Blue gauges and HVAC

[brndns_hoe]

holy shit that 9LED festoon is $15 ea... $90 to swap LEDS in is a bit to high for me...

i think you might be looking at the wrong ones, that or the price dropped dramatically

here's a pic of the one's danimalmax used on his

http://www.tahoeyukonforum.com/forum/album.php?albumid=46&pictureid=301


and here's the link from the same ledlight.com site for that bulb...only 4 bucks

http://www.ledlight.com/festoon-super-bright-led-light-1-3-4-inches-41-mm.aspx

 

[JKmotorsports]

Yea, I think ur looking at the wrong ones, Ty. Mine were only about three bucks each. Check the link above that brndns posted.

 

[TheFuzz]

You guys have all used the forward-firing LEDs, but do you think that the multi-directional LED bulbs would put out a smoother fill in the area behind the cluster and eliminate some of the hot spots?

Something like this maybe:

http://www.ledlight.com/t10-wedge-5-ultra-bright-smt-led-light.aspx

Or would that be too bright? I just put red versions of those in the driver's side map light of out new trailblazers at work (for writing tickets and whatnot at night), and they are pretty damn bright...I just don't know how much light gets filtered by the gauges. These are considerably more expensive too, nearly $9/ea.

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Ah, I think these would be perfect! I didn't realize that there were several pages worth of these things.

http://www.ledlight.com/t10-wedge-5-led-light.aspx

Not as bright, but still puts out light to the sides. Those might do nicely, what do you think JK?

 

[tybardy]

http://www.ledlight.com/festoon-ultra-bright-led-light-1-3-4-inches-41-mm.aspx

are these the right size?

 

[BOSS]

http://www.ledlight.com/festoon-ultra-bright-led-light-1-3-4-inches-41-mm.aspx

are these the right size?

u fix ur shit yet?

B

 

[tybardy]

truck is still stuck, arm is still busted..... just looking ahead, kinda wanna do red led's inside

 

[JKmotorsports]

You guys have all used the forward-firing LEDs, but do you think that the multi-directional LED bulbs would put out a smoother fill in the area behind the cluster and eliminate some of the hot spots?



http://www.ledlight.com/t10-wedge-5-led-light.aspx

Not as bright, but still puts out light to the sides. Those might do nicely, what do you think JK?

I tried these in my Caddy and they don't work as well. Not nearly as bright as the forward firing ones.

 

[JKmotorsports]

http://www.ledlight.com/festoon-ultra-bright-led-light-1-3-4-inches-41-mm.aspx

are these the right size?

Yep.

 

[zach2011]

The HVAC control bulbs are soldered in place. I used (8) LEDs and 500 ohm resistors on each and soldered them in place of the original bulbs.
You'll lose the ability to adjust the intensity without some sort of PWM controller, but for me, it's not a big deal.

How do you get to those bulbs on the HVAC? And also where do you get the resistors?

I ordered blue LED's for my cluster but I was kinda wanting to put white in the HVAC, do you think it would look to close to factory style lights?


Thanks JK!

 

[JKmotorsports]

How do you get to those bulbs on the HVAC? And also where do you get the resistors?

I ordered blue LED's for my cluster but I was kinda wanting to put white in the HVAC, do you think it would look to close to factory style lights?


Thanks JK!

You have disassemble the entire HVAC housing to get to the board, then remove the board. You can pick the resistors up at Radio Shack. And I need to edit my post, because I meant 5000 ohm resistors, not 500.
White LEDs would look ****. They will look much whiter and brighter than the stock bulbs.