Cluster colour change.

bmxkelowna · Post by **bmxkelowna** » Wed Jan 31, 2007 6:00 am

using this thread here ( http://www.bbs.legacycentral.org/viewtopic.php?t=26449 ) i change the colour of my cluster.

no sanding the green off, just the coloured leds
let me know what you think.

next up, hvac controls (hopfully)

jnorion · Post by **jnorion** » Wed Jan 31, 2007 7:27 am

Sweet, looks nice. Glad I could help someone out. Did you do the needles separately or just change out the backlights?

Also, I did the HVAC already as well but forgot to document it properly... it's not hard. I'll get a writeup soon.

EDIT: And are there a lot of hot spots using red? It's not too bad on the gauge cluster with blue, but the red in the HVAC is terrible.

bmxkelowna · Post by **bmxkelowna** » Wed Jan 31, 2007 7:38 am

jnorion wrote:Sweet, looks nice. Glad I could help someone out. Did you do the needles separately or just change out the backlights?

i thank you again for your write up!
i left the needles, the red leds light them up perfect

jnorion wrote:Also, I did the HVAC already as well but forgot to document it properly... it's not hard. I'll get a writeup soon.

please do get a write up, did you need to change bulbs or colour?

jnorion wrote:EDIT: And are there a lot of hot spots using red? It's not too bad on the gauge cluster with blue, but the red in the HVAC is terrible.

there are no "hot spots" but the top where the bigger leds are, are a bit birghter then the smaller 4 leds

jnorion · Post by **jnorion** » Wed Jan 31, 2007 7:44 am

bmxkelowna wrote: i thank you again for your write up!
i left the needles, the red leds light them up perfect

OK cool, I've been thinking about doing red for mine at least temporarily, not sure yet though. I never did get the blue working on my new car.

bmxkelowna wrote: please do get a write up, did you need to change bulbs or colour?

I put red LEDs in that one... I'm trying to remember now what size. They were just slightly too large to fit properly so it was kind of a pain getting them to go in but it worked. But even with the so-called wide angle LEDs the hot spots are terrible, so I want to go back and put colored bulbs in it instead and see if I can make it work that way. Now I just have to find the old bulbs I took out of it...

bmxkelowna wrote: there are no "hot spots" but the top where the bigger leds are, are a bit birghter then the smaller 4 leds

Oh OK, that's basically what I meant, pretty much the same thing I found. Interesting though that the blue LEDs didn't light up the gauge needles at all but the red ones do... apparently it WAS the color and not the placement that made it an issue.

know1 · Post by **know1** » Wed Jan 31, 2007 9:36 pm

man, so sick. I really want to do this

tris91ricer · Post by **tris91ricer** » Wed Feb 07, 2007 4:42 pm

Were the red LEDs also from that website in the referenced thread?

I could rock red, I like it. Yes, I mean YOUR job does look good. Great, in fact.

bmxkelowna · Post by **bmxkelowna** » Thu Feb 08, 2007 5:19 am

i bought them from ebay

i bought 2 pairs of
http://cgi.ebay.com/2-RED-SUPER-REFRACT ... dZViewItem
(cluster needs two, boost gauge one, one left over)

and i bought 2 pairs of
http://cgi.ebay.com/2-RED-WEDGE-BASE-LE ... dZViewItem
(cluster needs 4)

bmxkelowna · Post by **bmxkelowna** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 11:13 pm

bump!
the same company on ebay has new leds that i just bought

http://cgi.ebay.ca/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie ... 0128087709

and

http://cgi.ebay.ca/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie ... 0123840423

they say they should be a lot brighter so we shall see!

Adam West · Post by **Adam West** » Tue Jul 31, 2007 12:36 am

Congrats! Wish blue worked - also I've got Omori gauges and don't think I can change colors to match...

AWD_addict · Post by **AWD_addict** » Tue Jul 31, 2007 8:39 am

Red looks great, and it's better for night vision.

Adam West · Post by **Adam West** » Thu Aug 02, 2007 9:22 pm

clip<<<i bought them from ebay

i bought 2 pairs of
http://cgi.ebay.com/2-RED-SUPER-REFRACT ... dZViewItem
(cluster needs two, boost gauge one, one left over)

and i bought 2 pairs of
http://cgi.ebay.com/2-RED-WEDGE-BASE-LE ... dZViewItem
(cluster needs 4) >>>clip
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This is so cool!

BMX, for us stoopid people can you list out all the bulb sizes/types you need and how many? Hopefully not too much trouble...

I guess you've kind of done the but are these bulbs really called "37" and "74" etc.??? Like I said I'm dense but don't they usually have a code number like 1108?

Adam West · Post by **Adam West** » Thu Aug 02, 2007 9:33 pm

Also, I might try the green for giggles - more of a stock look - again to match the green omoroi guages...

Just would be way brighter! but green! Wish i could see one but will post pics if I go that rout...

Adam West · Post by **Adam West** » Sun Aug 12, 2007 8:12 am

Talking to myself here. After further consideration...it's red!

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Cluster colour change.

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