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LED lights installed
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I had grown tired of having such a dim dashboard during night driving. It was so bad that I could barely see the gauges. All the bulbs were lit and the dimmer was cranked to the brightest setting. I decided to purchase some LED bulbs and give them a shot.

Tim and I both purchased a 20 pack of the 168/194 bulbs. I figured that was more than enough for the dash, corner lights/marker lights, license plate lights, glove box, etc. One bulb came 1/2 dead and I still have some extras for spares.

Having my dash board apart a number of times I knew that it was going to be an easy upgrade. I also had a tachometer that I got at the junkyard and i also installed that as well. There is no connections on the housing of the car but it looks cool in the dash as I only had the dummy plate before.

Below are some before and after pictures.

Marker light - before

Marker light - after

License plate - before

License plate - new led on the left, original on the right

License plate - after

Dash apart-

Dash lights - original

Dash lights - leds

Finished dash w/ tachometer installed-

Last month I also purchased a new radio for the car. I wanted the stock look. I ran across a guy on eBay that sells modded radios. I wanted to be able to hook my iPod up to the stereo so I bought this. It sounds great and was exactly what I was looking for.

 

 

 

 

 

 



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schaweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT


they look awesom Matt, can;t wait to do mine and upgrade my headlights as well!!!!

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very nicely done Matt
it looks great and good find on the radio

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Very nice Matt! .... now knock it off! I'm gonna go broke soon. LOL

now, where did you get those bulbs???? wink



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Very nice Matt, great job.



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Nice Job Matt! I really like that look. Matt has been thinking of doing that to his dash as well. He has a greenish color now, but wants a blueish hue. I was thinking a bright white for mine.

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Nice! I love the dash and license plate especially.


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Doc wrote:

Very nice Matt! .... now knock it off! I'm gonna go broke soon. LOL

now, where did you get those bulbs???? wink


 lol, jay. i got these from ebay. here is the link-

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=260639583010&viewitem=&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWNX%3AIT



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thanks Matt! Just ordered them. biggrin



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wonder if they do purple gotta check that link

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they do have purple leds. not all are created equally. some are such a dark purple it is hard to see gauges even with white faces.



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Looks awesome Matt!!


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i like it a lot! did you do the one for the climate control?

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Yes I did. Looks good too!

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