rog2961

anyone ever use these?
http://www.makotoautotrends.com/stor...GX&maker=ACURA

if not, does anyone have the instructions on taking apart the gauges?

3.0VTECboy

when i first got my CL, I was all about modding it and I was looking at the white guages but after thinking about it I just decided that the stock ones are just as cool - if not cooler...IMHO

rog2961

i have a CL-P and i want the white faces

2001CL

RaptorCLS

how can we make the backlight brighter...like a bright blue for example....i think the stocks are kinda dull ...i like the color that the tsx had when i had one for a loaner...

vinarnold

would look nice thats for sure.

brianlin87

iTrader: (1)

those gauges look like shit

CLoe

I have a clp too and have been looking for gauges too, but I really want the reverse indiglo, but I 'm having trouble finding them. They're avaible for the TL but not sure if they'll fit.

anothercls

I would like to get the same blue in the 04 TL, TSX, but havent looked or worried about it.

rbf351

u can do like i did and replace the bulbs with leds



here are all the pics

http://www.rbf351.com/CL-S/?path=./new/

jriga

That did not look like fun - can you give some specifics?? How long did it take to do the car? Where did you get the LEDs from? How hard?

Etc...

Thanks - pics look good!! I bet that made a world of difference in that car, eh?? The stock bulbs are quite dull...

J

dgracer

Sweet mother of all that is good, this rocks!!! It looks difficult even though I do possess a solder gun. Any way to get a parts list and more step by step?

JakeCL

does your dimmer still work?
where did you get the leds?

jriga

the suspense is killing me man... let the light shine on us!

WILLDOGS

wow that pic is huge.

looks nice tho.

jimcol711

those knock-off gauges look like garbage, if you want white face gauges, go with the CL-S gauges, the actual parts, not that knock off crap

rog2961

that looks great any instructions??

rbf351

it was not fun, took a weekend just to do the cluster cause i had to remove the stock blue color that was painted on the back of the gauges without removing the needles, and getting to needles to light up was a project itself

the leds are just plain super white leds that i go off ebay, and stuck 1 led behind each number

the needles have to have light at the right angle to make them light up, had to crazy glue 2 leds per needle to get that to work.

otherwise the rest of the car u remove each bulb and replace it with a led and resistor

not sure if that answers the question, but if u got any let me know i'll answer them the best i can

rbf351

yup the dimmer still works since i didn't change where the power is coming from

jriga

There is money to be made by creating dash kits that have the LED conversion done. I'd REALLY like to do this.

Are the guages on the 03 CL-S the same as the 01 CL-S in terms of brightness, etc...??

Jeremy

jriga

I talked to a tech here at Infiniti who said I'd be nuts to take the guages apart and do this - said it would take TONS of time, glue, solder, and luck...

rbf351 - how much to have you do my guages?

rog2961

do you know the value of the resistors, and do you have pics of when you took apart the dash for the radio and everything?

rbf351

yes they are the same brightness for all years, and yes it's nuts doing what i did, but when someone tells me it can't be done i'll do it just to prove them wrong

not sure, how much u wanna pay?

i can do an entire cluster or even a car in 1 day if i work for 4 hours non stop

rbf351

it;s either 620 or 680 ohms

and no i don't ahve any other pics, it was taking me a while to do it and just wanted to finsh and get the car back togehter and show it off to everyone

RaptorCLS

That looks cool...I would be scared to remove that much myself though.

rbf351

it takes about 10 minutes tops for me to remove the entire cluster and radio and navi screen from the car

jriga

I've looked at these pics like 400 times. I like the look and the only thing I hate on my CL-S are the quages and semi green/white light that comes from them...

SO - I could really use your help with parts and instructions here and there-- I have an understanding of LED technology.... but I'm guessing there were alot of things you learned that would be potential mistakes for me before I start ripping stuff apart...

If you know:
What are the LEDS you used? How many OHM? How many Millimeter? Etc... I see tons on eBay, and I'm just not sure which ones would work best.

Do I need any special wiring for the guage cluster?

Were you able to change ALL the lights in the car?? Meaning even the little trip reset deal on the dash, etc...??

Any and all help is appreciated greatly - and if you want to come to Ohio and install, I'll pay for gas and labor!

Thanks!

rbf351

take a look at my pics from the link i posted, every single light has been changed

silverstarr

The backlighting for the LCD on the radio looks to have a bluish tone to it. Were super whites used for this as well?

Also, the seat heater LEDs look bluish/green from the pic.

rbf351

all of the bulbs are super white, for some reason it looks like that in the pic, but in person it is all white and everything matches