'99-up Interior LED kits FS
May 3, 2003 | 02:19 PM
#11
Re: '99-up Interior LED kits FS
Here is the deal about selling this here. First site admin has OK'ed this for now.
To sell this here:
1. No sponsor sells it.
2. It's directly related to trucks.
3. This is not set up as a full time bussiness.
Reasons for not being able to sell here:
1. A site sponsor needs to have something to sell that rivals this product.
2. If you go into business putting kits together for all types of cars and try to advertise here, you will be asked to become a sponsor or stop selling on the site.
3. At anytime, the board admin can deny selling anything hear.
To sell this here:
1. No sponsor sells it.
2. It's directly related to trucks.
3. This is not set up as a full time bussiness.
Reasons for not being able to sell here:
1. A site sponsor needs to have something to sell that rivals this product.
2. If you go into business putting kits together for all types of cars and try to advertise here, you will be asked to become a sponsor or stop selling on the site.
3. At anytime, the board admin can deny selling anything hear.
May 29, 2003 | 08:50 AM
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Re: '99-up Interior LED kits FS
I only care about making my gauges brighter. I could care less about everything else!
How many of those 194 4 LED bulbs are needed in the instrument cluster
How many of those 194 4 LED bulbs are needed in the instrument cluster
Jun 5, 2003 | 02:30 AM
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From: Cali
Re: '99-up Interior LED kits FS
Those LED kits look very nice! Good work guys! Wouldnt mind seeing some more quality pics. What kinda camera are you using for the pics?
Jun 5, 2003 | 08:26 AM
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Re: '99-up Interior LED kits FS
Guys, I did this, I ended up putting the stock bulbs back in.
First things, you cannot simply get the 194 4LED wedge bulbs like Mac said without breaking the stock bulbs out of their twist lock connectors, then soldering the leads on the new 194 4LED Wedge bulbs into the connectors on the twist lock devices themselves.
I did all this last Friday night. I ended up taking apart my whole instrument cluster as the LED's will only work one way when installed. So after doing all that work breaking out the stock bulbs out of their twist lock connector, re-soldering in the new 4LED bulbs into those twist lock connectors, installing them into the circuit board of the I.P., plugging the I.P. in and testing that all bulbs worked. From there I reassembled the cluster installed it into it's place in the truck and turned the lights on.
I was VERY dissappointed to say the least. It was as if you turned your dimmer down halfway with the stock incandescant bulbs. It was also blue (despite the fact that I bought WHITE LED's). You could see the dials were a tad brighter in the places where the bulb was directly behind it.
Needless to say, I pulled it out, popped off the cover and put the stock incandescant 194 bulbs in.
I have pictures that I can upload when I get the chance to show the difference. It's night and day with the stock lighting being 100% better.
I see SuperBrightLEDs.com has a 194 already in a twist lock connecter available also, but I'm not sure if I want to spend more money on them to find out I'll be dissappointed.
First things, you cannot simply get the 194 4LED wedge bulbs like Mac said without breaking the stock bulbs out of their twist lock connectors, then soldering the leads on the new 194 4LED Wedge bulbs into the connectors on the twist lock devices themselves.
I did all this last Friday night. I ended up taking apart my whole instrument cluster as the LED's will only work one way when installed. So after doing all that work breaking out the stock bulbs out of their twist lock connector, re-soldering in the new 4LED bulbs into those twist lock connectors, installing them into the circuit board of the I.P., plugging the I.P. in and testing that all bulbs worked. From there I reassembled the cluster installed it into it's place in the truck and turned the lights on.
I was VERY dissappointed to say the least. It was as if you turned your dimmer down halfway with the stock incandescant bulbs. It was also blue (despite the fact that I bought WHITE LED's). You could see the dials were a tad brighter in the places where the bulb was directly behind it.
Needless to say, I pulled it out, popped off the cover and put the stock incandescant 194 bulbs in.
I have pictures that I can upload when I get the chance to show the difference. It's night and day with the stock lighting being 100% better.
I see SuperBrightLEDs.com has a 194 already in a twist lock connecter available also, but I'm not sure if I want to spend more money on them to find out I'll be dissappointed.
Jun 5, 2003 | 09:23 PM
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Re: '99-up Interior LED kits FS
Guys, I did this, I ended up putting the stock bulbs back in.
First things, you cannot simply get the 194 4LED wedge bulbs like Mac said without breaking the stock bulbs out of their twist lock connectors, then soldering the leads on the new 194 4LED Wedge bulbs into the connectors on the twist lock devices themselves.
I did all this last Friday night. I ended up taking apart my whole instrument cluster as the LED's will only work one way when installed. So after doing all that work breaking out the stock bulbs out of their twist lock connector, re-soldering in the new 4LED bulbs into those twist lock connectors, installing them into the circuit board of the I.P., plugging the I.P. in and testing that all bulbs worked. From there I reassembled the cluster installed it into it's place in the truck and turned the lights on.
I was VERY dissappointed to say the least. It was as if you turned your dimmer down halfway with the stock incandescant bulbs. It was also blue (despite the fact that I bought WHITE LED's). You could see the dials were a tad brighter in the places where the bulb was directly behind it.
Needless to say, I pulled it out, popped off the cover and put the stock incandescant 194 bulbs in.
I have pictures that I can upload when I get the chance to show the difference. It's night and day with the stock lighting being 100% better.
I see SuperBrightLEDs.com has a 194 already in a twist lock connecter available also, but I'm not sure if I want to spend more money on them to find out I'll be dissappointed.
First things, you cannot simply get the 194 4LED wedge bulbs like Mac said without breaking the stock bulbs out of their twist lock connectors, then soldering the leads on the new 194 4LED Wedge bulbs into the connectors on the twist lock devices themselves.
I did all this last Friday night. I ended up taking apart my whole instrument cluster as the LED's will only work one way when installed. So after doing all that work breaking out the stock bulbs out of their twist lock connector, re-soldering in the new 4LED bulbs into those twist lock connectors, installing them into the circuit board of the I.P., plugging the I.P. in and testing that all bulbs worked. From there I reassembled the cluster installed it into it's place in the truck and turned the lights on.
I was VERY dissappointed to say the least. It was as if you turned your dimmer down halfway with the stock incandescant bulbs. It was also blue (despite the fact that I bought WHITE LED's). You could see the dials were a tad brighter in the places where the bulb was directly behind it.
Needless to say, I pulled it out, popped off the cover and put the stock incandescant 194 bulbs in.
I have pictures that I can upload when I get the chance to show the difference. It's night and day with the stock lighting being 100% better.
I see SuperBrightLEDs.com has a 194 already in a twist lock connecter available also, but I'm not sure if I want to spend more money on them to find out I'll be dissappointed.
I've got plenty of pictures to show what the whole interior looks like in blue, and for any of you coming down to LACR on the 20th, you can see it in person like Mac said.
This mod looks super sweet, but it takes time and patience to do it CORRECTLY.
Here's a pic of Mac's gauge cluster...awesome IMO. The "F" on the fuel gauge is the camera's fault. It doesn't look like that really.
