Dash Light Mod. Cheap (any Color)!
November-3rd-2002, 08:30 PM
#19
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WAIT WAIT WAIT Hold on! You're not saying that by putting bulbs in behind the gauges the needles are gonna glow Are You? I only see white numbers. I thought you put in blue bulbs? Who's carbon fiber gauges are those and whta does it have to do? What car does your buddy have? Is that night time picture of your buddy's car? Sorry for all the questions it's just that I'm thinking why buy indiglo needles if I can put brighter and different bulbs and the needles will light up.
November-3rd-2002, 09:13 PM
#20
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Those are ultra blue bulbs, but, you will notice that the gauge numbers are white... the needles are transparent and thats why thy still shine white and the needles, ultra white/bluish
for example, if in any given car, the gauge numbers are...lets say, RED, and you put those ultra white/blue bulbs, the numbers will still glow RED, and if the needle is transparent, will glow blue as in the pictures....
...i think....
for example, if in any given car, the gauge numbers are...lets say, RED, and you put those ultra white/blue bulbs, the numbers will still glow RED, and if the needle is transparent, will glow blue as in the pictures....
...i think....
November-4th-2002, 01:11 PM
#21
formerly chastan
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: California, USA
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I put some red light bulbs in my first gen, it looks okay (I don't have a digital camera). It was a bit of a pain in the *** to take out the cluster. The main reason why: the steering wheel. In order to get the trim out from around the gauge cluster, I needed to loosen the four bolts holding up the steering wheel/column to lower it a bit. You could also probably reach around from behind / under to get to the bulb caps, at least for some of them. It took me forever to realize you had to do this to disconnect the speedometer cable to get the cluster to come out.
November-6th-2002, 10:11 AM
#22
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so after u put red bulbs in ur first gen, were the numbers red or did the red shine through green.....? just curious if the number's are clear or do they got like some integrated green tint on it =\
November-6th-2002, 10:57 AM
#27
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I think about 5, three for the speed / tach, one each for the fuel / temp gauges (which you can use different colors for, btw, I put blue in those and it doesn't overlap with the red, it must be sealed).
November-26th-2002, 01:25 AM
#29
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Originally posted by protegeDX
maybe some LED's would be a good investment for longer lasting bulbs..
maybe some LED's would be a good investment for longer lasting bulbs..
Also are the smaller bulbs 74's?
November-26th-2002, 10:22 AM
#30
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yeh it can fit in a 194, 168 and 194 are interchangable.
but i read in some other thread, someone put BLUE bulbs in their first gen and it turned out green still, so there might be like a green lense behind the numbers in the gauge itself =\ i suppose red through green wouldnt show any green tho
heres the link
http://209.87.151.155/detail.asp?PRO...-168-LED-White
edit: oh yeh dont know where to get 74's. maybe this link will help
http://www.protegeclub.com/forum/sho...threadid=15810
but i read in some other thread, someone put BLUE bulbs in their first gen and it turned out green still, so there might be like a green lense behind the numbers in the gauge itself =\ i suppose red through green wouldnt show any green tho
heres the link
http://209.87.151.155/detail.asp?PRO...-168-LED-White
edit: oh yeh dont know where to get 74's. maybe this link will help
http://www.protegeclub.com/forum/sho...threadid=15810
Last edited by protegeDX; November-26th-2002 at 10:26 AM.