hamburglar490

Finally got around to switching out the cluster with LED's. Took a while to figure out how to get the dash trim off because the DIY was a dead link but it was well worth the time.

LED Color: "Cool" White
Sport Shift: Blue

Parts:
5x 24 SMD LED (SuperBrightLeds) $2.49 each
4x 74 SMD LED (SuperBrightLeds) $2.49 each

DanTL-S

No one responded to this yet? I think it looks pretty nice man. How long did it take you?

hamburglar490

Hahah thanks man, it took probably 2-3 hours because I was just staring at the dash thinking about how to take it off for a long time, now that I've done it though I could probably do it in under an hour lol

Gotta do my clock and climate control next, I never knew they were supposed to light up (got the car used)

my240sx4u

lol good im not the only one that thought that

Type S-ing!

Looks good! I was thinking about doing the same.

fog80

I cant figure out where I can use the 24 bulbs. I used the 74 for the speedometer but i dont see where i can fit the 24 bulbs.

help?

hamburglar490

Hmmm. You mixed them up buddy.
4x 74 bulbs: 3 in the odometer and then 1 in the sport shift
5x 24 bulbs: For all the gauges (RPMs, Speedo, gas and temp)

02type-s

Are the hot spots less noticeable in person?

hamburglar490

Yeah I took the picture with my phone and it seemed to really bump up the contrast, its a lot less blue and you can only notice the hit spot if you're really looking lol

SLushhYYY

iTrader: (8)

You should check out the reverse glow gauges, I think they still have them on ebay

02acuraTLS

here mine in red, i use red led 3 Chips strip 24inch i think .. and some led bulb to light up them needle up.

DanTL-S

^ That looks awesome, but it seems like itd be an eyesore on the road. Is it?

02acuraTLS

i had it all the way up so i can take a picture, that the max, i can dimmer it down, and it actually perfect, i have no problem with it being so bright.

SR91128

How hard was out to do all that? My fuel gauge and some other lights are out and I would love to do something like the first picture. How much did you spend on that and where'd you get the lights too? And let me know about the clock because I'm going to have to do mine too.

hamburglar490

Not too hard, the hardest part was figuring out how to get the dash out without breaking anything lol. I spent $22. And I have no clue about what bulb the clock takes but I'd assume the light would cost like $2

SR91128

Where did you get the lights for that? And you don't have to go into too much detail but how did you get the dash off?

ninobrown416

yea i would like to know too...

hamburglar490

I put links in the OP to the exact lights I got, but they're from superbrightleds.com

And it's kinda hard to explain how to do it in text, pictures are needed lol. Basically you have to take the little cover behind the steering wheel off and then do 2 screws under these little flaps that will be exposed after you remove the cover. Then you kinda start prying the dash out and disconnect the connections. Then you should have easy access to the cluster.

But keep in mind that this was written while I was half asleep. I plan to replace my clock light soon so I'll try to take pictures then

SR91128

Hahaha Thanks! Let me know how the clock goes too!

NC03GT

nice!! subbed cant wait to do this

Teh_Smitty

Those are sweet led mods I wish I would do it but I feel like when I put my dash back on it would squeek like hell lol