So I put LED's into my guage surround trim thing...

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Old Feb 11, 2006 | 08:34 PM
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So I put LED's into my guage surround trim thing...

Yeah they are really bright! Soon I will install a dimmer... There are 14 total 3mm LED's in it and let me tell ya, THEY ARE BRIGHT AS HELL. The needles actually GLOW!




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Old Feb 11, 2006 | 08:36 PM
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Overkill. I always like LED mods that make the gauges look factory.
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Old Feb 11, 2006 | 08:59 PM
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Old Feb 11, 2006 | 09:10 PM
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Old Feb 11, 2006 | 09:36 PM
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haha looks like a mini club in there.

you could have just got a light bar in there...wont blind you from all the leds.


like mine...

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Old Feb 11, 2006 | 09:52 PM
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Old Feb 11, 2006 | 10:03 PM
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that would be such a distraction for me.......wont you get pulled over for that?
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Old Feb 12, 2006 | 12:23 AM
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alittle much for my liking but you get an A for effort
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Old Feb 12, 2006 | 12:47 AM
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and the academy award for best photoshop of the night goes to...


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Old Feb 12, 2006 | 12:52 AM
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LMAO greg ahahaha
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Old Feb 12, 2006 | 01:07 AM
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I don't get it

That's gotta be blinding at night, wtf is the point?
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Old Feb 12, 2006 | 01:25 AM
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if you have a dremel, you should sand off the tips so you dont have straight rays, and have a more distributed light beam

that is looking kinda bright, shaving off about 1-2mm of the tip will look flush with the black trim and look clean and not so bright
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Old Feb 12, 2006 | 03:21 AM
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Um... what?

That's gaudy as hell.

Do you also have underbody neon and some Type-R stickers? :P
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Old Feb 12, 2006 | 08:15 AM
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Old Feb 12, 2006 | 12:01 PM
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Poor guy is prob sittin in his room crying right now...lol
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Old Feb 12, 2006 | 12:05 PM
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Originally Posted by VaTECh_CL
Poor guy is prob sittin in his room crying right now...lol

nah hes a good guy,

cut him some slack, that was all in good humour (not the ice cream).

he had an extra gauge cluster surround.

this is the same guy with a Parts CL.

he baught a salvaged ack , remember?

does look pretty bad though.

Where else would you go for honest opinnions though?

thats why ive been here for so long.
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Old Feb 12, 2006 | 12:06 PM
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"blinded by the light..."


sorry man, too much...
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Old Feb 12, 2006 | 03:18 PM
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I have led bulbs in all my internal lights, but that is a bit much man. I do give you props for the effort though, I know a good amount of work to make it look clean, and if you like it, then I totally approve, looks good, maybe it's not as bright without the camera, but it's hard to tell. Nice custom job though, it's different
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Old Feb 12, 2006 | 03:28 PM
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not my style but whatever

what happen with that parts car
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Old Feb 12, 2006 | 04:19 PM
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i think theres just too much goin on in there, kinda tacky, but props for thinkin about it
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Old Feb 12, 2006 | 06:12 PM
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How about taking pics when you dim it a little
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Old Feb 12, 2006 | 06:20 PM
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Originally Posted by dragon084
nah hes a good guy,

cut him some slack, that was all in good humour (not the ice cream).

he had an extra gauge cluster surround.

this is the same guy with a Parts CL.

he baught a salvaged ack , remember?

does look pretty bad though.

Where else would you go for honest opinnions though?

thats why ive been here for so long.
damn. lol. thank god it was an extra one

someone mentioned killing the LED's a bit.. try that. if it wasnt so bright maybe it would look decent
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Old Feb 12, 2006 | 08:06 PM
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at least make the LED's flush! Ewwwww Looks like your car has nipples
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Old Feb 12, 2006 | 10:33 PM
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Originally Posted by dragon084
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that fricken funny
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Old Feb 12, 2006 | 10:40 PM
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Originally Posted by hybridnrg


like mine...
that's hawt.


where is the light bar installed? can you see the bulb part during the day?
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Old Feb 12, 2006 | 11:00 PM
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I like it, might be a little bright, but the concept's nice
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Old Feb 12, 2006 | 11:07 PM
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Originally Posted by Smalls
that's hawt.


where is the light bar installed? can you see the bulb part during the day?

i took out the oem light bar, and put a small blacklight in there, which has two blue leds at the end of it. And no you cant see it during the day...its hidden...the bar fits perfect.
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Old Feb 13, 2006 | 01:05 AM
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holy Light-Bright Batman!
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Old Feb 13, 2006 | 10:03 PM
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Props for trying something new, but yeah, definitely put a dimmer in. And like someone else mentioned, you might want to try to make the flush rather than sticking out.
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