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NO_H2O December 3rd 2004 21:25

Got my LED dash lights
 
I got my replacement/plug-n-play bulbs for my 914 guages and small VDO guages from www.superbrightleds.com . It took 15 min to swap them out and 45 min. to sit and listen to a cd and look at them. :laugh:
The BA7s is a direct replacement for the standard old Porsche/VW guage light and the 74 is the small VDO wedge type.
I went with red because that is the only other color other than black and silver on my car.
Sweet and eazy and only cost me $11 plus shipping ($6) to do a 914 3 guage set and 5 small VDO guages. :agree:

Supa Ninja December 3rd 2004 22:33

Do we get to see some pics? :eek: Me likes LED's!

NO_H2O December 3rd 2004 23:58

I'll work on it.

oasis December 4th 2004 02:58

Quote:

Originally Posted by NO_H2O
It took 15 min to swap them out and 45 min. to sit and listen to a cd and look at them. :laugh:

That's so funny. That would be me, too. I second that pic request. I'm a long way from doing anything with my dash, but I'm a-lurkin'.

NO_H2O December 4th 2004 09:22

It was time for a rest. I spent the day working on my son's car, pulled the old dash, cut out the spedo area for a 914 guage set and installing a new dash and all the guages. I wired guages untill I ran out of light, came in the house and found the package and had to make the swap. I have to go back to work tonight but I will try to get some pix when the sun goes down.

NO_H2O December 4th 2004 16:02

I tried to take some pix but they didn't come out. Dash lights only are too dark. Add enough light to get a good pic and you can't see the LEDs. :confused:

Supa Ninja December 6th 2004 13:26

That happened to me when i was tring to take some pics too, i thought it was me or my photo gear.

NO_H2O December 6th 2004 16:19

I could do it with my 35mm SRL but I'm not as up to speed with my dig. camera.

CompuDJ December 15th 2004 08:41

waiting for the pics :)

NO_H2O December 15th 2004 08:45

If I could figure out how to get the digi. camera to hold a longer exposure, I would post some but they just do not come out good with the digital camera.

SilverBullet January 6th 2005 22:23

Got the leds from superbrightleds and fitted to mt speedo but it came out very dim! Tried on my friends 914 gauges on his bug also dim. Any way of brightening the light? :(

NO_H2O January 6th 2005 23:36

My small gauges are brighter than the 914 gauges I thought they seemed dim too but driving at night they seem to be just right. What color did you get, mine are red.

Kafer_Mike January 6th 2005 23:41

I spoke with a guy at AutoMeter and they now offer a variety of color LED replacements bulbs for their gauges. Just in time for the full set of AutoMeter Silver Ultra-Lite that Santa brought me... :D :agree:

SilverBullet January 8th 2005 12:30

Its white, I'll try other colours. The furl tank gauge area is the brightest the rest almost imposible to see the numbers. :(

NO_H2O January 8th 2005 15:28

I think it may be due to the depth of the gauges. I thought the standard bulbs were dim also. The next time I have the guages out I think I pop them apart and paint the inside of the housings white.


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