Custom Guages on '98 Camry LE

[thaFranchize2b]

I have a '98 Camry LE and I saw this guy on Cardomain.com with red guages on his '97 camry (I would ask him but he hasnt logged in in forever)
here's what his look like (let me know if this pic doesnt show up)


So I want to know where I could find some custom guages like his (only I want blue) and about how much this would cost.. Also I was thinking, do you have to get all new gauges or can you just change the color with maybe a bulb or something?
Thanks

[nuchieboy]

yea all that guy did was change the 5 bulbs that are behind the stock gauge cluster...search the forums there are diy's on here for changing the bulbs

[99lecamry]

They are just diff color bulbs in the back of the cluster

[rebel8ball]

i tried the blue bulbs route, looked like poo, maybe some blue leds would work better, i dunno i gace up there and bought the reverse glow white face guages off of ebay for about 25 delivered and then put red leds in for the needles.
the how to for the bulb change is at the very top in the sticky for faq's

[wtftoy]

You're talking about something like this? Ebay
I might change my gauges in the future....but car maintenance first! Have to change spark plugs and probably suspension (finally getting around to checking out this noise that has been occuring everytime I run over a bump)

[rebel8ball]

thats exactly what i just put in (same seller to, shipped fast) at 25 delivered i wasnt gonnas pass it up, and well worth the money when leds will run around 15 delivered for bright ones thru super bright, and regular bulbs will run around 2-4 bucks a pack if i remember right and wont look good. anywho if ya wanna do it with bulbs try http://www.superbrightleds.com/cgi-b...8.9634&next=50
i have the 79 cent ones in there and its not bright enough for the needles to show up well, i called and they said to go with at least the 4 led bulb, the 6 would be better, i just havent had time to measure the opening and make sure the 6 led bulbs will fit thru the opening. but do trust me on this, the blue incandescent bulbs wont give you what you are looking for to recolor the dash lights. in fact i looked, here is a pic of mine when i did it...

now u see why i did the guages

[CharmCityES]

its just as easy as changing the bulbs in back of the cluster to your desired color.....the red/amber is the best choice for that because it shows up quite well.....ive seen it done on a few gen 3-4s, and i did it on one of my old cars

[thaFranchize2b]

Originally Posted by rebel8ball

thats exactly what i just put in (same seller to, shipped fast) at 25 delivered i wasnt gonnas pass it up, and well worth the money when leds will run around 15 delivered for bright ones thru super bright, and regular bulbs will run around 2-4 bucks a pack if i remember right and wont look good. anywho if ya wanna do it with bulbs try http://www.superbrightleds.com/cgi-b...8.9634&next=50
i have the 79 cent ones in there and its not bright enough for the needles to show up well, i called and they said to go with at least the 4 led bulb, the 6 would be better, i just havent had time to measure the opening and make sure the 6 led bulbs will fit thru the opening. but do trust me on this, the blue incandescent bulbs wont give you what you are looking for to recolor the dash lights. in fact i looked, here is a pic of mine when i did it...

now u see why i did the guages

THose glow gauges look really cool but I would still rather change the bulbs. And Im kinda already set on Blue, cuz my car is blue and I have some blue neons under my seats and I want em to match
So I looked at http://superlumination.com/194.htm and there are a ton of 194's on there and Im not sure which one's I need.

[Creeps228]

DUde ok suprebirghtleds if an awsome site for LEDS, but try ebay on go with the 5 angle LEDs...they give the best light all around...i got three 4 led bulbs and two 5 angle LEDS in the guage cluster and the 5 angle one light up better, way better LIke these

[boombringer]

How hard is it to put in White Face Reverse Gauges In a 93?

[thaFranchize2b]

Originally Posted by Creeps228

DUde ok suprebirghtleds if an awsome site for LEDS, but try ebay on go with the 5 angle LEDs...they give the best light all around...i got three 4 led bulbs and two 5 angle LEDS in the guage cluster and the 5 angle one light up better, way better LIke these

Thanks man Those are perfect. I think Im gonna get those.. too bad it only comes with 2 bulbs though

[illuzionx]

Wow! i cant wait to put some bright white LED's in my dash! how good would that look in a GEN 3?

does anyone have anymore pics of their dash? different colours etc. This is really interesting!

is it possible to have a different needle colour to the dial itself?

[Creeps228]

[illuzionx]

Them guages arent stock are they?

they still look nice though.

anyone else have pics of their guages? preferably stock, but if they arent, i stil wana see them

[Creeps228]

they are stock wit the reverse glow on top