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April 25th 2005, 19:45
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I bought some replcment LED bulbs from www.superbrightleds.com they are a direct replacment for the VW/VDO bulbs. The ones in the VDO guages(oil press, oil temp, etc) are brighter than the ones in my 914 guages. I feel this is due to the fact that the VDO guages have a white housing and the 914 guages have a black housing. I still need to pop the 914 guages apart and paint the inside of the cases white, but I think it will make them as bright as the small VDO guages. Then I can turn them all down a bit with the dimmer.
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April 25th 2005, 21:18
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Did you use the 3 or 5mm bulbs? And which intensity did you use?
Thanks
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April 26th 2005, 05:15
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The BA7s are the direct replacement for the VW/Porsche guages. The small VDO gauges could be one of 3 different stlyles.
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July 6th 2005, 21:12
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Finally got around to installing the LED's. I purchased the BA7's from superbrightleds.com as you suggested NOH2O. Problem is, they don't work. The regular wheat style bulbs work fine, but when I swap in the LED's, they don't light up. Is there something else I need to do?
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July 6th 2005, 21:21
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Sounds like you got a bad one(or more). Try to email them and see if you can exchange them.
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July 7th 2005, 10:02
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Rustbucket,
Try to turn the bulbs around. LEDs will only flow juice one direction. If you have just one in a series backwards none will work. Cheers, Dave
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