Installed LED dash lights today - The 1947 - Present Chevrolet & GMC Truck Message Board Network

kamikazekyle05 · 01-08-2009, 09:57 PM

Well i finally got around to installing my led lights today, i am very disappointed..well sorta, i ordered from to diff. companies, the lights i put in my a/c panel look awesome! But the ones i put in my gauges are soo dim, my stock bulb kick there butt. I took the cluster out and all the lights are working, what companies are you guys using for the dash light? I got mine from keyrazy leds on ebay and there horrible. Im gonna try to get pictures up as soon as i get my camera figured out

mycool72 · 01-08-2009, 10:35 PM

pics would be great, I need to get creative with my cluster soon...

**lks dcvn** · 01-08-2009, 10:51 PM

I used these...same model from the same seller.

LEDs on Ebay

5 LEDs spread out on the bulb - works really well. I don't have pix.

You only need 4 LED bulbs to illuminate the cluster - the rest are for turn signals, brake problem light, etc.

thirdstreettito · 01-08-2009, 10:47 PM

BigDaddyDave · 01-08-2009, 10:54 PM

I was thinking of doing the same to mine, thanks for posting your results.

kamikazekyle05 · 01-08-2009, 11:08 PM

My camera wont show the lights at night, does anyone know any tricks to taking night pics?

PICKMUP · 01-08-2009, 11:15 PM

BYRD builds the best tach dashes (white face) I have seen. He has tested a lot of LEDs. Ask him what he has found to be best.

kamikazekyle05 · 01-08-2009, 11:23 PM

These are the lights i used in the a/c panel, there perfect http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/High-...2em118Q2el1247

These are the crappy ones i put in the cluster http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/10-x-...2129QQtcZphoto

kamikazekyle05 · 01-09-2009, 12:16 AM

How do you take night pictures?

ratpackv8sonly · 01-09-2009, 01:43 AM

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Originally Posted by kamikazekyle05

How do you take night pictures?

Try turning your flash off and just get the picture of the lights on. Works for me when I just want to take pictures of lights at night.

lowriden58 · 01-09-2009, 01:54 AM

wow, im glad im not the only one that got the same results

i used those exact some bulbs as your cluster and they SUCK. like 4 of them didnt work at all, they were shipped direct from hong kong or something. i need to find some decent bright LED's

ratpackv8sonly · 01-09-2009, 01:58 AM

I made the mistake of instaling purple bulbs in mine. Doesnt work even with the light green background painted white. When I get involved with it again im just going to buy mooneye guages for it a totaly redo the cluster.

kamikazekyle05 · 01-09-2009, 12:35 AM

I guess my ebay links arent working either, pm me if you need the links

v8blaze · 01-09-2009, 01:06 AM

http://www.v-leds.com/Shop/Control/P...id/0/SFV/32481

here is a link to the actual company and here is a link with lots of good pictures showing how great these are. Whenever i get around to ordering them i will post up some pictures of my dash with them installed *68 guage cluster*

http://www.s10forum.com/forum/f62/le...arison-376375/

Elephanthead · 01-09-2009, 08:48 AM

Your camera should have a setting, you have to hold it very still, low down the shutter speed or modern equivalent.

bobbo · 01-09-2009, 08:58 AM

I used some LED's from ebay and they work great on my aftermarket gauges but the factory gauges aren't very bright at all. I think it has something to do with the way the stock gauges are and the position of the lights...

grancuda · 01-09-2009, 09:44 AM

I guess I don't get it. What is the advantage of the LED in your dash? My regular incandescent bulbs light up just fine and look good. What is the advantage?

kamikazekyle05 · 01-09-2009, 09:55 AM

LED's are brighter(well not in my case lol), draw less power,last forever, and you can get them in almost any color. My stock bulbs are just a touch to dim for me, plus i wanted everything green to match the radio

Longhorn Man · 01-09-2009, 05:28 PM

I have 4 diode LED (blue) ones in the inst panel on the longhorn. With the white faced guages, and the inside of the panel painted white (over the funky green) they are a tad too bright for me.
Mine are Roadmaster p/n 1962b
They have them in red, amber, blue and white.... the letter at the end of the p/n is for color.
If you install an LED and it doesn't work, flip it around. LEDs have a positive and negitive contact, that can not be swapped unlike a regular incandesent bult.

My burb has the white face, with the tin done in white too, biut i just have white 194 bulbs, and I find them to be way too bright on a dark road.

1LoC10 · 01-09-2009, 06:12 PM

I put the ones with 5 leds in my and they look ok, did you paint the inside green tin...to a white or chrome? that will help
http://www.67-72chevytrucks.com/vboa...d.php?t=196815

70c10 · 01-09-2009, 08:56 PM

I used the refractor type LED's and am very happy with the results. Mine are dimmable also. I got them off ebay. Here's mine

69Rob · 01-09-2009, 09:38 PM

would you happen to have a link to the ebay product?

