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Where do you get the white globe holders from to be able to replace the blue ones with the fixed globes?
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| A-Bone |
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i had bought some blue globes thinking they would shine through alright, f**k was i wrong, so dull didn't shine through at all and couldn't see my speed
 But i got a 10pk of T5's off e-bay and just used pliers to pull the blue globes out the back and bent the little legs on the T5's and slid them into the holders for the blue globes i bought They were black holders and work well. but does any one know of a good way to get the lights evenly spread? It's blotchy as...
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| krisisdog |
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XH5LWEPN wrote: Where do you get the white globe holders from to be able to replace the blue ones with the fixed globes? Ahh you'll have to shuffle around your globes in the cluster, there should be enough of the replaceable type in your cluster to do the backlighting. Check to see if the lights for the warning lights are the removable type. I've done 4 or so and theres been enough in each cluster to do the backlighting and odo, after some shuffling. A-Bone, as per pm theres something not right if its blotchy, I'd say if you didnt sand the heads down they are turning off, I found that when the cluster was put back together and they werent sanded back, the clear thick plastic part that sits over the led presses on the led which causes it to turn off as it loses contact with the board. I'd put money on some of them not being on ifs its blotchy. |
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Yeah that's what i meant in the pm mate.
i haven't sanded them back and thought that might be why. Thanks for that ill look into it when i get a chance 2mrw
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| KWIKXR |
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I found the exact same problem as KrisisDog mentioned, the LED's sat too tall inside the cluster and were hitting on the clear lenses they shine into. Definitely sand the tips back a bit and also make them flat, helps disperse the light a bit better.
Here's a couple ones I've done for my EF, sorry for the crap quality pic's.. Blue LED's, std orange globes behind the LCD (EF dials) Attachment: DSC00163.JPG [ 76.53 KiB | Viewed 252 times ] White LED's with Blue LED's behind LCD (EL dials) Attachment: DSC00273.JPG [ 78.89 KiB | Viewed 258 times ] Attachment: DSC00271.JPG [ 61.04 KiB | Viewed 230 times ] |
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KWIKXR wrote: I found the exact same problem as KrisisDog mentioned, the LED's sat too tall inside the cluster and were hitting on the clear lenses they shine into. Definitely sand the tips back a bit and also make them flat, helps disperse the light a bit better. Here's a couple ones I've done for my EF, sorry for the crap quality pic's.. White LED's with Blue LED's behind LCD (EL dials) Attachment: DSC00273.JPG That looks excellent, I have a dash in my new NL that has blue LEDs in it already and they are a little too dark for my liking, cant really see the fuel guage at night. I might change to white LEDs to get the brightness back. |
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sorry if this is a stupid question but can i just buy these?
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/6pcs-lights-Blue ... 2a040b3e78 as i aint the handiest with the soldering iron so i'd prefer the plug and go style. if not then i guess im willing to get the iron out. -_- thanks.
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| KWIKXR |
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teeroy wrote: sorry if this is a stupid question but can i just buy these? http://cgi.ebay.com.au/6pcs-lights-Blue ... 2a040b3e78 as i aint the handiest with the soldering iron so i'd prefer the plug and go style. if not then i guess im willing to get the iron out. -_- thanks. Yep, those will work fine. I had a set of those in mine cluster, but needed to 'mod' them slightly so that they didn't hit on the plastic lens inside the cluster as they were a little too long once seated in the bulb holders. I just sanded back the tips of the LED's slightly and cut away a bit of blue housing at the bottom so that it sat lower in the bulb holder and it was fine. You could also buy THESE which replace the original bulb holder altogether and have the LED's pre-mounted in place. They work well, just need to frost the tips of the LED's to disperse the light a bit more 
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thanks KWIKXR your a champ, jaycar might be a win actually, price is decent and they're only a 15min drive.
not long ago i was sussing your car out on the forums, lovin what youve done, ive only had my licence and car just over a month now and the maccas wage aint doin me any justice so as i slowly do the little mods, your car shall partly be inspiration, lol.
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No worries bud, cheers
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one other thing, what do youse reccommend the best for frosting led's? sandpaper (what grit) or that frosting spray?
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anyone figured out how to get the needles red yet?
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teeroy wrote: one other thing, what do youse reccommend the best for frosting led's? sandpaper (what grit) or that frosting spray? I just used 150 grit sandpaper as that's what i had laying around. |
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krisisdog wrote: Demister is blown      You will need 6 to do the cluster lighting, one for odo, one for demist, one for clock/two for trip... Hey Krisdog, did you say how many you needed for the temp controls/AC switches? Looks like you've used some white leds in there, which I prefer the look of. I was also going to do the indicators with white too, haha 
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APEXRISE wrote: krisisdog wrote: Demister is blown You will need 6 to do the cluster lighting, one for odo, one for demist, one for clock/two for trip... Hey Krisdog, did you say how many you needed for the temp controls/AC switches? Looks like you've used some white leds in there, which I prefer the look of. I was also going to do the indicators with white too, haha putting white globes behind th indicator in the dash will still show up green i think |
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