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Old 01-01-2014, 07:53 PM   #1
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Some quick work

Did a couple things these past 2 days while taking it easy. White gauges and new tail lights. Put in some 39 ford tail lights. Happy New Year.
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Old 01-01-2014, 07:59 PM   #2
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Forgot one. Picture at night.
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Paul that look killer....red LED's? Where did you get the white overlays?
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Paul that look killer....red LED's? Where did you get the white overlays?
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The dash does have red leds that I got from www.superbrightleds.com They have lights that fit right in and no modification for them. I ordered the covers from lmc truck. $25.
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Looks sharp. Why do all thise taillights have dots in the middle?
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Looks sharp. Why do all thise taillights have dots in the middle?
Thanks, those are the blue dots. At a further distance the lights will look purple.
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Forgot to mention that the roll pan on the bottom is a home made roll pan also did this week. Materials were free.
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I redid my dash a while back and painted the bezel and the plastic part that holds the gauges white. It made a huge difference. I went back and forth on the LED's because I would like to be able to dim them. I think I will figure out the dimmer, use the white overlays and then put some blue LED's in. I will keep this in mind for a later upgrade, thanks for posting the photos.
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I redid my dash a while back and painted the bezel and the plastic part that holds the gauges white. It made a huge difference. I went back and forth on the LED's because I would like to be able to dim them. I think I will figure out the dimmer, use the white overlays and then put some blue LED's in. I will keep this in mind for a later upgrade, thanks for posting the photos.
No problem,
Two reasons I did this. I like the white gauges. and after I bought the leds they looked fine but I bought them with the white gauges in mind anyway. They were better to see with, and I painted my bezel holder a bright silver. Still not great. With clear leds they were great on the black gauges. I just have the dimmer all the way up I can still have them go darker. Figured they look better and able to see better too. I think the blue leds will look great.
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Did a couple things these past 2 days while taking it easy. White gauges and new tail lights. Put in some 39 ford tail lights. Happy New Year.
that setup looks great,I painted my housing gloss white,kept the stock white bulbs,
added red LEDs
those tails are a great custom touch
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Thanks motornut.
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