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Old Jun 15, 2007 | 12:02 AM
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Hey guys.. i have a 2001 neon and am thinking of changing the looks of my gauges to blue instead of green.. My buddy did just his turn signals and they looks sexy.. He said he tried to do teh whole thing but because of the colour of the actual gauges it looked horrible..

So im woundering how easy it is to swap it to a complete blue setup (vs the stock green).. and what LEDs i need and the kill level to do it...

Thanks and let me know!!

Tutorial with pics would be great!
 
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Old Jun 15, 2007 | 12:15 AM
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i think is 194 bulb size
 
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Old Jun 15, 2007 | 12:37 AM
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im talking about just standard leds.. i dont wanna do coloured bulbs as i was told they dont look to great.. as well.. will the blue show up fine with stock gauges?
 
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Old Jun 15, 2007 | 01:31 AM
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the blue will shine fine through the guages because there is actually a blue film. thats what makes teh light green. yellow regular lightbulbs+blue film=green guages. and they are 194
 
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Old Jun 15, 2007 | 01:35 AM
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iight thanks man
 
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Old Jun 15, 2007 | 01:37 AM
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i want to do this too so what size LED would you use...? I.E. if i went to radio shack what would i be looking for in those bins they have.......?
 
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Old Jun 15, 2007 | 01:42 AM
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i just bought a 10 pack of the 194 LEDs from a hongkong seller on ebay for like $14 us shipped.. not too bad i guess!!
 
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Old Jun 15, 2007 | 03:12 AM
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http://www.cardomain.com/ride/2092484/4

its a good how to
 
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Old Jun 24, 2007 | 08:08 PM
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so far i've seen those gauges on ebay but only glow blue, however or whereever can i get some gauges that will glow red? lookin for somethin that will look like this

 
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Old Jun 24, 2007 | 08:29 PM
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personally I recommend an EL overlay... but that's just me. also you get two color instead of just blue... mine's red and blue and it looks good
 
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