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My bad. It's $72 plus shipping. I think it's basically a ring with LEDs on it that goes under the needles. Not bad if you don't want to mess with all the wiring and drilling. They say there is only a red kit for 01+ civics, but you can order a blue one and just not mention your car info. They have setups at the bottom. You would want two large and two small.
It's almost worth it, as supplies alone will cost you $50. Then there's tons of labor involved. The ones on there are really bright because of the needles with the white paint coating. I don't know what kind, but maybe fluorescent? Almost too bright. Someone try one
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Impulse. There is a way, but then it won't match the rest of the dash lights (which will still be amber). I was thinking of retrofitting 194 bulbs to replace the 5 smaller cluster bulbs for backlight. Then you could use hyperwhite for those. I kind of gave up, but it could work.
Either that or I was thinking about red bulbs. I'm just keeping the amber because I don't see any way of making everything match on the dash.
Originally posted by ImPulse why would it be amber, if its replaced with white leds?
You can do that, if you don't mind the rest of your dash lights not matching your gauges. Like gearbox, I like all the lights in the interior to match.
Originally posted by ImPulse oh, and why cant the needles be done with an 02s ? cause of actual paint?
also... since u got the 01 cluster... Do u now have difference milelage? or did u swap that thingy too?
You can't use '02 needles as they are not lexan glass (clear plexiglass), but rather a solid red/orange plastic which doesn't channel light as well as clear lexan needles. The '02 needles can only handle one color well and be dim with others. As long as you wipe off the red paint of the '01 needles you will have bright colors (can't do with a solid color plastic).
Originally posted by gearbox My bad. It's $72 plus shipping. I think it's basically a ring with LEDs on it that goes under the needles. Not bad if you don't want to mess with all the wiring and drilling. They say there is only a red kit for 01+ civics, but you can order a blue one and just not mention your car info. They have setups at the bottom. You would want two large and two small.
It's almost worth it, as supplies alone will cost you $50. Then there's tons of labor involved. The ones on there are really bright because of the needles with the white paint coating. I don't know what kind, but maybe fluorescent? Almost too bright. Someone try one
Hmmmm, this looks promising, I think I'll give this a try and you all know how it goes.
First, I still haven't solved the problem of the blue LED light spilling over and mixing with the backlight. If you bought that kit, I don't know how good it will be. My LEDs are right below the needles, since I drilled holes into the plastic. I don't know if their kit is more focused or what. It says it's based on a carbon fiber ring and LED circle lights.
Second, they do have instrument backlight bulbs for the 01 gauges that are hyperwhite from autolumination.com (#74 bulbs). The problem is it will be very difficult to match the other dash lights. If you use LEDs for gauge backlight, you will see even greater spots of light. You need bulbs so the light can diffuse throughout the cluster.
I'm gonna try and fix the light spillage first. Oh and somehow one of my blue LEDs has a purple tint even though it's the same number. Don't know why. I guess DIY stuff will always have problems.
The 02 gas and temp needles only are orange plastic and can't be used. The 01 needles are all clear. Ideally, the top part of the needle should be left clear, and the bottom painted with some kind of white fluorescent paint (which I could not find). The thin coat of white on top blocks a small amount of light. Most older models have the top clear and the bottom painted white (so you see the white from the back). I'll look into this some more. Looks like everything is coming back out again for testing.
Originally posted by NorrinRadd I like all the lights in the interior to match.
im doing my dash over again and making that white... getting white neons under the seats... thats why i was curious about making the WHOLE guage white... including needles i guess... u think that will look good? will be mad bright, right?
I'm just pissed now. One of the LEDs is purple and the rest are blue. I don't know about white. It's gonna be super bright at night. I scraped off that paint so now the needles are just clear. We'll see how it looks.
lol, sounds like u may be ****ing up your 01 cluster! *_* jk
and u didnt answer the important question... Did your milage get reset? can u swap the odemeter thing or w/e its called? its 1:02am... gimme a break =]
