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post Jul 23, 2009 - 11:10 PM
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ok so im in the process of changing my dash lights and for the gauge lights i was looking in the how tos and it says use a 194 led and i am not sure where a good place to get them is so if someone could send me a link to order these i would greatly appreciate it. and hopefully 194 is the right size if not tell me haha thanks
 
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post Jul 30, 2009 - 8:55 AM
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I don't think you understand how much space you have to work with in the back of the gauge cluster. Those won't fit because they're too tall. Go pull one of the bulbs and measure the whole length, and then the bulb length. This will tell you how much you have to work with.


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post Jul 30, 2009 - 2:36 PM
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QUOTE (95CelicaST @ Jul 30, 2009 - 6:55 AM) *
I don't think you understand how much space you have to work with in the back of the gauge cluster. Those won't fit because they're too tall. Go pull one of the bulbs and measure the whole length, and then the bulb length. This will tell you how much you have to work with.



Really? Those leds be too long?


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- Raves44   gauge lights   Jul 23, 2009 - 11:10 PM
- - garin   get 3mm leds. i would get them off ebay. you can u...   Jul 23, 2009 - 11:13 PM
- - solidxsnake   QUOTE (garin @ Jul 24, 2009 - 12:13 ...   Jul 23, 2009 - 11:21 PM
- - Raves44   http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/T10-168-194...p4506...   Jul 24, 2009 - 1:57 AM
- - vi-tuyen   don't do blue because you can not see at night...   Jul 26, 2009 - 3:43 PM
|- - richee3   QUOTE (vi-tuyen @ Jul 26, 2009 - 3...   Jul 26, 2009 - 5:37 PM
- - Ruroniarc   I just bought a bunch of LEDs from ebay for my das...   Jul 27, 2009 - 9:20 AM
- - 95CelicaST   You guys having problems with blue is odd. I have ...   Jul 27, 2009 - 12:12 PM
|- - richee3   QUOTE (95CelicaST @ Jul 27, 2009 - 12...   Jul 28, 2009 - 11:46 AM
|- - Random_Stranger   QUOTE (95CelicaST @ Jul 27, 2009 - 10...   Jul 29, 2009 - 1:37 AM
- - Ruroniarc   That looks real good. I'm not worried about mi...   Jul 27, 2009 - 12:46 PM
- - 95CelicaST   The style LED I had isn't on eBay anymore, so ...   Jul 28, 2009 - 12:06 PM
- - Welsh-Celica   Just my 2p worth (2 cents)...well I am in Wales...   Jul 28, 2009 - 2:03 PM
- - 95CelicaST   ^ correct. That way you don't get hot spots in...   Jul 28, 2009 - 2:09 PM
- - Raves44   http://v-leds.com/Exterior-LED/CornerSide-...83570...   Jul 28, 2009 - 4:03 PM
|- - solidxsnake   QUOTE (Raves44 @ Jul 28, 2009 - 5:03...   Jul 28, 2009 - 4:24 PM
- - Raves44   so like those are ok with like the lighting as in...   Jul 29, 2009 - 1:14 AM
- - 95CelicaST   The seller I originally purchased from doesn't...   Jul 29, 2009 - 8:47 AM
|- - Random_Stranger   QUOTE (95CelicaST @ Jul 29, 2009 - 6...   Jul 29, 2009 - 9:08 PM
- - Raves44   should i get these http://www.autolumination.co...   Jul 30, 2009 - 1:32 AM
- - 95CelicaST   I don't think you understand how much space yo...   Jul 30, 2009 - 8:55 AM
|- - Random_Stranger   QUOTE (95CelicaST @ Jul 30, 2009 - 6...   Jul 30, 2009 - 2:36 PM
- - Raves44   haha funny thing was is that i just looked at that...   Jul 30, 2009 - 10:19 AM
- - 95CelicaST   Pull one of the bulbs. They're very small. The...   Jul 30, 2009 - 3:46 PM
- - 95CelicaST   Here is a shot from a couple minutes ago. And th...   Jul 30, 2009 - 7:47 PM
|- - Random_Stranger   QUOTE (95CelicaST @ Jul 30, 2009 - 5...   Jul 31, 2009 - 8:19 AM
- - solidxsnake   That looks great! I think I'll just grab ...   Jul 30, 2009 - 10:36 PM
- - 95CelicaST   They're much brighter in person, and that pict...   Jul 31, 2009 - 8:27 AM
|- - Random_Stranger   QUOTE (95CelicaST @ Jul 31, 2009 - 6...   Jul 31, 2009 - 11:53 AM
- - Raves44   so 95CelicaST all you did was buy those 3 bulbs an...   Jul 31, 2009 - 1:36 PM
- - 95CelicaST   That's all I did. Bought them, installed them,...   Jul 31, 2009 - 1:56 PM


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