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Liter · 11-03-2005, 05:32 PM

Its finally complete: I change the gauge bulbs with blue leds, the temperature bulb toa homemade blue LED. Finally the floor lighting with 12" cathodes. Go ahead and flame me for ricin up my car i think it looks hawt.

TokyoRacer · 11-03-2005, 05:55 PM

I hope you put the udnerdash lgihts are on a swithc..they get bothersome at night when you have to drive for a long while. My blacklights got annoying.. but I accidentally pulled apart the wires so now they don't work!

Liter · 11-03-2005, 05:58 PM

Yup they come on with the headlights but i also hard wired a switch to turn them off.

***Knailgun*** · 11-03-2005, 06:24 PM

I like it but you need another pedal to the left side of the brake

Anshu · 11-03-2005, 07:23 PM

looks good
but i prefer when they comeon with the door

Liter · 11-03-2005, 07:27 PM

Ya i was thinking about that too. But it would of been alot more work to figure out which is hte correct wire from the fuse box that leads to the dome light. Plus if i had it that way then there a much better chance of letting the battery die having them on.

puzzle man · 11-03-2005, 10:07 PM

i replaced my speedo lights with LEDS didn't see the problem some of you were having with it lighting up specific areas like a spotlight. I used these LEDS that I found they have concave lenses, which helps disribute the light more evenly then the regular ones that are avaliable. This picture shows the bulb near a piece of perspex, from how I see it the light beam hits the perspex and then is re-directed into the area of the speedo. There are 4 LEDS that can be replaced with 3 that are used to light up the speedo area and a 4th one which is used for the battery light. I only replaced the 3 that are used for the speedo. I used red LEDS but you can also find them in yellow, green and blue I purchased mine from Pep's Auto but you can get them from Autobarn aswell. They are rougly around $10-12 for 2 LEDS, they are like a wedge style globe - the same as the ones that go in your indicators. One point to remember if your thinking of doing this is to undo your speedo cable from the engine bay.

While I had everything out I also decided to paint my speedo surround. I used a plastic primer, then several coats of colour and a clear just to give it a glossier, brighter look.

This is everything all put back together, and lit up at night.

Anshu · 11-03-2005, 11:08 PM

i wrote a thread on how to do it with the doors a while back

Liter · 11-03-2005, 11:58 PM

Ya i had the same problem with the light being to direct...till somone mentioned about scuffing it up with sand paper. Worked great.

leasaunce · 11-05-2005, 05:51 AM

thats nice!! i did that couple of weeks ago. but its WHITE. i wanna put another 2 at the rear seats....

dna59 · 11-05-2005, 06:04 AM

Nice looks good. I have neons under my dash and now I don't even put them on again. They annoy the hell out of me now. I guess I'll just wire them up to come on when the door is opened.

[khumbmela] · 11-20-2005, 04:57 AM

any DIY on those cathodes?.. that looks hot man.. i want one in my car..

Liter · 11-20-2005, 12:48 PM

I plan on doing my buddies car next weekend witha spare set of cathodes i have. Ill see if i can make a DIY. But honestly dude they arent that hard to do at all.