Blue LED on cluster = no go... - Toyota Nation Forum : Toyota Car and Truck Forums

Kitto · 02-16-2007, 05:30 AM

http://www.toyotanation.com/forum/t156626.html

I order some Blue LED for the cluster and change them out... not better than regular blue tint bulbs...

geoff5093 · 02-16-2007, 06:38 AM

Is that clear light leaking through the 140mph area, or is that just the camera angle?

It looks pretty sweet though.

DarkMastyr · 02-16-2007, 10:16 AM

It's a smaller 74 size bulb that wasn't changed out.

***ASG14*** · 02-16-2007, 10:57 AM

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Originally Posted by DarkMastyr

It's a smaller 74 size bulb that wasn't changed out.

Screw that damn bulb too, haha.

I personally like a nice white.

nuchieboy · 02-16-2007, 04:49 PM

im gonna make my gen 4's gauges white so im thinking about taking the covers off the stock bulbs...but do the needles have their own bulbs? cauz i wanna have white gauges and red needles...thanks

***ASG14*** · 02-16-2007, 04:53 PM

The OEM bulbs in your cluster are not white, they have a yellow tinge. You really need to use LED's for it to look good. For youe needles, take them off and paint them red like I did.

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Sniperdude · 02-16-2007, 09:48 PM

I installed glow gauges in my car, I've really gotta go out and take a pic, but it's too damn cold.

nuchieboy · 02-17-2007, 12:21 AM

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Originally Posted by ASG14

The OEM bulbs in your cluster are not white, they have a yellow tinge. You really need to use LED's for it to look good. For youe needles, take them off and paint them red like I did.

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so if i take the covers off them it will not look white? also with led's dont i need to hook up resistors and such? thanks

***ASG14*** · 02-17-2007, 12:27 AM

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Originally Posted by nuchieboy

so if i take the covers off them it will not look white? also with led's dont i need to hook up resistors and such? thanks

When you take the covers off, they actually have a yellow tinge to them. Best way to describe it is to look at your headlights. They are not white, they are yellowish.

The LED's made FOR cars, almost always have the resistor built right inot it, so it;s a plug it in and turn on, nothing more. the ONLY LED I have found that works on the Camry cluster is the 5 LED Wide Angle ones. It spreads the light the best, out of the 5 different ones I tried (and $50+ later

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DarkMastyr · 02-17-2007, 01:49 AM

Personally I prefer red.

94CoupeV6 · 02-17-2007, 03:44 AM

Nice I really like the red. Quick question to you - my climate control lights above the deck went out a while ago. I use to be able to smack them really hard and they would come back on but not anymore. I want to change the bulb colors anyways. Do I just pull the trim off like I'm removing the dash? I'm sure I could figure it out if I pulled the trim off, I just hope it's as easy as I think it will be. Also, what size bulbs are they? I think blue would look good with my EL gauges and blue Alpine deck (and blue painted dash and car).

Thanks

metalo69 · 02-17-2007, 03:51 AM

Here is a shot of my guages=

I Made them myself because I tried those reverse glow gauges and didn't like how every other car on the road has them, so I built these. Once I get my car back I'll take a night shot of them for you.

Personally I had no problem making my backlight LEDs work great, but the way to do it is to take the cluster apart a little and drill a few extra holes for more LEDs to fit into to make the light pattern even. At least thats how I did it.

geoff5093 · 02-17-2007, 07:38 AM

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Originally Posted by ASG14

Screw that damn bulb too, haha.

I personally like a nice white.

Same here, I really like the Gen5 colors for the speed cluster.

Tuner571 · 02-17-2007, 07:49 AM

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Originally Posted by ASG14

Screw that damn bulb too, haha.

I personally like a nice white.

Thats looks really good man, is that the dash of the camry you are working on now?

nuchieboy · 02-17-2007, 09:33 AM

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Originally Posted by ASG14

When you take the covers off, they actually have a yellow tinge to them. Best way to describe it is to look at your headlights. They are not white, they are yellowish.

The LED's made FOR cars, almost always have the resistor built right inot it, so it;s a plug it in and turn on, nothing more. the ONLY LED I have found that works on the Camry cluster is the 5 LED Wide Angle ones. It spreads the light the best, out of the 5 different ones I tried (and $50+ later

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ok nice so i dont have to hook up any kind of resistors...do u know where i can get the 5 LED Angle ones? and one more quick question...so that only way to get the needles to light up red is to paint them? any idea on what kind of paint to use or where i can get it? thanks!