Perfect colored bulbs for gauge cluster!

[mjweier]

So after all this time I finally freaking found the PERFECT colored 194 bulbs for the 99 'rolla!

They are from superbrightleds.com and have the perfect brightness and no uneven lighting! I don't know if this has been driving anyone else around here crazy, but I figured I'd put it in here just for reference from now on.

Here's the link to the BULBS and here's a pic of what they look like just in case:



Here's a pic of them newly installed in my car! =D

[Milky]

i have them in white, in the guage cluster, center console, and license plate lights. they do look good.

[mjweier]

How do they look in the center console? What size bulb are they? I was under the impression that if you put these in you'd get skewed colors because the center console panels have colored backing. I want to get the whole center console blue, but donno if it would look weird. :-\ Any thoughts?

[Milky]

Originally Posted by mjweier

How do they look in the center console? What size bulb are they? I was under the impression that if you put these in you'd get skewed colors because the center console panels have colored backing. I want to get the whole center console blue, but donno if it would look weird. :- Any thoughts?

there the ones to replace 74's. i got them all in white, so no colors are skewed. it looks good, its a nice clean cool white. i would say stick with white, blue would make the red look purple. i got out of the whole colored bulbs/leds a while ago. i only get white to replace any of my interior bulbs, and if its a turn signal or license plate lights. i just like the look of white leds. its just clean.

[PhatRoyale]

It's all personal preference, just get the color that you like best.

Those look good! I might get some myself in the future when I have time.

[mjweier]

Yeah! I was amazed with the quality of them! The dim function works perfectly and everything as well as the light dispersement. I thought for sure there were gonna be dim spots on the gauges. I think I might go with blue for the center panels just because I wanna keep the blue theme going.

Milky, how many of those bulbs are located behind the climate control panel?

[StefanTRD]

Originally Posted by mjweier

So after all this time I finally freaking found the PERFECT colored 194 bulbs for the 99 'rolla!

They are from superbrightleds.com and have the perfect brightness and no uneven lighting! I don't know if this has been driving anyone else around here crazy, but I figured I'd put it in here just for reference from now on.

Here's the link to the BULBS and here's a pic of what they look like just in case:



Here's a pic of them newly installed in my car! =D

so basically, the picture of the bulbs is the one we should buy if we want these LEDs?

[mjweier]

No, click on the 'bulbs' link. Its in caps and underlined.

[C0R011A]

Originally Posted by mjweier

Yeah! I was amazed with the quality of them! The dim function works perfectly and everything as well as the light dispersement. I thought for sure there were gonna be dim spots on the gauges. I think I might go with blue for the center panels just because I wanna keep the blue theme going.

Milky, how many of those bulbs are located behind the climate control panel?

i just got these bulbs yesterday along with the center panel and ash tray bulbs in blue also...i put them all in today but its still light out so ill let you know if the blue interferes with the ac controls or anything and post a pick if i can

edit: just to be clear i got blue for the ac control panel

[mjweier]

Originally Posted by C0R011A

i just got these bulbs yesterday along with the center panel and ash tray bulbs in blue also...i put them all in today but its still light out so ill let you know if the blue interferes with the ac controls or anything and post a pick if i can

edit: just to be clear i got blue for the ac control panel

Awesome! So you found 74 bulbs for the center panel? Could you provide a link to the exact bulbs you got along with a pic of what they look like at night? I looked on superbrightleds.com but I couldn't find 74's with a LED filament bulb. =[

edit: wow, completely missed the section where it says #74 BULB. haha, well which one did you get from there? They have the regular LED, the LED filaments, and the 3 sided LED filaments. I'm curious to see the turnout of it!

[randini667]

Those bulbs are hot. Putting them on my want list.

[C0R011A]

being low on cash i got the cheapest ones...the first 74 bulbs listed

http://www.superbrightleds.com/cgi-b....12715&next=50

and pics will come with darkness

[Toxygene]

I love superbrightleds.com . I get quite a few bulbs from them.

[C0R011A]

here what i installed..im extremely happy with the gauge bulbs and reccommend them to anyone but the hvac lighting didnt work to well. the blue is hardley noticable







i took out the ash tray in order to illuminate the little well in front of the shifter




sry for the poor quality i dont have a fancy high end camera

[all2baka]

For the HVAC 74 bulb, you probably should've gone with the the High Power SMD, either the one or 3 SMD version.