01-08-2009, 09:57 PM	#1
kamikazekyle05 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Vernon, Texas Posts: 331	Installed LED dash lights today Well i finally got around to installing my led lights today, i am very disappointed..well sorta, i ordered from to diff. companies, the lights i put in my a/c panel look awesome! But the ones i put in my gauges are soo dim, my stock bulb kick there butt. I took the cluster out and all the lights are working, what companies are you guys using for the dash light? I got mine from keyrazy leds on ebay and there horrible. Im gonna try to get pictures up as soon as i get my camera figured out

01-08-2009, 10:35 PM	#2
mycool72 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Mansfield, TX Posts: 309	Re: Installed LED dash lights today pics would be great, I need to get creative with my cluster soon...

01-08-2009, 10:51 PM	#3
lks dcvn Registered User Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Columbus, Ohio Posts: 4,352	Re: Installed LED dash lights today I used these...same model from the same seller. LEDs on Ebay 5 LEDs spread out on the bulb - works really well. I don't have pix. You only need 4 LED bulbs to illuminate the cluster - the rest are for turn signals, brake problem light, etc.

01-08-2009, 10:47 PM	#4
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01-08-2009, 10:54 PM	#5
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01-08-2009, 11:08 PM	#6
kamikazekyle05 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Vernon, Texas Posts: 331	Re: Installed LED dash lights today My camera wont show the lights at night, does anyone know any tricks to taking night pics?

01-08-2009, 11:15 PM	#7
PICKMUP "Trucks with Class" Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: OLYMPIA, WA, USA Posts: 8,168	Re: Installed LED dash lights today BYRD builds the best tach dashes (white face) I have seen. He has tested a lot of LEDs. Ask him what he has found to be best.

01-08-2009, 11:23 PM	#8
kamikazekyle05 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Vernon, Texas Posts: 331	Re: Installed LED dash lights today These are the lights i used in the a/c panel, there perfect http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/High-...2em118Q2el1247 These are the crappy ones i put in the cluster http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/10-x-...2129QQtcZphoto Last edited by kamikazekyle05; 01-09-2009 at 12:32 AM.

01-09-2009, 12:16 AM	#9
kamikazekyle05 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Vernon, Texas Posts: 331	Re: Installed LED dash lights today How do you take night pictures?

01-09-2009, 01:54 AM	#11
lowriden58 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Chesapeake Beach, MD Posts: 812	Re: Installed LED dash lights today wow, im glad im not the only one that got the same results i used those exact some bulbs as your cluster and they SUCK. like 4 of them didnt work at all, they were shipped direct from hong kong or something. i need to find some decent bright LED's __________________ 71 cheyenne lwb 300rwhp best 1/4 time so far 12.8 @103 http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z...en58/001-2.jpg

01-09-2009, 01:58 AM	#12
ratpackv8sonly Registered User Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Las Cruces New Mexico Posts: 214	Re: Installed LED dash lights today I made the mistake of instaling purple bulbs in mine. Doesnt work even with the light green background painted white. When I get involved with it again im just going to buy mooneye guages for it a totaly redo the cluster.

01-09-2009, 12:35 AM	#13
kamikazekyle05 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Vernon, Texas Posts: 331	Re: Installed LED dash lights today I guess my ebay links arent working either, pm me if you need the links

01-09-2009, 01:06 AM	#14
v8blaze Registered User Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: baton rouge, LA Posts: 77	Re: Installed LED dash lights today http://www.v-leds.com/Shop/Control/P...id/0/SFV/32481 here is a link to the actual company and here is a link with lots of good pictures showing how great these are. Whenever i get around to ordering them i will post up some pictures of my dash with them installed 68 guage cluster http://www.s10forum.com/forum/f62/le...arison-376375/

01-09-2009, 08:48 AM	#15
Elephanthead Registered User Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Carmel, IN Posts: 187	Re: Installed LED dash lights today Your camera should have a setting, you have to hold it very still, low down the shutter speed or modern equivalent.

01-09-2009, 08:58 AM	#16
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01-09-2009, 09:44 AM	#17
grancuda Registered User Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Central OK Posts: 396	Re: Installed LED dash lights today I guess I don't get it. What is the advantage of the LED in your dash? My regular incandescent bulbs light up just fine and look good. What is the advantage?

01-09-2009, 09:55 AM	#18
kamikazekyle05 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Vernon, Texas Posts: 331	Re: Installed LED dash lights today LED's are brighter(well not in my case lol), draw less power,last forever, and you can get them in almost any color. My stock bulbs are just a touch to dim for me, plus i wanted everything green to match the radio

01-09-2009, 05:28 PM	#19
Longhorn Man its all about the +6 inches Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Hilliard Ohio Posts: 2,690	Re: Installed LED dash lights today I have 4 diode LED (blue) ones in the inst panel on the longhorn. With the white faced guages, and the inside of the panel painted white (over the funky green) they are a tad too bright for me. Mine are Roadmaster p/n 1962b They have them in red, amber, blue and white.... the letter at the end of the p/n is for color. If you install an LED and it doesn't work, flip it around. LEDs have a positive and negitive contact, that can not be swapped unlike a regular incandesent bult. My burb has the white face, with the tin done in white too, biut i just have white 194 bulbs, and I find them to be way too bright on a dark road.

01-09-2009, 06:12 PM	#20
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