DIY: How to replace your dash bulbs with LEDs

mxysxy · Post by **mxysxy** » Thu May 26, 2005 10:03 am

What does this T10 means?
I just searched the ultraleds web side, nothing come out.
Is that means â€œ10 mm ledsâ€

Ther · Post by **Ther** » Thu May 26, 2005 3:58 pm

yes Max it means 10mm led...
check:
http://www.digielite.com.au/ for the 4 led T10/T8 they are quite bright. i used them to replace the 3A brand ones i had.

http://www.ledshoponline.com/automotive ... e_bulb.htm
can get the wide angle t5....but i also used the SPL brand t5 from motorquipe..quite bright, good for the cigarette lighter and also the aircon ( not main screen) you get 5 for 12 bucks...

Ther · Post by **Ther** » Thu May 26, 2005 4:04 pm

Breza wrote:
Next, I am working on new globes for the mirror controls, electric arial and fog light switches. anyone replaced these yet? I assume they are just a 3mm bulb?

Cheers

Chris

I pulled the antenna switch apart and the globes for those are tiny...not sure bout the size...

Wraith · Post by **Wraith** » Thu May 26, 2005 10:59 pm

There's lights meant to be in areal switch and the fog light switch? Damn!!!! they never worked in my car... how's it come apart? I had a look when I had the consol out to replace the globes in the speedo but couldn't see a way to get them further arpart...... Any suggestions? Also did you figure out the size of the globes in them?
What's the best LED's to use in the aircon display? the T10 wide angle?
working my way through it slowly.
thanks heaps
Andre'

Ther · Post by **Ther** » Fri May 27, 2005 12:56 am

Wraith wrote:There's lights meant to be in areal switch and the fog light switch? Damn!!!! they never worked in my car... how's it come apart? I had a look when I had the consol out to replace the globes in the speedo but couldn't see a way to get them further arpart...... Any suggestions?

what you need to do is open the case with a small flat head screwdriver, it has a little "latch" on the side

Wraith wrote:Also did you figure out the size of the globes in them?

nope i'm not sure..maybe a 3 mm led...

Wraith wrote:What's the best LED's to use in the aircon display? the T10 wide angle?
working my way through it slowly.
thanks heaps
Andre'

Aircon , a 2 t10 for the screen part and 2 t5 for the sides.

where abouts are you located?

Wraith · Post by **Wraith** » Sat May 28, 2005 12:01 am

Thanks Ther.
Will have a look at it soon. going to source some more LED's for the rest first and then move onto the lights that neer worked in the first place

am just north of Melb

Anyone got any pics of what their dash's look like with LED's? I've gone for Red... just coz everyone seems to be going Blue an green is a little to "old school" for my taste. Red makes the needles stand out ever more so as well

Ther · Post by **Ther** » Sat May 28, 2005 5:05 am

<img src="http://members.optusnet.com.au/~ccisterna/mypic9.jpg"> main dials..
<img src="http://members.optusnet.com.au/~ccisterna/mypic10.jpg"> clock and voltmeter

what you can't see is that all needles have a really bright red/purplish pink color....

onnzo · Post by **onnzo** » Sat May 28, 2005 2:59 pm

Hey Ther,
You know how you only replaced 4 of the 5 bulbs, yours still looks blue all around!

Mine is white on the temp section and half the speedo!

Mike

Ther · Post by **Ther** » Sat May 28, 2005 4:24 pm

onnzo wrote:Hey Ther,
You know how you only replaced 4 of the 5 bulbs, yours still looks blue all around!
Mine is white on the temp section and half the speedo!
Mike

Hey Mike
It must be because my LED are quite bright and they distribute all around the dash, i still left one normal bulb for the gears part although you can't see it in this pic but you can see how the FTO part still red.
the bulb that i left normal is the one just behind the PRND area. If your speedo and the temp are are white , then it must be that you replaced the wrong bulb, try putting and led in that area and leaving a normarl bulb near the gear side.
<img src="http://members.optusnet.com.au/~ccisterna/mypic11.JPG">

TimmyD · Post by **TimmyD** » Mon Jun 13, 2005 11:35 am

Hey
Are these the right T5 LED's we use?

Cheers
Tim

Ther · Post by **Ther** » Mon Jun 13, 2005 11:22 pm

yeah mate those are the t5's but i don't know how bright the narva ones are..i guess you need to test them.
Also those look like the narrow angle ones, wide angle have a squarish top.

CSV · Post by **CSV** » Sun Jul 17, 2005 5:58 pm

Hey ruchi, just wondering whether you were still going to do those kits later this year? I would love to pick up a set.

Digital_Import · Post by **Digital_Import** » Tue Jul 26, 2005 8:57 pm

if u want a nice even spread of light a trick is to use a file and sandpaper. file the top of the LED flat then use a fine sand paper to make all the glass sort of misty.

Post by **Supplanter** » Tue Jul 26, 2005 9:20 pm

CSV wrote:Hey ruchi, just wondering whether you were still going to do those kits later this year? I would love to pick up a set.

I don't think ruchi visits this site anymore

fto617 · Post by **fto617** » Wed Jul 27, 2005 1:16 am

hey if i bought some LEDS from jaycar
do i need to have resistors as it doesnt come with it
what will happen if i dont have resistors?thanks!

ph3var · Post by **ph3var** » Wed Jul 27, 2005 12:31 pm

The Jaycar ones are 3v and without resistors they will just blow and then there will be no light

fto_chris · Post by **fto_chris** » Sat Nov 12, 2005 5:25 am

has anyone ever done the ignition ring light?

or can it not be done??

Breza · Post by **Breza** » Mon Feb 06, 2006 8:56 am

has anyone ever done the ignition ring light?

Yep,

You have to puul the plastic casing off the steering column, you can substitute the stadard globe with a T5 ultra bright LED. Its just a similar set up to the cigarette lighter.

Also, the aerial and fog light switches are T3 LED's, don't think they are 12v, I tried a T5 3v LED but it was too big to get the casing back together but it didn't blow when I tested it.

Anyone know how to get the mirror switch apart? I can only get the black bits off the back but can access the PCB. Next project is the window switch on the driver side door.

Cheers

Chris

Lenny · Post by **Lenny** » Mon Feb 13, 2006 1:29 pm

Don't suppose anyone has a parts listing for all the led's requiered??

Would like to just plug and play these baby's....

Post by **Bennoz** » Mon Feb 13, 2006 2:15 pm

Look on page one of this thread