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so in theory, if you replace the needle bulbs with LEDs and the rest with blue bulbs it should come out sufficient. While also replacing the AC bulbs with LEDs since there are light guides.
I think it would still be a good idea to cut down the LED and sand it so that it can disperce light more.
I will try looking for some kind of lense can accomplish this.
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By what I have read, this should increase almost all LEDs even narrow angle to a maximum of 180 degree... 180 degrees is not even required since only about 100 degree will do. This is extremly good since a blue 5mm LED has about a viewing angle of 30 degrees.
Installing a blue lense will also give some contrast so that we are not blinded by the angel and intensity of a blue LED, which are VERY bright !
Nice find!! The way mine is, there are LEDs under the needles and blue bulbs for the backlight on the gauges. The bulbs actually shine a white/blue/purple color, instead of pure blue like the LEDs. It looks better with some color contrast.
If the bulbs ever fade, I'll have to get some LEDs with those covers above. Only thing is you need at least 2 LEDs for each hole (there are five bulb holes for backlight. So it will be expensive. Otherwise the backlight won't be bright enough. It's already a little dim with the bulbs.
I wonder how the covers will affect light output on the LEDs.
I have also looked at the other products that this company has.
They have such lenses that will amplify the bulb brightness by about 114% or something like that + give it about 180 degree visibility.
That sounds more of what we are looking for.
The only problem that remains to be solved is the uneven gauge number lighting. I think the only way would be to add more bulbs behind the darker areas. Only problem would be mounting them cause there are no holes in the back. That and running wires.
I guess if someone wanted to do this, you could get EL indiglo sheets and put them behind the gauges. That way you'll have stock gauges where the numbers will light up an indiglo color. And the brightness will be consistent.
As see no problem with the low number of bulbs, as the LEDs are super bright + the lense will disperse the light evenly.
Adding more LEDs would just increase the brightness.
That's all everyone. I updated the first page with the final pics on the power window switch. All the info you need should be there, or in the other posts.
well, after reading this post i gathered that nobody had actually tried the LED bulbs from autolumination so i ordered four of them and began putting them in. took me all of five minutes too. just remove the cluster, remove the air knobs. remove the red backings. pop out the bulb holders and take out the bulbs. cut the tail off the base of he LEDs and put them in by pressing them against the steering wheel (they are pretty snug but perfect fit). then screw the bases back in and put the cluster back together. i only did the knobs so far becuse i wasnt sure if it would work.
ill take pics tonight so you can see. looks bright even in the afternoon though.
Yeah, let's see some pics tonight! I have a feeling the LED bulbs will work for the knobs, but not the cluster backlight. Remember that the gauge faces have a color filter painted on the back that you have to wipe off with acetone. I bet the control knobs came out really nice.
My knobs are actually a little dimmer than everything else. I used 2 LED bulbs for each of the two holes. I think it happens because they use light guides to channel the light all around.
