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gearbox 03-31-2006 09:57 PM

Presenting the BLUE LED gauge cluster!
 
This monster has almost 40 blue leds hooked together for a combined luminous intensity of 400,000 mcd!! The cluster is off an 01 civic sedan and now has cleared (white) needles and complete blue lighting. The brightness was so intense, I had to use the snowman mode on the camera :)

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b4...lu/bledcl1.jpg

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b4...lu/bledcl2.jpg

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b4...lu/bledcl4.jpg

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b4...lu/bledcl5.jpg

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b4...lu/bledcl6.jpg

DDragon7 03-31-2006 10:05 PM

Holy crap thats blindly bright.

gearbox 03-31-2006 10:07 PM

ya? it lights up my room nicely

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b4...lu/bledcl3.jpg

djrabbi 03-31-2006 10:13 PM

holy shittt........ thats nice... but i think i would be blind when i drive haha... can make something like that for 05's???

gearbox 03-31-2006 10:23 PM

i'm workin on it. and besides, there's always the dimmer switch haha.

etrof 03-31-2006 10:33 PM

are selling those things? if so i want one!!!!!!!

dk1021 03-31-2006 10:37 PM

Good work as always =P

gearbox 03-31-2006 10:43 PM

well this is for a member if he doesn't want it I'm gonna post it for $180. I normally charge $100 if you send in your cluster.

boxcarracer 03-31-2006 10:49 PM

40 leds isnt that expensive? i got 13 for 23

gearbox 03-31-2006 10:52 PM

ya i paid around $40 for leds and more for other misc supplies. the leds are very bright tho, 10,000 mcd each. I charge $100 but really i dont make much profit off these once you factor time and materials.

my spare clusters I can usually find for $85 shipped average on ebay which is nice. I think they realized this tho after i bought 3, now they are all $150 lol.

boxcarracer 03-31-2006 11:07 PM

how do u get a power source? i wanna try my lights before putting it back in my car i want as little dark spot as possible

gearbox 03-31-2006 11:18 PM

well with leds its tricky. they work without resistor on my 12v lantern battery, but for the car 14.4v i need to add resistor. and once i do, they will be much dimmer cause of the voltage difference. just be aware of the differences. I found my battery at farm and fleet. make sure to get 12v, cause most are only 6v or 9v. that way it will be like your car battery with the car off.

lxcivic2k1 04-01-2006 12:25 AM

Bright but awesome looking. Thats what I was looking for when I wanted to change my guages. Too bad I couldn't find something like that before college, lol.

cj2185 04-01-2006 12:28 AM

Dam, those are bright. You can light up the streets w/ those things, lol.

vietstylez 04-01-2006 12:43 AM

good lord.. you sir, are insane

boricua_civic 04-01-2006 12:44 AM

Thats hot man, great job and effort, looks amazing. Try doing it with red LED's

vietstylez 04-01-2006 12:46 AM

i want to see WHITE

cIvIc_xyza 04-01-2006 12:59 AM

dude.. dont forget to tell me when you can do the 04s.. but how long dose it take u in case i send mine.. coz idnt have any reserver clusters

gearbox 04-01-2006 08:36 AM

the problem with white is that its not a pure white. Most of the older clusters don't use clear plastic to print the gauge on. Its more of a brownish color, so white leds look like vanilla color or something lol. I've tried it long ago.

Supa_Fli 04-01-2006 09:11 AM

thats looking really good and bright as s#!t!!

ramcosca 04-01-2006 10:02 AM

Daaaaamn. Too bright, Gbox!
Other than that, great job! You're like a Dezod but for interior accessories! :lol:

vietstylez 04-01-2006 10:02 AM


Originally Posted by gearbox
the problem with white is that its not a pure white. Most of the older clusters don't use clear plastic to print the gauge on. Its more of a brownish color, so white leds look like vanilla color or something lol. I've tried it long ago.

bahh.. u can clear the needles, surely u can clear the plastic!

gearbox 04-01-2006 10:11 AM

well the plastic itself is tinted, I already can clear the paint off. maybe i just need brighter leds. I have one more dx cluster I'm gonna try. I'll post a pic for you later... i guess i could always tape off the brown marks so only the numbers and middle ticks light up.

DAVE-R 04-01-2006 10:17 AM

Wow those look great, great job!

xRiCeBoYx 04-01-2006 10:25 AM

holy hell.. me likey.. if you ever figure out something for the 03+ cluster, i'm definitely gonna hit you up.. lol

:_bow:

filipinop1405 04-01-2006 10:30 AM

sooo fawking sexy gearbox... you are the shyt!!!!

kirks04ex 04-01-2006 10:33 AM

nice and bright

gearbox 04-01-2006 10:47 AM

yup they are very visible in daylight too!


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