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Being an old car most of the globes in the dash were blown so i decided to replace them with LEDs. was supposed to replace the the demister with led too but i blew 3 fuses and gave up. If people are interested i might write a small tutorial later it's pretty easy to do. i'm happy with the result anyway thought some of u might be interested :rolleyes:

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Photoshopped to pink

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Edit: tute is up here http://www.skylinesaustralia.com/forums/in...howtopic=131883

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I tried putting Blue LED's in my cluster, but the overall lighting isnt even, its brighter in some areas and darker in others.

Unless it was just the sh!tty LED's that i bought!?!?

thats normal kel. me and justin both have blue LED's in our clusters and they're not even. Only car ive seen them spread the light evenly in is kon's Supra RZ...must be the way the supras cluster is at the back

I left mine in though because even though it wasn't even, the dullest parts are still as bright as the stock white bulbs were anyway...and it matches my gauges perfectly :)

Definitely gonna do this climate control one when he gives the the tutorial.

haha i posted a detailed tutorial in the diy section it's waiting approval dunno when that is. oh well guess u'll have to wait.

i wouldn't do blue leds on the instrument cluster coz if u think about it the needles are red.... what happens when u put blue light through a red filter? u get no light!!(or close to it)

i might put white leds later but don't wanna touch my dash again for a while

haha i posted a detailed tutorial in the diy section it's waiting approval dunno when that is. oh well guess u'll have to wait.

i wouldn't do blue leds on the instrument cluster coz if u think about it the needles are red.... what happens when u put blue light through a red filter? u get no light!!(or close to it)

i might put white leds later but don't wanna touch my dash again for a while

I can see my needles fine...

it might be a problem if you're blind though :)

I tried putting Blue LED's in my cluster, but the overall lighting isnt even, its brighter in some areas and darker in others.

Unless it was just the sh!tty LED's that i bought!?!?

The trick is to lightly file the head of the LED, flat.

LED's by design are pretty directional, if you file the head slighly, this will diffuse the light, giving a more even spread :).

done this a few times in a fair few clusters but never really got LEDS to give out even light...although was ok...just some bright spots

one was is to but these 5 led setups that are still T5/T10 wedge types and u can bend the leds on a numnber of angles to get good light...in the end I cbf and just left mine...will do the r33 soon also..pretty easy.

I actually found an upgrade of the globes not LEDS with a condom type cover u can buy at autobahn worked really good in one setup...really cheep. Not sure if the Line has T6.5s (i think it is) but it can fit a T10 sized globe and wack on the blue (or any other color for that matter). Might do iti next wekeend.

I tried putting Blue LED's in my cluster, but the overall lighting isnt even, its brighter in some areas and darker in others.

Unless it was just the sh!tty LED's that i bought!?!?

what LED's did u buy? could be that u bought some low quality ones

i imported my LED's from USA and spent $10 per LED

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