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instrument cluster LED's

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01GT guy

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I was just curious what type/model of led lights will fit in my instrument cluster. I know too that you have to get rid of the red film before you can even see the blue light. I was also wondering if you simply take off the instrument cluster, take the old lights out and just plug the new blue LED's in.
 


triebenbach07 said:

the picure makes it look much worse than it is. Everything is a fairly even intensity.
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so im assuming you just got some of the basic strip led's with sticky backing and stuck them on the gauge cluster back? and do you have a picture of how you positioned the led's? also, was is labor intensive, or is it something i could do in like 4-5 hours.
 


I ordered the 5 meter roll from Amazon. Yes, it has an adhesive back. It's a bit labor intensive, but very doable. I have all of these strips powered from a single twist-in plug from the gauge housing. I also put in a 470 resistor to dim it down a bit when I redid it. It used to be stupid bright. I'll see what I have for pictures of the cluster guts.
 
the resistors are built in to this item, you can hook it up directly to 12 volt. However, I found this to be way too bright compared to the rest of my interior lights so I added the additional resistor mentioned above. You may acquire it from the Rat Shack.
 


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