Blue LEDs in a VT dash.. how much $$ ??

[wrx884]

u should do somthin 2 make ya needles stand out more daron other than that looks aws ay

 

[imnothereanymore]

i have since redone them and they very white too now
i should update pics

 

[grafxworld]

Yes I did used soldering iron and but I also have a degree in advanced electronic engineering so this was a piece of piss to convert and used to own a car audio shop in USA so the removal of the dash only takes mere min .
Now I'm going to put in custom lights with fiber optics to make my speedo needles light up red , right now they look like there floating in space because my lights are intense blue and the gauges are white faced. pretty bizarre looking for sure. even my Pioneer deck lights are dim blue compared to the dash

oh and mine is only an executurd model

 

[wrx884]

i have since redone them and they very white too now
i should update pics

where bouts did u put the LEDs 4 the needles ?? and did u just use 3mm 1ns??

 

[imnothereanymore]

the way the cluster is designed its got raised plasticy things that when you aim 1 led (5 mm) into it it spreads the beam i the plastic bit to the needle
the factory needles have red/orange paint behind them i scratched it off and painted white

 

[wrx884]

yer i was gonna do that cept i wanna do my needles diff colours prolly more red than orange n if i do that the red mite interfear with my blue LEDs which is wat the rest of the dials r...... theres another post here some1 melted a 3mm LED into the plastic i think in the path of that plastic bit ur talkin bout i might try that c if that works ??

 

[WinterVX]

Daron the white dials combined with the blue loops tops man!!

Im guessing you scratched off all the green paint on the dials and left the red paint
alone and the white light illuminates it the right colour?

 

[azkwazere]

Heres a hot tip... why dont you peeps check out the ASR elecs. forum.... i mean it is a sponsor and all... maybe they can help?

aZk.

 

[imnothereanymore]

yeah scratched off all the green
used 5 mm leds
about 30 all up

 

[wrx884]

daron u didnt scratch the green paint off ur heater controls 2 did ya?? ive tried but everythings i used made it look even worse so i left that on