 9:24 pm

Will check it out.. this being my worry - i did try another unused and also swapped a working led into the NON WORKING POSITION with no success ...? thinking i may need to get the soldering iron out but wanted to try new (twist lock base) first as they must be cheap. being hopeful but i'm sure i already no the answer.
Ring still lights up okay with only top led just would look better with last one going.
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Re: Replacement bulbs?B4 light up rings on cluster,advice?

Postby jdm rsk » Wed Sep 01, 2010 9:27 pm

B1B2andB4 wrote:Will check it out.. this being my worry - i did try another unused and also swapped a working led into the NON WORKING POSITION with no success ...? thinking i may need to get the soldering iron out but wanted to try new (twist lock base) first as they must be cheap. being hopeful but i'm sure i already no the answer.
Ring still lights up okay with only top led just would look better with last one going.

sorry to hear about your dramas i am sure you will fix it, be careful

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Re: Replacement bulbs?B4 light up rings on cluster,advice?

Postby B1B2andB4 » Wed Sep 01, 2010 9:33 pm

its fun! look forward to the week ends. ill get it sorted.
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Re: Replacement bulbs?B4 light up rings on cluster,advice?

Postby walts22 » Thu Sep 02, 2010 10:47 am

For those interested, here are mine:

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Red LED T1.5 bulbs from AutoBarn, about $25 for 8 bulbs.
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Re: Replacement bulbs?B4 light up rings on cluster,advice?

Postby talev788 » Thu Sep 02, 2010 3:45 pm

jdm rsk wrote:
talev788 wrote:i wanna do this to my gauges too :(

do it then


would it be the same deal for an RX though?
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Re: Replacement bulbs?B4 light up rings on cluster,advice?

Postby jdm rsk » Thu Sep 02, 2010 10:20 pm

walts22 wrote:For those interested, here are mine:

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Red LED T1.5 bulbs from AutoBarn, about $25 for 8 bulbs.

looks good in red. i have just ordered some red leds. i am over the blue
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Re: Replacement bulbs?B4 light up rings on cluster,advice?

Postby jdm rsk » Thu Sep 02, 2010 10:29 pm

talev788 wrote:
jdm rsk wrote:
talev788 wrote:i wanna do this to my gauges too :(

do it then


would it be the same deal for an RX though?

cant see why not. you can only try
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Re: Replacement bulbs?B4 light up rings on cluster,advice?

Postby talev788 » Tue Sep 14, 2010 2:52 pm

so has anyone discovered if these can be changed on the gear shift and the a/c controls at all?

i wanna go all out and change them and match em all up
still unsure what colour I wanna do
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Re: Replacement bulbs?B4 light up rings on cluster,advice?

Postby jdm rsk » Tue Sep 14, 2010 6:16 pm

Yes I have done the above mentioned in white
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Re: Replacement bulbs?B4 light up rings on cluster,advice?

Postby talev788 » Tue Sep 14, 2010 7:37 pm

jdm rsk wrote:Yes I have done the above mentioned in white



care to share some pics?
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Re: Replacement bulbs?B4 light up rings on cluster,advice?

Postby B1B2andB4 » Tue Sep 14, 2010 9:44 pm

jdm rsk wrote:Yes I have done the above mentioned in white


..was gonna look into that, glad your always one step ahead JDM.
any issues should worry bout when having a go at gears?
Cheers,
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Re: Replacement bulbs?B4 light up rings on cluster,advice?

Postby jdm rsk » Tue Sep 14, 2010 11:52 pm

B1B2andB4 wrote:
jdm rsk wrote:Yes I have done the above mentioned in white


..was gonna look into that, glad your always one step ahead JDM.
any issues should worry bout when having a go at gears?
Cheers,

gearshift i didnt do as i have a leather boot on myn. a/c unit (5mm i think) uses a different size compared to your fog and cruise switch (3mm i think)

i buy my leds from this site in the US
neo wedge is what you are after
http://www.superbrightleds.com/cgi-bin/ ... ument.html
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Re: Replacement bulbs?B4 light up rings on cluster,advice?

Postby BE4ORE » Fri May 16, 2014 9:09 am

wow this is old but gotta wake it up again lol...

the reason i got here is cos when driving at night and turning on my lights, the light signal thing in the cluster doesn't come on to notify that i have my lights on... what could it be? is it a fuse or the light in the cluster might be gone?

P.S. changing the cluster rings to other colors looks awesome, however, doesn't look even all round!!!
everything is better in two's :D
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