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Well... I decided to use my spare time to replace the burned out bulbs in my dash. Time to upgrade...:D. I used Scottyboy's how to's and some improvising to get the job done and here are the results.
http://www.truckmodcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1764
http://www.truckmodcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1580
A couple of notes... I was having issues with my POS camera and the lights do not cause as much glare in person.
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I like how it turned out with the radio lights. I'm thinking about replacing the gauges with white LED's but I'm not sure yet...

Your thoughts?:cheers:
 
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I really like the LED look. How bright are they actually? The pics make em look VERY bright.
 
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Looks just like mine. :thumbs: Oh and Jim, I had the same issues trying to take pics. They look about twice as bright in the pics as they actually are.
 
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Thanks. I figured it was just the pic. Cool stuff!
 
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Now don't get me wrong, they are MUCH brighter than stock, but not quite as bright as the pics make it seem. :dunno:
 
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99sierraman said:
I'm thinking about replacing the gauges with white LED's but I'm not sure yet...

Your thoughts?:cheers:
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I'd personally replace the guages with blue LED's to match the rest of the dash. Thats what I did. I should have done a write up on those too. :( Those are by far the easiest ones to swap out since no soldering is involved.
 
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Not being able to dim them would bug the crap outta me.
 
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ScottyBoy said:
99sierraman said:
I'm thinking about replacing the gauges with white LED's but I'm not sure yet...

Your thoughts?:cheers:
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I'd personally replace the guages with blue LED's to match the rest of the dash. Thats what I did. I should have done a write up on those too. :( Those are by far the easiest ones to swap out since no soldering is involved.
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Very intriguing.... I will have to look into this over spring break.:cheers: I thought maybe the two tone White/Blue would be cool but the blue gauges would also look very cool. Do you have any pictures?

And with the dimmer, it still kind of bugs me but I never use it anyways. I guess I just like the thought that its there in the even I ever needed it.
 
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