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| oakdalecurtis |
 Mar 20 2017, 10:07 PM
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Oakdalecurtis  Group: Members Posts: 1,323 Joined: 5-June 15 From: Oakdale, Ca Member No.: 18,802 Region Association: Central California 
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Just got eight dash LED bulbs from Super Bright LED's, BA7S-W Cool Whites. I thought I would just pop them in. Not so fast. I tried one new bulb in a center console gauge first. The LED bulb would not go into the plastic bulb fixture quite far enough to turn and lock due to a small metal rim on the bulb. I did not want to file the rim down on the bulb, so I removed the light fixture and filed about a 1/16 of an inch off the top. This would allow the bulb to go in far enough now to turn and lock. Then when I did get the bulb in, it didn't work. I quickly discovered that LED bulbs have a polarity and you must hook up the 2 wire leads in the correct polarity. Ahh, it worked now. I filed down the bulb fixtures on the other 2 console gauges and moved on to the dash gauges. Thankfully the metal bulb fixtures in the dash gauges fit the LED bulbs without needing shortening. Then I started working on the speedometer bulbs. I didn't seat and rotate one of the LED's completely in it's fixture and it fell out INSIDE the speedo! I had to remove the speedo from the dash and spend an hour trying to figure out how to get the LED bulb back out the hole without disassembling the speedo. I finally succeeded and put everything back together. Here's a few before and after pictures, but they don't really show the quality of the improvement in the light. The first picture is original bulbs, the second and third pics are the new LEDs.
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| whitetwinturbo |
Mar 20 2017, 10:41 PM
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Honey, does this wing make my ass look fat? Group: Members Posts: 1,391 Joined: 22-October 11 From: Newport Beach/Kalefornya/USA Member No.: 13,704 Region Association: Southern California |
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| Larmo63 |
Mar 20 2017, 10:43 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 4,264 Joined: 3-March 14 From: San Clemente, Ca Member No.: 17,068 Region Association: Southern California |
Looks great!!!!!
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| RickS |
Mar 20 2017, 10:55 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,408 Joined: 17-April 06 From: 'False City', WA Member No.: 5,880 Region Association: None |
LEDs are the way to go. I have the blueish ones too, but the ones in the original yellow incandescent look great too.
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| jpapatrout |
Mar 22 2017, 06:04 PM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 12 Joined: 7-October 09 From: SoCal - Palm Springs Member No.: 10,903 Region Association: Southwest Region |
QUOTE(RickS @ Mar 20 2017, 09:55 PM)  LEDs are the way to go. I have the blueish ones too, but the ones in the original yellow incandescent look great too. Big improvement. Can LEDs be too bright? Should i shop for mid-powered LEDs, or will any amount of lumens work OK? |
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| sb914 |
Mar 22 2017, 06:10 PM
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Surf Guru Group: Members Posts: 4,296 Joined: 25-November 12 From: Brookings,Oregon Member No.: 15,191 Region Association: Southern California
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Nice!
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| oakdalecurtis |
Mar 22 2017, 06:49 PM
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Oakdalecurtis Group: Members Posts: 1,323 Joined: 5-June 15 From: Oakdale, Ca Member No.: 18,802 Region Association: Central California
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QUOTE(jpapatrout @ Mar 22 2017, 05:04 PM) QUOTE(RickS @ Mar 20 2017, 09:55 PM) LEDs are the way to go. I have the blueish ones too, but the ones in the original yellow incandescent look great too. Big improvement. Can LEDs be too bright? Should i shop for mid-powered LEDs, or will any amount of lumens work OK? At least with the bulbs I purchased, I don't think you will find them to be too bright. They are a little bit brighter and more of a white light than the old ones. |
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| RickS |
Mar 23 2017, 09:05 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,408 Joined: 17-April 06 From: 'False City', WA Member No.: 5,880 Region Association: None |
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| Mikey914 |
Mar 23 2017, 09:20 AM
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The rubber man Group: Members Posts: 12,638 Joined: 27-December 04 From: Hillsboro, OR Member No.: 3,348 Region Association: None
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I have both versions in stock. So if you have a rubber order they can be thrown in. Just got more LED headlights in too. Just need to get them listed.
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