Blue leds

[lucenti]

I read in some of my searches that blue leds will shine through the green film, and the end result would be blue when gauge cluster is on.. Did any 1 hear of this or try this.

as usual thanks for your educated responses

D.L.

[RR|Suki]

I read in some of my searches that blue leds will shine through the green film, and the end result would be blue when gauge cluster is on.. Did any 1 hear of this or try this.

as usual thanks for your educated responses

D.L.

That would be a lot better than the green, I've had way too many years of ford green gauges.

[BigCars4Ever]

I just bought an extra cluster to try and back light with white. I'll try blue too.

[larryo340]

For those that haven't seen what I did. Custom white face gauges that light up white with some green and red markings.

Daytime

http://i299.photobucket.com/albums/mm288/larryo340/White%20Face%20Gauges/100_4583-1-1.jpg

Nightime, and this picture shows why I need a DSLR

http://i299.photobucket.com/albums/mm288/larryo340/White%20Face%20Gauges/100_4588.jpg

[SID210SA]

Your battery, water and oil looks a little low and 340 miles and still a full tank of gas.....nice gas saver!!:D

[larryo340]

Your battery, water and oil looks a little low and 340 miles and still a full tank of gas.....nice gas saver!!:D

Tell me about it :D and imagine how bright the dash would be if the voltage was up ;)
You guys wouldn't believe the mileage you can get with 2.73's.....

[lucenti]

I just bought an extra cluster to try and back light with white. I'll try blue too.


thanks... I was woundering the whiite tape behind the gauges is that for defusing the light, could yu post pics with blue when yu try it. tks

[sd8683]

Eagerly awaiting the outcome of this thread :)

[BigCars4Ever]

Haven't found any blue leds to try this yet. I have some somewhere but I can't remember where I put them.

[lucenti]

i most certinally want to thank you for replying,,,,

D.L.

[BigCars4Ever]

So I found a couple of blue leds and tried illuminating a portion of the temp gauge text. I can say for certain that the end result is still green. Not only is it green but it appears to lose a significant amount of light on the way through and looks very dim. I guess if you want blue you will have to have custom gauge faces made. I'm waiting on my white leds to get here so I can try that. It gave my oil and volt gauges a more modern look. I'm hoping for the same with the cluster.

[Spectragod]

You might want to look at www.putco.com (http://www.putco.com) for LED's, they have a large selection.