DPOLICH

I've done a search without any luck.

Does anyone know of brighter bulbs that can be substitued for original ones?
Light bulbs, not LED's.

NSXNEXT

iTrader: (2)

LEDs are your only option

rbf351

leds will not do anything to the stock cluster without modification

you need to remove the stock filtering on the back of the gauges then position a shit load of leds to make it light properly

here is the mess i had to make, to make the leds work


this is what happens if you don't remove the stock filter


this is what mine looked like after hours of work

rezurex

DAMN that LED set up looks nice!

rbf ya think you can hook me up? how much would u charge to do the LED install for me? that looks tight

Drgnchild

That looks tight as hell but what about the rest of the dash ie. the clock, the ac controls etc. did you change those to or did you leave it stock, and if you did how does it look with the guage cluster one color and the rest of the dash then stock greenish color.

rbf351

i actually did everything in the car, down to the mirror and buttons on the door

rbf351

i could do it for you, PM me

Drgnchild

That looks fucking sick you think I can get that done as well I been wanting a new look that greenish s*@t color inside the car now. Hook me up Please. I take you can do it in any color since LED's come in various colors how would the blue look would it be too dark you think. Yo you drink I'll bring the beer!!!! Let me know whats up, Hey are you going to the meet next week at the park I would love to see it in person.

rbf351

any color can be done, but white is much easier for the cluster, since blue led's can't light up the needles and i would have to use 6 white leds just for the needles

i'm not gonna be at the meet, but i also put it back to stock last month cause i thought i was gonna sell the car

Drgnchild

Do you still have in mid that you are going to sell or did you change. Can we work out something so that I can have this done on my ride. How long is this take to get done.

rbf351

i'm keeping the car...


i can do it for you, thats no problem. it took me almost 3 weeks, only cause it did it slowly and tested everything. the entire car can be done in about 6-8 hours depending on how fast i can work

Drgnchild

You let me know all the details I will definitely give you a hand to help things along if you a spot to work at I'm sure we can do it at my Brothers shop just let me know all the details like I said before and we can take it from there. Thanks Man!!!

NiteQwill

rbd351:
How did you get your clock to show the time that big on your Navi? I hate squinting to see it in the lower, right corner....

rbf351

there are 2 ways

1 is just leave the navi alone when you start the car and it goes there by itself


the other way is goto setup and shut down the navi, then press the clock with your finger and it moves back and forth from the corner to the center

123456SPEED

Just touch the time, it jumps back and forth.

NiteQwill

Argh, mine doesn't do that. Different software? I guess I'll live with squinting.

RaptorCLS

Damn..woud really like to do that to mine...sucks that you're on the other freakin side of the US

Chaptorial

You sure your doing it right, cuz all Nav's should do this?

DPOLICH

Those look incredible.
Wish I were on the east coast too.


Do the LED's dim like light bulbs when you use the dimmer switch?

jproy

why couldnt you just paint the existing bulbs in the cluster with a transparent color of choice? whould this not work. Isnt this what the makers of aftermarket bulbs do for headlights to change the color besides changing the watage of the bulb.

Chopsie

Those LEDs looks awesome man !

NiteQwill

Go ahead, it's pretty Plus painting leave imperfections. They don't paint bulbs, they dip them. Wattage of a bulb does not change its color.

rbf351

will not work on most Honda clusters

what they do is put a filter on the actual gauges, in the CL it is blue, so when you light a regular bulb which is kinda yellow in color and shines through the blue filter you get green, the filter is also to shine the light evenly, so sticking new brighter bulbs in will not work

Red-CL

Doesn't everybody from the west coast.

jproy

niteqwill,

painting a bulb would indeed be ghetto! I was refering to something a little more sophistocated like dipping. As far as wattage is concerned i was reffering to a dimly lit bulb appearing a little less white than a well lit bright bulb.

RBF351,

thanks for the reply. I did not know they had a filter on the guage. Your install looks great either way and I wish i was on your side of the country to check it out and possibly do it.

JIM