Comprehensive Lighting Modification Thread
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My 87 has it. Still works fine. As CRE said it's there so you can pull the handle first and see the lock.
I know the shot looks dim, but it was taken during the day, at night it really stands out with the blue. This is the key hole, drivers side on one of my cars. The number for the blue I can't find, but for amber through DIGI-Key it is P619-ND. I do believe CRE is correct on them being 12v LEDS as there is no resistor in the circuit.
Other information, if it hasn't been added yet is the part numbers for the readout on your CC.
These are all from Kingbright.
DA04-11EWA: .4" Dual Red LED Display
DA04-11PBWA/A: .4" Dual Blue LED display
DA04-11YWR: .4" Dual Yellow Display
Brian
Other information, if it hasn't been added yet is the part numbers for the readout on your CC.
These are all from Kingbright.
DA04-11EWA: .4" Dual Red LED Display
DA04-11PBWA/A: .4" Dual Blue LED display
DA04-11YWR: .4" Dual Yellow Display
Brian
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For the headlights I would suggest the first upgrade should be the rewire. After that point you can evaluate if the Hella upgrade is even necessary.
Gargoyle;1089289 said:
Freaking awesome info!!!
Thank you very much. This will be added to the first post when I get a chance to add more.
KeithH: Pricewise, your advice makes sense as well. I will try the rewire first, followed by the hella mod and document the differences seen at each stage.
No offense but you need to update that first post, I know you may not have had time.
Also, add the D. Sterling headlamp rewire in there, I see it isn't up there.
Also, add the D. Sterling headlamp rewire in there, I see it isn't up there.
The Dude;1084540 said:
I have the Superbrightleds.com red's in my cluster, and red/white prosports - its acceptable, but not an exact match. the prosports are more 'amber', however their red intermediate setting is pretty damn close. I'll take pictures tomorrow.
Guyana00;1090806 said:
Working ~55 hours a week doesn't leave me with much more than a few minutes here and there.
Trust me, in about a week, when I go back to school, this thread will grow fast. It will be 100% complete very soon.
Daniel Stern Lighting. google the name and you should find his info.
Sorry for the blurredness, but here's a pic:
The prosports are AMBER, not "red". You can tell a difference. However, its so minute that IMO its no real big deal. Prosports have an actual "red" setting that if you can wire it correctly, should match better. And yes I know half the tach is out.
The prosports are AMBER, not "red". You can tell a difference. However, its so minute that IMO its no real big deal. Prosports have an actual "red" setting that if you can wire it correctly, should match better. And yes I know half the tach is out.
speed;1093183 said:Sorry for the blurredness, but here's a pic:
The prosports are AMBER, not "red". You can tell a difference. However, its so minute that IMO its no real big deal. Prosports have an actual "red" setting that if you can wire it correctly, should match better. And yes I know half the tach is out.
What did you use to light the dash gauges again? LEDs? Those are dim as hell, but then again it may be the lighting or your dimmer?
Actually they're not dim at all. I had the camera settings WAY down so you could see the difference in red tones. They're easily readable at night. And yes, they're lit with superbrightleds.com stuff.
Hey Sparky, couple suggestions.
Add indicators so people know which side of the LEDs are the anodes.
Perhaps a diagram showing the resistor locations for those who want to dim them down a bit.
And perhaps a tutorial on doing a blue TEMS display.
Oh and if anyone wants to add a dimmer to the upper "selection" LEDs you add it to the green wire coming off the board with the buttons... I'll let you figure out the values, I can recall.
Add indicators so people know which side of the LEDs are the anodes.
Perhaps a diagram showing the resistor locations for those who want to dim them down a bit.
And perhaps a tutorial on doing a blue TEMS display.
Oh and if anyone wants to add a dimmer to the upper "selection" LEDs you add it to the green wire coming off the board with the buttons... I'll let you figure out the values, I can recall.
CRE;1106050 said:
Cool, thanks for the tips. I'd love to have the whole dash dim as evenly as possible. Since I'm probably going for white, I'll want to dim the dash a lot for my night highway trips.
I'll try to get this write-up done in the next few weeks, but I have school/moving crap to deal with for a while so everyone has to be patient.
Well, the dome lights for at least the pre89 MKIII's are not 3022's. They're a bayonet style bulb (like the rear turn signal bulbs, but much smaller).
wow i love this thread, but one question, can you explain how you did the numbers for the climate control? Ive done everything else but stuck when it comes to getting the numbers read in blue.
Thank you
Thank you
What do you mean by getting stuck? I don't recall if the part number is listed in this thread, if not you can find the part number for a compatible numeric display that is blue by searching "kingbright" or "blue display".
If there's something else, please clarify.
If there's something else, please clarify.
Supradupra.com
The LED freak!
Hope you don't mind me inputting here, I modded my needles a few years back to change the colour - it's not an easy task by any means and it's kinda fiddly to say the very least!
I had to make up some tiny LED lights formed around a fibre washer, I used SMD LED chips - about the size of a pin head! These mounted inside the gauge mechanisms and plastic formers.
You need a good eyesight for this
Thats a pin not a nail!
Works a treat tho! Picked out the red line with separate LEDs too.
Here is a shott of my ST24 dash using the same sort of thing to pick out needles and red lines.
