LED dash lights that actualy work

[Sam_Q]

old thread dig-up!!

hey yeah they look very interesting however unless a facia is disassembled and these put in I cant see how they could be used. I might have some other uses for them though, thanks for the link

[AeRoKaBn]

does anyone know if u can change the colour of digital dash's and how? if its not too hard id like to change mine from green to blue

[EldarO]

you can change the actual illumination lights easy enough

but the actually dash guages and shit, good luck!

[MWP]

Im sure someone made up some photoshopped printable new gauge overlays a while back.

I might have a go at this too... nice little project while im waiting for other project build stuff to happen.

So i gather someone tried using a heap of std bright white leds instead of the luxeons? Didnt it work as well?

[The Witzl]

ive tried that before MWP - you end up needing about 10-15 LEDs, which makes a mess of wires when you have to hook them all up.

The luxeon-type LEDs have worked the best for me so far - but i suggest using cheaper chinese Ruxeon Leds!

[stradlater]

Your kidding right, the chinese haven't actually ripped them off THAT blatantly have they?

[Rcubed]

ive tried that before MWP - you end up needing about 10-15 LEDs, which makes a mess of wires when you have to hook them all up.

The luxeon-type LEDs have worked the best for me so far - but i suggest using cheaper chinese Ruxeon Leds!

i've used 5 led plug in replacements for the standard globes. they are much brighter than standard and are dimmable. they won't be as bright as the luxeon but the light is quite well distributed. i also put a reflective paint over the blue interior which probably helps the distribution.

[Draven]

complete writeup froim a MKIV owner who's done it, to good effect from the look of things:
http://www.supraforums.com.au/forum/...ad.php?t=33283

[Toobs]

and here you can see the driver module required to give the correct voltage and current to the luxeons... available at jaycar in about 2 weeks.

Jeez two weeks ay Witzl, its been a while
Perhaps you can take some more pics when you have to remove this board so that we can "resource" it.

[JetspeedCamry]

I just got some EL Glow overlays for mine. Plenty bright, comes with inverter and dimmer. Nice and very even blue glow. Dunno if there available for every car but they look really nice and are a sinch to install.

[benny c]

This is what I've done... Screen backlighting is done with 5mm high intencity leds, and the buttons used 3mm leds. I used a dremel to grind down the rounded edge part of the led to make them disperse the light more evenly and to avoid bright spots.

And yes, don't use the luxeon star leds in the dash, you'll go blind! Not to mention that they can't be run for extended periods of time straight off a power source, they get to hot, they need a driver module that pulses them on and off so fast that they just appear to be on all the time.

[Draven]

someone has good taste in music

looks schmick