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Started by tchnprgrmr, Nov 11 2009 04:11 AM

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#1 tchnprgrmr

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Posted 11 November 2009 - 04:11 AM

I just finished installing these. I still have to finish converting all of my switches from green to red, just waiting on the rest of the LEDs to arrive. I removed all of the stock paint from the needles so they are a bright blue at night and white during the day. The rpm needle changes color as it nears redline.

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"daytime" pic taken when it was still out of the car
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regular night-time
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night-time with hazards working
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The RPM change, these are stills from a video I took, the camera didn't capture the full lighting as shown in the above pictures.
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Posted 11 November 2009 - 04:27 AM

too many hot spots for me, but cool concept.

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Posted 11 November 2009 - 04:30 AM

View Posttchnprgrmr, on 11 November 2009 - 04:11 AM, said:

The rpm needle changes color as it nears redline.

Very cool! B)

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Posted 11 November 2009 - 04:58 AM

View PostOrEo931, on 11 November 2009 - 04:30 AM, said:

Very cool! B)

+1 very cool idea. i wouldnt mind seeing a video of this in action...

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Posted 11 November 2009 - 05:22 AM

how difficult was it to remove the paint from the needles?

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Posted 11 November 2009 - 02:02 PM

For the turn signals I had to remove the stock plastic green peice, otherwise it wasn't showing red.

The needles are really easy to remove the paint once it is out. Take off the plastic cover, then use acetone(nailpolish remover) and qtips. It shouldn't take more than 10-20 minutes depending.

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Posted 11 November 2009 - 02:10 PM

what is up with the clock area?

View Postvolvo1911, on 26 March 2012 - 10:59 PM, said:

As for the cute little interest thing, i dont replace anything. Its called cleaning the system..

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Posted 11 November 2009 - 02:44 PM

the clock area is weird b/c i just directly put LEDs in it, so there are a large amount of hotspots there. I assume that is what you are talking about?

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Posted 11 November 2009 - 06:10 PM

What site did you order the LED's from and what sizes (for cluster)? I cant find the write up someone did a while back. Could have sworn i had it bookmarked <_< .

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Posted 11 November 2009 - 06:38 PM

I used ebay for all of the LEDs.

4 - 194 for the gauges
5 - 74 for the turn signals and instrument & odometer

links:
http://cgi.ebay.com/...T#ht_3595wt_972

http://cgi.ebay.com/...T#ht_3615wt_972

The LEDs might not light up the first time, in which case they need to be rotated 180.

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Posted 11 November 2009 - 06:40 PM

Thanks Man. I have LED's in my cluster right now and half of them just died the other night :o . This just helped me out a ton!

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Posted 11 November 2009 - 07:22 PM

The speedometer looks good but the odometer looks like crap, honestly.

Here is a picture of Nicks.

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And a link to the thread.

http://volvospeed.co...-lights-to-red/
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Posted 11 November 2009 - 07:34 PM

View PostMattphi, on 11 November 2009 - 07:22 PM, said:

The speedometer looks good but the odometer looks like crap, honestly.

Here is a picture of Nicks.

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And a link to the thread.

http://volvospeed.co...-lights-to-red/


pretty much exactly what mine looks like. the LCD screen tho is darker then that...

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Posted 11 November 2009 - 07:52 PM

View PostT5Power, on 11 November 2009 - 07:34 PM, said:

pretty much exactly what mine looks like. the LCD screen tho is darker then that...
I am planning to do this pretty soon, I love the red. It looks like it will be around $60-$70 with all the bulbs to do it right. Each speedo bulb is like $8.
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Posted 11 November 2009 - 09:08 PM

View PostMattphi, on 11 November 2009 - 07:52 PM, said:

I am planning to do this pretty soon, I love the red. It looks like it will be around $60-$70 with all the bulbs to do it right. Each speedo bulb is like $8.


well worth it in my opinion. really updates the interior and enhances driving experience if you want to take it that far haha

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Posted 11 November 2009 - 09:35 PM

i'm loving it too. i'ma skittles with mines

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Posted 11 November 2009 - 09:39 PM

color change is pretty sweet i really like it
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Posted 11 November 2009 - 10:53 PM

Just make sure whatever bulbs you buy have heat sinks on them...The lights in the cluster are constant on and in a confined space you'll get alot of heat...I need to finish up my green swap.

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