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hey all...ive just installed autometer ultralite aftermarket 52mm gauges..

now there working just fine...but...the backlight is f**ken shocking...they came with led's!

but at night i can barely even read the gauges.

now what have you guys done with aftermarket gauges that are too dim to read??

any help would be tops.

cheers, Bass

i swapped out my regular bulby type buld :( with a T10 LED

like these

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its just the right amount of brightness IMO. but you have to stuff around with the bulb holder to make it fit. its not very hard though.

i used the white leds, and it shows up with a hint of blue in it. looks good.

Edited by Munkyb0y
i got the stepermotor series ones. they are well bright enough.

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They're Autogauge not Autometer aren't they?

The Autogauge gauges are permanently lit up and use the light signal to dim themselves for night driving.

+1 for using 666dan's bulbs.... autobarn have something similar... but dan's are better... I have tried both, especially as u find some become very spotty and directional, whereas these u can marginally alter the direction of the led's to make them more fluent.

well these are for my autometer ultralite gauges but the odd thing is...the face is alumunium and not transparent so no light is emitted through it, but only around it.

this is my vdo gauge with 666dan's white led in it. it has a white aluminium face.

the blue is not as obvious as it looks in the pic.

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yes i know its not some crazy jdm gauge, but its accurate and perdy enough for me :D

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