2nd Gen LED dash light Change DIY

[BlackMagnum2000]

Has anybody done fully green ?
I want them to match my courtesy lights. Should I look for green LED's and just install them or should I try to get the film off?

 

[98hemi-ram]

Ive never seen anybody do green leds yet but ive thought about trying them out to see how they look. I doubt youd have to take the film off since it gives a green hue to the halogen bulbs already.

LED's will generally just overpower that film on our dashes and show only the colour of the LED's. I tried some red LED's this summer for awhile but didnt like them. They looked ok at night and showed up perfectly red but they just werent bright enough to see until it was almost pitch black outside.

But I imagine green will work much better. Maybe next summer I'll give them a try since im considering swapping my lights behind the grill from red to green as well.

 

[BlackMagnum2000]

Well I figured it only gave them a green hue since the regular bulbs are probably nearly yellow and the film is blue. Didn't want them to turn out teal lol but if they over power them like that then yeah no worries.
I'll probably try them out soon.

 

[Chewytoy]

Had a question specifically to skram but anyone can answer. In the post about doing the light switch. I ended up doing red leds for my truck. Well anyways ive tried both 3mm and 5mm leds and they both seem to get burnt out or at least dont work when i try to hook them and plug them in. I got one to light up for a second and the other ones i tried dont seem to come on at all. I tried just touching the wires both ways to see if they'd light up with the switch.
btw my autozone and even oreillys didnt sell those packs of leds

 

[Arlucian]

Had a question specifically to skram but anyone can answer. In the post about doing the light switch. I ended up doing red leds for my truck. Well anyways ive tried both 3mm and 5mm leds and they both seem to get burnt out or at least dont work when i try to hook them and plug them in. I got one to light up for a second and the other ones i tried dont seem to come on at all. I tried just touching the wires both ways to see if they'd light up with the switch.
btw my autozone and even oreillys didnt sell those packs of leds

Sounds like a short LEDS should last being on for well over a year, not to say they couldnt be defective but with multiple going out id say you have a short. Also you might have another problem wiring can be tricky sometimes. If they arent getting burnt out id say try and test them on something else? I doubt they need a full 12 v so that might be kind of tricky. I know i got some LED strip lights for my 85 to work with the dome light when the door was opened or with a switch i wired in, 1 didnt work and i was chasing my tail for quite a while unti l i decided to test them by putting leads directly on the battery.... They didnt light up got new ones hooked em up to the battery in the parking lot and they turned on. Not sure what to tell you besides making sure you follow the directions to the T. I WANT TO SEE RED LEDS!!!!! PLEASE GUYS I NEED A PICTUREEEEE!!!

 

[98hemi-ram]

I tried red LEDs in my cluster last year and let's just say they didn't even last a week before the blue ones went back in. You could not even see them or tell they were on until it was totally dark outside. They just weren't bright enough. They looked fine at night though. I thought I had a picture somewhere of the red LEDs but I can't seem to find it right now.

 

[98hemi-ram]

Alright it found the pics of the red LEDs in my gauge cluster for you guys.




And here you can see the red gauges and the blue still in the heater controls. I didn't bother changing the heater control lights since I wanted to see how I liked the gauges first.

 

[MagSport]

You have the dakota cluster because of the hemi right? Just saw the digital gear indicator and I'm like man that would be cool.


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[98hemi-ram]

Yup that is a Dakota cluster and I'm running it so it will work with the Hemi PCM. I just wish I could change the colour of the digital indicator and odometer haha

 

[BlackMagnum2000]

Alright it found the pics of the red LEDs in my gauge cluster for you guys.

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And here you can see the red gauges and the blue still in the heater controls. I didn't bother changing the heater control lights since I wanted to see how I liked the gauges first.

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I like that yellow one in the cluster...

 

[98hemi-ram]

Ya I was going to just pull that damn bulb out but it's actually an LED soldered right to the board on these Dakota gauges. The ABS and park brake lights also stay on to but I've got electrical tape covering them inside the cluster haha.

Its been so long since I've had a vehicle without a check engine light on now though that I'm almost more worried when the damn light isn't on!! Hell even my mazdas light came on less than a month after I bought the damn car!!

 

[MagSport]

Check it out fellas, I made mine bright as hell!



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[BlackMagnum2000]

Check it out fellas, I made mine bright as hell!
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Did you get the film off? And where did you get your LEDs from?

 

[dodge dude94]

Check it out fellas, I made mine bright as hell!
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Damn thems is bright!

 

[MagSport]

Yup I took the back film off using some 400 grit sand paper here's the link for the leds
http://m.ebay.com/itm/251646925386?txnId=1603674871015
Here's what the back of the gauge face looked like after sanding



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[MagSport]

Here's what it looked like when part of it was done



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[BlackMagnum2000]

:0 so many lights I haven't seen before

 

[dodge dude94]

That's some hella dedication and courage right there. #flol

 

[BlackMagnum2000]

Is the light distracting going doing the road?

 

[MagSport]

Is the light distracting going doing the road?

Not really, they are kinda bright but only as bright as the stock bulbs were. Fortunately they will work with the dimmer switch. Unfortunately they don't dim that much lol.


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