Help Dash lights? Options

[bdog_v]

O.K. guys I have read all the threads on this and still need a little advice. I have a 94 celica. I want to go to blue leds in my dash I know they are 194's but,
1.
-What is the part number you guys have used at Superbrightleds.com, I don't want to order there's as I don't see any leds like the ones at:
http://www.ultraleds.co.uk/ THere leds have 4 leds to the side and one to the front, the light goes in all directions and is plenty bright....

-THere is a picture of them at http://www.celica-club.co.uk/cgibin/phpbb2...pic.php?t=35274
*THey look awesome!!!!
-But I don't know if Superbrightleds.com carries a similar bulb?????

2.
-Also for the door switches I know it is a 74 bulb but again I can't find the bulbs the guy used for the write up who switched to blue lights in his door: http://www.celicatech.com/forums/showthread.php?t=4635

they were 3mm 5,000 MCD , now I don't know what the 5,000 MCD stands for?

-At the UK website for leds I found 74's with either a 7,000 or 3,500 MCD rating. Can anyone tell me what this number means??? Is the Led brighter if the number is bigger?? THat would be my guess???



Thanks guys I am new to LEDS!!!!!!

[WannabeGT4]

1. 5 LED "Matrix" / "Super Refractor" type 194. They are called "WLED-x5 LED Wedge Base Bulbs" at http://www.superbrightleds.com. http://www.autolumination.com also has them and they call them "Wedge Matrix." I got mine from velocityleds on ebay they call them "Super Refractors."

2. The 6th gen doesn't use a type 74 bulb in the power window control. It uses a single LED that must be soldered.

MCD is the brightness. The higher the number the brighter they are.

[malpaso]

bla bla bla...

...they were 3mm 5,000 MCD , now I don't know what the 5,000 MCD stands for?

-At the UK website for leds I found 74's with either a 7,000 or 3,500 MCD rating. Can anyone tell me what this number means??? Is the Led brighter if the number is bigger?? THat would be my guess???

Thanks guys I am new to LEDS!!!!!!

MCD rating meens luminous intensity of LED. IMHO size is not important , but MCD or... how to describe it... "view angle" (how much is LED diffusional), that really is. Look, here are some pics of LEDs:



MCD about 2,000 - 3,000, diffusion angle 60 degrees (that angle it's not really much for button or indicator illumination so they must be roughened by some emery-paper), 3mm diameter red, 5mm diameter blue.

For direct illumination of "button activity" is 100 - 200 MCD rating sufficient (bottom-right picture). Diffusion angle is not important, 3mm diameter.

This post has been edited by malpaso: Jul 28, 2006 - 7:55 AM

[CelicaZR]

I like what you have done to the a/c control
I want mine like that.
how to? please

[malpaso]

I like what you have done to the a/c control
I want mine like that.
how to? please

I have NO air conditon in my car -> there is empty button (some not-pushable blind flange). So where is no button there is no light

[CelicaZR]

ooh silly me
What I meant is how did you change the lights for
the cooling/heating control?
What LED did you use? etc
Just a write up on how you done it

[malpaso]

Oh... so THAT is what you want to know

O.K. It it's not easy work, however... there are four places where were lightbulbs and now are the LEDs.

1. just on the left by the row of 5 buttons (illuminate those 5 buttons and blue area of heat indicator)
2. under the circulation switch area (illuminate just two buttons of air circulation and a/c button if available )
3. approximately where the "LO" letters are (illuminate all letters of air flow intensity and red area of heat indicator)
4. separate bulb for rear window heating just under the heat sign

The foxiness is use red and blue LEDs together at positions 1 and 3.
For example:

- at position 1 are three LEDs (blue, red, red). Red ones are turned right (to illuminate 5 buttons) and blue one turned to opposite direction (to illuminate blue area of heat indicator)
- at position 3 are three LEDs too (red, blue, blue). Red is turned left (to illuminate red area of heat indicator) and blue ones are turned one right and second down (to illuminate all letters of air flow intensity). Now... absolutely most cunning idea of all cunning ideas . Necessary is made some "rounded barrier" to avoid "color mixing" -> you have to glue there some curved black plastic. And heat indicator LEDs (blue from place 1 and red from place 3) fix to one side and rest leave on the other side of that barrier... (I can't explain it more precisely, sorry ) Without this are not colors clear (it's some purple mixure)...

This post has been edited by malpaso: Jul 28, 2006 - 7:54 AM

[tomazws]

Wow, nice and bright.