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Old 11-08-2016, 04:27 PM
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I put some led bulbs in my cluster. It looks really good! I put white bulbs in so when the blue filter hits it it is blue, unlike the old bulbs that when the yellow hits the blue you get green. If you still want the green you can always get yellow/amber leds
Could You elaborate on which LED bulbs You purchased and where You purchased them from ? I'm sure it would help with future questions.
Old 11-08-2016, 06:44 PM
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Sorry I just picked up some random ones from autozone. They were led 194 white bulbs. I know they had a little opaque cover over the actual ledthat i broke off for more light. You need 5 for the cluster. I bought 3 packs of 2 and used the extra in the 4x4 indicator.
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Originally Posted by 84Red
Sorry I just picked up some random ones from autozone. They were led 194 white bulbs. I know they had a little opaque cover over the actual ledthat i broke off for more light. You need 5 for the cluster. I bought 3 packs of 2 and used the extra in the 4x4 indicator.
Thanks for the feedback.
Old 11-12-2016, 08:22 AM
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I ended up just replacing all the cluster bulbs with type 194 bulbs and removing the blue lamp covers. Several of them were broken anyway. The instrument area is much brighter now. I think this will be ok. If not, I will change the bulbs out to LEDs. Thanks for the help and advice.
Old 11-17-2016, 12:40 AM
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www.superbrightleds.com

Bought a BUNCH of leds from them and never had an issue at all...
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Do the white leds fit in the stock bulb sockets ?.
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As long as they are 194 bulbs, yeah.
Old 12-15-2016, 02:25 PM
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Originally Posted by 84Red
Here is the cluster lit with white ledsAttachment 455352



Would you mind doing a DIY on the process it takes to remove the dash cluster to install the white lights. It look really nice by the way. i thought it might benifit some members if you could do a short DIY on how toget to the lights. Thank you for the nice pic's
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I've bought some good bulbs from superbright, but I've also had quite a few of theirs turn out to be junk.
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Yeah i could do that. Not sure if there already is one but I will give it a shot. I will make a new post for it though.

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