 problem with guage lights, help me please! |
 Feb 19, 2004 - 6:10 PM
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Ok, this afternoon i swapped my green lights to some amber LED guage lights, and now for some reason, parts of the tach, speedo, and such are MUCH brighter than other parts- particularily the 4 and 8 on the tach, 40 on the speedo, and the fuel guage seems to be really dim. how do i fix this- ive swapped lights at least 4 times now and have never ran into this problem before- help please! (ps the amber led's look great if it werent for this).....
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Feb 20, 2004 - 12:42 PM
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Have you tried them before? I've tried two different types of LEDs, and I've had troubles with both of them. If you look at the rear of the gauge cluster, you can see that there are clear plastic prism sort of pieces that reflect the light. Using an LED bulb reflects light differently than a regular bulb, and that's what causes the problems.  For comparison, here is my gauge cluster with LEDs:  Here it is with regular bulbs:
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saleeka problem with guage lights Feb 19, 2004 - 6:10 PM
Coomer The problem is probably that you're using LEDs... Feb 19, 2004 - 7:54 PM Drocay wide angle led's or inverted led's might h... Feb 20, 2004 - 7:46 AM Drocay No, but I was told they work better. I'm using... Feb 20, 2004 - 1:46 PM Shortty I'm using inverted LED's and while they ar... Feb 20, 2004 - 4:08 PM Drocay just get normal bulbs with blue glass it will last... Feb 20, 2004 - 8:38 PM celicarocker QUOTE (Shortty @ Feb 20, 2004 - 4:08 PM)
Next pl... Feb 21, 2004 - 1:03 AM Shortty QUOTE (Drocay @ Feb 21, 2004 - 1:38 AM) just get n... Feb 21, 2004 - 1:18 PM
Drocay I know u can get some off the internet. If not loc... Feb 21, 2004 - 1:38 PM |
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