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Old Dec 26, 2006 | 08:59 PM
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I'm currently working on changing all of the interior lights to LED's and have read lots of articles on here about bulbs and such, but I have a few questions still. For the HVAC controls and headlight ****, are there any other LED's that are brighter?? For the HVAC controls I used #74 blue bulbs, and for the headlight **** I used 5mm blue LED's w/470ohm resistors. Also, why is it that the passenger side door panel is significantly dimmer than the driver side panel, but they are the same exact #74 blue bulbs?? As for the map and dome lights, what size/number LED's would I need?? I'm fairly pleased with everything so far, just wish they were all a little brighter than they've turned out to be. The foglight and ASR switch are PLENTY bright though.
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Old Dec 26, 2006 | 09:37 PM
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Not sure about everything else, but you can fit a 194 LED on the HL switch. That's what a lot of people do. No need for a resistor. They already have one:

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Old Dec 26, 2006 | 10:17 PM
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Thanks for the tip Brian2006, I'll order some more LED's and do that. Anyone know about the other questions I posted??
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Old Dec 26, 2006 | 10:22 PM
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my advice would be to stay awawy from the blue ones, just use the white, they have a blue tint to them anyway
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Old Dec 26, 2006 | 11:44 PM
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If you dont mind me asking, what is wrong with the blue leds?
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Old Dec 27, 2006 | 01:06 AM
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Your eyes can't focus on pure blue light. For example: look at blue Christmas lights (whole strand) on a house. Noitice how you can't quite focus on them?
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Old Dec 27, 2006 | 01:24 AM
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Sounds like a bunch of horse **** to me

Blue looks the coolest and I can see and focus on my blue leds the same if not better than the shitty stock filament bulbs.
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Old Dec 27, 2006 | 02:06 AM
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Sounds like a bunch of horse **** to me

Blue looks the coolest and I can see and focus on my blue leds the same if not better than the shitty stock filament bulbs.
no it's true, I tried focusing on a pure blue alarm clock once and I simply couldn't do it. It was always blurry I was buggin out hah..maybe it was just me but I can never focus on pure blue LED's
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Old Dec 27, 2006 | 02:39 AM
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Just currious i have never had that problem with the blue. I have heard that green and red lights are the easyest to focus, thats why they are the color of the lights in fighter aircraft.
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Old Dec 27, 2006 | 09:15 AM
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Well it's not like an actual problem that you can notice while driving, so as for the pimp factor with blue leds, I say it's worth it
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Old Dec 27, 2006 | 09:55 AM
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Originally Posted by VIP1
Your eyes can't focus on pure blue light. For example: look at blue Christmas lights (whole strand) on a house. Noitice how you can't quite focus on them?
so true! I cant focus on my blue guages most of the time.
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Old Dec 27, 2006 | 10:20 AM
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Originally Posted by Brian2006
Sounds like a bunch of horse **** to me
Its true. Look it up.
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Well it's not like an actual problem that you can notice while driving, so as for the pimp factor with blue leds, I say it's worth it
It is noticable. The stock gauge colors (white, light green, red), are much easier to read. It bothers some more than others though, but everyone will notice it to some degree.
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Old Dec 27, 2006 | 10:21 AM
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The ones who are calling bs probably don't remember the last time they tryed to focus on it, or just didn't notice that it was blurry.
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Old Dec 27, 2006 | 11:50 AM
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Or maybe they did it right and actually have bright blue leds?



I can understand if you got just normal LEDs in the cluster because those aren't bright at all, but if you get the right leds (wledx5s or x6s) you'll be able to read it no problem
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where doI find those LED's at Brian?? Also, could I use those in place of some of the dimmer LED's such as the HVAC and headlight ****??
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Old Dec 27, 2006 | 02:58 PM
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Unfortunately you can't. They're not the right type of bulb and actually a little bigger because it has 5 separate leds on it:

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where can i pick up some led's at? Im bout to do a white face overlay and i want the guages to be blue.. Anyone have any part numbers?
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Old Dec 27, 2006 | 07:34 PM
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I did my dome/map/window switch bulbs next I want to do the guages. Got mine from ledgauges.com
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Old Dec 27, 2006 | 07:48 PM
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Unfortunately you can't. They're not the right type of bulb and actually a little bigger because it has 5 separate leds on it:

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Old Dec 28, 2006 | 04:19 PM
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Can anyone show me where, or how to wire up 5mm blue LED's into the door panels??
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