Instrument Cluster LED mod v.4.0 complete DIY coming soon.
 

As the title says, I finally completed my buddies car with the final revisions to my cluster mod. Now it includes a voltage regulator for better reliability. I've also rearranged the superflux leds for better dispersement of light. Wiring has been changed too.

Ok, I know you really don't care what I did to improve my mod, you just want a DIY. Well its coming, but if you aren't electronically inclined, better find a buddy who is. And you better have lots of time on your hands, its not a quick mod for sure, if you want it done right the first time.

Yes I know its red, thats what he wanted
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In case you were wondering about daytime
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Sneak peak for the DIY, Think you can do it? And some people I refuse to name (starts with and M and ends with z) wonder why I charge the way I charge to do this for someone
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Yes even the bulb for the lower gauge indicator is an LED now
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Voltage regulator with heatsink installed on the back of cluster
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As for the DIY, still looking at July when I have vacation and I can sit down and actually write something. I took many pics that I have to sort through as well. Some of them didnt come out well, my cam sucks!!!

I am not going to lie, you are amazing.

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can we lock this thread so dumb people don't go running their mouths again and piss him off enough to not do the diy for the rest of us patient, respectful, and gracious members.

BTW looks increddible, can't wait for july!:thumbsup:

Starts with M and ends with Z. hmm could that be Murdaz? lol

Your work is amazing.

soo uhh how much to get you to come to nj n do this for me?? lol great job

Looks great. Get the DIY up and ill probably try this myself to upgrade my current leds

Oh thats sexy. I want to do this sooo bad. Looking forward to the DIY.

Great work, makes it looks like the gauges from the 3G TL.

I know on the CL side a couple of people screwed up with their L.E.D modifications and this https://acurazine.com/forums/showthread.php?t=183510 resulted. Would your DIY method minimize the chance of this happening?

i wont start, but it looks easy, all this time i thought u glued it to the back of the gauges, didnt think of the housing

There's always some kind of risk of any modifications, its something you need to ask yourself if you are able to do it. So far I haven't destroyed any clusters I have modified. As for the CL post, I have no idea what he did, but I makes me wonder how much force he did to install those bulbs. I had those long time ago, they work fine for a bit, but since they are rated for 12volts, they'll start to blink in about 6 months.

Murdaz, it may look easy, but it is tedious and long to do if you want to do it right. Plus who did all the work to figure it out in the first place? Yeah easy my ass!!!

omgah.. my head hurts... :run:

:thumbsup: on the work~!

i'll be buying you a plane ticket to come do mine. :tongue:

i wish... :tomato:

I absolutely love the way this looks. Looking forward to the DIY, I'm pretty good with electronics so as long as this isn't too hard to do, I'll be doing it!

Very nice work
 

Having done two full rewiring jobs on my VW's, I know how much time and effort goes into anything electrical to get it right. Anyone that thinks this is easy, especially without any type of Acura guide or manual to refer to, is mistaken.
I am looking forward to your DIY, I have a 2000 TL that I will be changing out the stereo and all dash LED's soon. I want to go blue and the pale blue that you get when installing bright white with the filters in place.

Thumbs up to the custom wiring :thumbsup:

how much for a used cluster haha

Hey ONTL you still sisn't get back to me for Tuesday. I can see why you hav't gotten back, lol, too busy working on you LEDs. Cluster looks incredible as usual. Send me a PM and let me know when I can come down...

good job with the wiring and getting the light to disperse properly. I love how you have an external resistor board rather than messing with resistors near the LEDs.

I highly recommend sending your gauge and let OntarioTL do it for you.
He is an amazing guy btw... doing great job on those works.... :thumbsup: :toocool: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

btw...OntarioTL u got PM, sorry too busy in these months...... :whyme: :wish:

lol; how much to send my gauges out to get this done =p

fantastic looking

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now that's the best Light up LED I have every seem for 2gen TL :thumbsup:

this is great
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I tried to read your first PM but it got screwed up. And I was ready for you on Tuesday (yesterday) so we will have to reschedule for sure but I'm not working around my birthday. I'm on vaca

Thats alright, whenever you send it, but it will take me a bit to fix it up for you. And I can't change it to red for you, it could damage your label if I try to clean it again.

I'm really looking forward to this DIY but I just hope that the soldering part isn't too hard..

PFFFFTTT looks like LEDautomotive.com for me :sad:

OntarioTL i would live to discuss a way for me to possibly get my cluster to you so you can do the phenomenal job you seem to do, on mine!! I will def want to wait for you DIY to see if possibly i could have my dad help since he is good at that stuff...but a price range never hurts to know i might not want to even risk it...or not do as good as you and be disappointed

cant wait for this diy :-)

x1,000,000

This is the main thing I want to do to my TL. Help! POST IT PLEASE.

Thats some f'n amazing work right there. Looks great.

Good luck with the DIY.
If I was keeping my TL I would definately send my cluster to you. :thumbsup:

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hes gonna school us with that DIY on LED's. Hes gonna shut it down!

so ont. can you list the supplies? im taking my dash apart today and want to get to it. i honestly just need to know the ratings on the LED's

Ok, just working on reinstalling everything back on my computer. Then I can start working on my DIY.

Alright a list of things you need.

I recommend getting these parts from digikey.com

10- 120 Ohm 1/4 watt metal film resistor (always buy extra just in case)
10- 680 Ohm 1/4 watt metal film resistor
1- Sharp PQ12RD21 voltage regulator
1- HS119-ND heatsink for voltage regulator

Wire can come from Radio Shack (or The Source in Canada)

1- Role of 2 wire conductor 24 awg solid wire Catalog #: 278-857.

Its a little thicker than I would like it, but it is easier to wrap the wire around the led terminals. You could always get Cat 5 cable and use the wiring from that. I think its 30 awg solid wire. It should still work and be easier to mount on the cluster but I'm not sure if it would be good for dispersing heat from the superflux leds.

LED's come from ebay. I recommend searching leds from JELED electronic co. Yes they are from Hong Kong so it will take about 2 weeks to get.

50 - 5mm white LED 55,000 mcd (its the smallest amount you can order)
50 - Superflux white LED 25,000 mcd

That should help you get started, but taking your car apart wont do you any good since some of the parts will have to be ordered.

awesome job...so how much would it take for u to do this for me? =)

just got all my equipment today :wish:

A little bonus
 

Good stuff! :thumbsup: There are a few other things but those you might have already or its an easy pick up at a store. I should be done soon.

Now for those have you that have waited patiently, I have a bonus mod that I will include with the DIY shortly if you wish to try and attempt it. Can you guess what it is from this pic?

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Im going to say that your extra thing is even if you are in regular automatic, the shift display or whatever you want to call it, will tell you what gear you are in... Kinda like on the Mazda 6's

nah, i dont think thats it, it would be cool as hell though!!

he changed the color behind the SS gear control display :thumbsup:

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ont= king of tease lol