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> LED lit gauges, North Hollywood vs bulbs
Grngoat
post Feb 1 2006, 12:35 AM
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Does anyone have any experience with the LED lighting that North Hollywood Speedometer does? Especially, how does it compare to just buying the LED bulbs that are avaliable as replacements?

The price that they charge to convert the gauges is quite a bit more than just buying the bulbs. I'm just wondering if they do that much better of a job or not.

Anyone?
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post Feb 1 2006, 06:25 PM
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NH does quite a conversion on the instruments. I talked to them and it sounds as if they repaint the insides of the instruments and add a line of LEDs, not just the one bulb. I replaced my bulbs with the LEDs myself, and the light is a more bluish white than the yellowish color of the original bulbs, but it is not much brighter and does not dim down very well - it seems to go from bright to almost out.

If I had the extra money laying around, I'd go with the NH conversion, but it is expensive.
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Grngoat   LED lit gauges   Feb 1 2006, 12:35 AM
bd1308   the LED bulbs dont spread light outward, so you...   Feb 1 2006, 06:42 AM
nein14   Not cheap, I called a while back. To do 3 914 gaug...   Feb 1 2006, 07:19 AM
ewdysar   When I talked to the NH Speedo guys, they said tha...   Feb 1 2006, 05:14 PM
lapuwali   Several people swear up and down LEDs are dimmable...   Feb 1 2006, 06:21 PM
GeorgeRud   NH does quite a conversion on the instruments. I ...   Feb 1 2006, 06:25 PM
North Bay 914   I bought those bulbs as well, off ebay. I took the...   Feb 1 2006, 09:28 PM
Grngoat   Yeah, $250 is what they quoted for all three ...   Feb 2 2006, 12:11 AM
davesprinkle     Feb 2 2006, 02:36 PM
lapuwali   The way I understood it, most LEDs have such a non...   Feb 2 2006, 03:22 PM
Dr Evil   I love the LEDs. I bought the blu for my car and m...   Feb 2 2006, 03:48 PM
Dr Evil   I got the LEDs that had the wider beam so I would ...   Feb 2 2006, 03:49 PM
nein14   were do you get the wide spread bulb in blue?   Feb 2 2006, 04:05 PM
Dr Evil   Kinda a long story, but I got mine from Qarl who l...   Feb 2 2006, 05:07 PM

 

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