Yeah, I was wondering what the first picture you posted was from.
Red led's
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Just went to Red LED's in my 86 GP.
I was concerned that they would be too bright, and since they aren't dimmable.. But, it turns out that they're a bit on the dimmer side, which I don't particularly mind. I did get the "Cheapo Ebay $4.99 for 10 of them" ones, as I didn't want to have a ton of money sunk into it in case it didn't work out. Maybe the "SuperBright" ones at $4.99 EACH are brighter, I don't know.
My 2000 Trans Am had the same color dash, but keep in mind, that's more of an Orange than it is a Red... its also shining Through cut out areas on a black piece of plastic.... not being used as ambient lighting - lighting everything Around it.
Red LED's (at least the cheap *ss ones I got) are definitely harder to see at night.. Deal breaker? No, I kinda like them being a bit dimmer. Again, the expensive ones may be different.
-Gonz
I was concerned that they would be too bright, and since they aren't dimmable.. But, it turns out that they're a bit on the dimmer side, which I don't particularly mind. I did get the "Cheapo Ebay $4.99 for 10 of them" ones, as I didn't want to have a ton of money sunk into it in case it didn't work out. Maybe the "SuperBright" ones at $4.99 EACH are brighter, I don't know.
My 2000 Trans Am had the same color dash, but keep in mind, that's more of an Orange than it is a Red... its also shining Through cut out areas on a black piece of plastic.... not being used as ambient lighting - lighting everything Around it.
Red LED's (at least the cheap *ss ones I got) are definitely harder to see at night.. Deal breaker? No, I kinda like them being a bit dimmer. Again, the expensive ones may be different.
-Gonz
The ones I got were "10x T10 Red PC194 LED Bulb Instrument Panel Cluster Dash Light Twist Lock Socket" They show a Blue Set:
"10x Blue T10 Twist Lock Socket + Instrument Led Interior Dash Light Bulbs PC194" - $5.21 Shipped.
Dunno how many are needed for a Cutty, but I ran a couple short and had to order a second set to finish. (Console RNOD321 Light and HVAC Light)
Went to the local auto joint, figuring I would just pick a couple up... Yeah, no.. $14.99 for ONE... That was met with a laugh.
Anyway, Polarity Matters. If it doesn't work, pull it out and flip it 180 deg.. I used the stock sockets, not the ones they sent.. I could only pull my panel out about an inch until I fed the speedo cable up thru the firewall a couple inches... then I could get my hand around the back side of it to replace the bulbs pretty easily. Once I figured that out, the swap took about 10 minutes.
Let us know how it turns out! Ill see if I can get decent pics of mine tonite and post them.
-Gonz
"10x Blue T10 Twist Lock Socket + Instrument Led Interior Dash Light Bulbs PC194" - $5.21 Shipped.
Dunno how many are needed for a Cutty, but I ran a couple short and had to order a second set to finish. (Console RNOD321 Light and HVAC Light)
Went to the local auto joint, figuring I would just pick a couple up... Yeah, no.. $14.99 for ONE... That was met with a laugh.
Anyway, Polarity Matters. If it doesn't work, pull it out and flip it 180 deg.. I used the stock sockets, not the ones they sent.. I could only pull my panel out about an inch until I fed the speedo cable up thru the firewall a couple inches... then I could get my hand around the back side of it to replace the bulbs pretty easily. Once I figured that out, the swap took about 10 minutes.
Let us know how it turns out! Ill see if I can get decent pics of mine tonite and post them.
-Gonz
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