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Old Nov 29, 2004 | 08:09 PM
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I put Hyper White LED's into the HVAC controls, the picture doesnt do it justice... its a pure white light... and its a lot brighter than it looks in the picture...

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Old Nov 29, 2004 | 08:50 PM
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Nice. The leds look a little blueish though. I love the HID's you put on.
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Old Nov 29, 2004 | 09:19 PM
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I'd love to do that how tough was it to do?
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Old Nov 29, 2004 | 09:26 PM
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not that hard.. its a pain to wedge them in there just right then try and aim them..
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Old Nov 29, 2004 | 09:27 PM
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I think this calls for a how to

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Old Nov 29, 2004 | 10:01 PM
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please do a write up. I'm putting LED's in place of my blue gauge cluster incadescent bulbs and I'd like to do the radio and HVAC to match if i could. That looks awesome. would go great with my blue cold cathodes too
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Old Nov 29, 2004 | 10:06 PM
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leds wont work in the cluster, youll get dead spots.. trust me ive tried.. it looked like a dalmation... spotes of blue then spots or just dark nothings..

PS: I wont be home for another 2 weeks when finals are finished, ill do a write up on it then...
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Old Nov 29, 2004 | 10:17 PM
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Originally Posted by LS1_SS
leds wont work in the cluster, youll get dead spots.. trust me ive tried.. it looked like a dalmation... spotes of blue then spots or just dark nothings..

PS: I wont be home for another 2 weeks when finals are finished, ill do a write up on it then...
That would be sweet... can't wait

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looks good
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well, I bought led's that dont shine a straight beam, they shine 100* so shouldnt have dead spots. We'll see. I'll post pics sometime next week or so
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