Dash lights... Stock or "aftermarket" ?

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What lights for the dash

Stock Green (with the green condoms for them)
0
No votes
White light (filament styles??)(Without the condoms)
2
13%
LED's - White
4
27%
LED's - White
4
27%
LED's - Blue
5
33%
 
Total votes : 15

Dash lights... Stock or "aftermarket" ?

Postby MrOizo » Tue Oct 07, 2003 5:18 pm

Just wondering what you guys think...

i have to replace the lights in the dash and i wondering...

(see options)

With the LED option i would lightly sand the heads to disperse the light more, illuminatind a less directed area..

Also keeping in mind that this is a 1992 (MK3) JZA70 Supra and the bling bling look might not really go too well... :o
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Postby Silent Knight » Tue Oct 07, 2003 9:27 pm

Leds are the shizzy. they'll bring out the bling factor in any car specially if they are blue leds
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Postby deaf_rattle » Wed Oct 08, 2003 2:51 pm

experiment and do what you think looks best.

what one person likes might be what you really dislike.
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Postby Pies » Wed Oct 08, 2003 4:03 pm

i rekons white faces with blue light would look wicked, in my riced out DX days i made sum white dials, they were completely un-acurate cos my printer was ghey and the ink smudged and i didnt get a WOF but hey, i looked cool :oops:
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Postby Jools » Sun Oct 12, 2003 3:16 am

What about EL backlit replacement dials?

I only bring this up 'cause mine will be arriving next week :D
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Postby MrOizo » Sun Oct 12, 2003 9:05 am

Jools wrote:What about EL backlit replacement dials?

I only bring this up 'cause mine will be arriving next week :D


oooooo i was thinking about doing mine this time round...

actually cheap.... damn damn.. should have....
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Postby B1NZ » Sun Oct 12, 2003 10:53 am

so where can you get these from? Can you get replacement LED's that just fit straight ?
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Postby MrOizo » Sun Oct 12, 2003 12:07 pm

B1NZ wrote:so where can you get these from? Can you get replacement LED's that just fit straight ?


the power supply's for thje lights are rated at 12v. and no LED's come 12v unless they have intergrated something to step down to 3.2v.

another way is to make a 3.2v regulated supply and have all the leds run off of that...

will prob take time but would look hella coolies...
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Postby low_rider » Fri Oct 17, 2003 11:32 pm

blue :)
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