ok so i ordered some LEDS from superbrightleds for the first time, unfortunatley V-leds didnt have what i wanted for this project.

I am sick of the green lighting EVERYWHERE. Especially when I have a doubledin pioneer that is blue lighting, i want everything to match. So I did ALOT of research on this. I was tempted, and I still am to get some LED's i could soulder into the old housing of the incadencent bulbs, so i wouldnt have to dremel out the circuit board of my HVAC switch. (this was the first illuminating part in my car I thought was most ugly so i started with this first). Unfortunatley I am not that knowledgable to go that far into it so i saved the old bulbs. For the meantime i planned to get some b8.5d SUPER BRIGHT bulbs, I found a place close by my house that sells them so i picked up a couple. lol THEY SUCKED. so i checked superbrightleds since I have herd ALOT of good things about them. 3 days later after i ordered them on a friday monday they were there. so this morning i went to town.



Qty | Product / Options | Price/ea |
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3 | B8-HP: B8-HP series Instrument LED bulb | $ 2.59 |
B8.5D-WHP: White
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3 | B8-HP: B8-HP series Instrument LED bulb | $ 2.59 |
B8.3D-WHP: White
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YOU WILL NEED-

1. Dremel
2. Plyers or Crescent Wrench.
3. Phillips Screw Driver
4. 3 b8.5d 12v LED (the extra bright ones)
5. Patients

Instructions-

1. Pull out the HVAC assembley.
2. Remove the 2 phillips screws on the rear of assembley.
3. Remove ***** on front.
4. Unwedge the edges, and corners from the actual assembley, as the backing and front should come apart(BE VERY GENTLE OR IT WILL BREAK.)
5. Remove incadencent bulbs.
6. Take dremel and SLIGHTLEY open the holes that the LED socket is going to go into as the b8.5d is just SLIGHTLY wider than the stock socket.
8. Make sure LED contacts are touching contacts on circuit board.
7. Reverse steps 5-1.
8. Test to make sure it works.
6. Pull assembley apart.


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WAYYYY BETTER now I can even see them during the day!!!!I cant wait to order my template from BlackCat customs, im going LEDS in the back of my cluster as well!!

 

Looks good! I am having trouble seeing exactly where you used the dremel. Is it opening the portion that the light socket twists into to lock?

 

yessir thats correct.

 

i put the part numbers up there....

 

Nice work, looks good. You're gonna love the blackcat gauge face, I love not staring at that big green face anymore.

 

thank you.
im gonna do another wrightup on it, i know there was one already but i know there was an issue with the needles on it, hopefully thats fixed, im also gonna do the LED's in the back, hopefully it will being the blue up better, and i want the M -(mopar uses) in the guage faces then i need to do all the window switches, overheadconsole, and the light switch.

 

Great job man, thanks for the write up. gonna do the same for the headlight switch?

I remember when those came out, did anyone ever post install pics or night pics?

 

Yeah, I can't find and post the thread from my phone,.I'll try to find it tomorrow for you.

 

Yeah I ordered b8.3d but they were to big so either gonna have to solder my own in or I think the t3 we might have a shot from vleds

 

AAHH! The pictures don't work, and I want to know whats going on!