# Amber bulbs in gauge cluster **URL:** \ **Category:** Articles / Teg Tips\ **Created:** [August 29, 2004, 8:57pm UTC](https://forum.g2ic.com/t/amber-bulbs-in-gauge-cluster/53912 "2004-08-29T20:57:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![system](https://forum.g2ic.com/user_avatar/forum.g2ic.com/system/32/1_2.png) [@system](https://forum.g2ic.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2005, 7:18am UTC](https://forum.g2ic.com/t/amber-bulbs-in-gauge-cluster/53912/41 "2005-01-11T07:18:39Z")
Just wondering i have a 194 amber led would that work and has one tried putting in 194 super white in ? let me know im thinkin of putting those in. if anyone has any pics please post ---
**Author:** ![JH4DB536](https://forum.g2ic.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/f05b48/32.png) [@JH4DB536](https://forum.g2ic.com/u/JH4DB536)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2005, 4:25pm UTC](https://forum.g2ic.com/t/amber-bulbs-in-gauge-cluster/53912/42 "2005-01-11T16:25:28Z")
no point, the stock bulbs are already “super whites”. led’s focus light too much. They dont spread light evenly as a regular bulb. havent you noticed that with keychain lights? They dont get hot though, so it wont burn. you dont need to go to extremes for this to work well. Our gauge cluster was very well designed in terms of lighting. The colors of our gauge cluster work very well even with weak ghetto rigged lighting as u can see in mine. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://forum.g2ic.com/user_avatar/forum.g2ic.com/system/32/1_2.png) [@system](https://forum.g2ic.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2005, 7:08pm UTC](https://forum.g2ic.com/t/amber-bulbs-in-gauge-cluster/53912/43 "2005-01-11T19:08:50Z")
> [@JH4DB536](#): > > no point, the stock bulbs are already “super whites”. > > led’s focus light too much. They dont spread light evenly as a regular bulb. havent you noticed that with keychain lights? They dont get hot though, so it wont burn. > > you dont need to go to extremes for this to work well. Our gauge cluster was very well designed in terms of lighting. The colors of our gauge cluster work very well even with weak ghetto rigged lighting as u can see in mine. Are there any bulbs that you may recommend for my type of job? Like, are there incandescent bulbs that will fit in there that I can buy? ---
**Author:** ![MethodMan](https://forum.g2ic.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/c6cbf5/32.png) [@MethodMan](https://forum.g2ic.com/u/MethodMan)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2005, 4:24pm UTC](https://forum.g2ic.com/t/amber-bulbs-in-gauge-cluster/53912/44 "2005-01-13T16:24:23Z")
Actually for an LED if you wanted to disperse the light you could always grind the LED head down to a flat surface and it will refract the light more widely. Ive been thinking of doing LED’s myself ---
**Author:** ![MethodMan](https://forum.g2ic.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/c6cbf5/32.png) [@MethodMan](https://forum.g2ic.com/u/MethodMan)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2005, 4:29pm UTC](https://forum.g2ic.com/t/amber-bulbs-in-gauge-cluster/53912/45 "2005-01-13T16:29:02Z")
Actually for an LED if you wanted to disperse the light you could always grind the LED head down to a flat surface and it will refract the light more widely. Ive been thinking of doing LED’s myself. You can order them actually from [Superbrightleds.com](http://Superbrightleds.com) but I think they didnt have the 24’s, but they do have 74’s and 194’s ---
**Author:** ![system](https://forum.g2ic.com/user_avatar/forum.g2ic.com/system/32/1_2.png) [@system](https://forum.g2ic.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2005, 12:57am UTC](https://forum.g2ic.com/t/amber-bulbs-in-gauge-cluster/53912/46 "2005-01-14T00:57:37Z")
well, either way, ill be rewiring right. If they dont have the 24(which i assume is the right sized bulb), ill be rewiring them anyways. But one thing still questions me, is the standard 3.8 volt LED the right one or is a 12 volt more suitable for this job. Thx guys ---
**Author:** ![system](https://forum.g2ic.com/user_avatar/forum.g2ic.com/system/32/1_2.png) [@system](https://forum.g2ic.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2005, 1:35am UTC](https://forum.g2ic.com/t/amber-bulbs-in-gauge-cluster/53912/47 "2005-01-27T01:35:07Z")
What size bulbs are on top? The ones that shine down on the needles? 74?24?194? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://forum.g2ic.com/user_avatar/forum.g2ic.com/system/32/1_2.png) [@system](https://forum.g2ic.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2005, 2:25am UTC](https://forum.g2ic.com/t/amber-bulbs-in-gauge-cluster/53912/48 "2005-02-14T02:25:47Z")
bump! Im still glow-less ---
**Author:** ![system](https://forum.g2ic.com/user_avatar/forum.g2ic.com/system/32/1_2.png) [@system](https://forum.g2ic.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2005, 11:01pm UTC](https://forum.g2ic.com/t/amber-bulbs-in-gauge-cluster/53912/49 "2005-02-15T23:01:56Z")
nice work…i think ill be doing this when i get my jdm gsr cluster :rockon: ---
**Author:** ![MethodMan](https://forum.g2ic.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/c6cbf5/32.png) [@MethodMan](https://forum.g2ic.com/u/MethodMan)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2005, 5:54pm UTC](https://forum.g2ic.com/t/amber-bulbs-in-gauge-cluster/53912/50 "2005-02-17T17:54:47Z")
tops are 74 I beleive. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://forum.g2ic.com/user_avatar/forum.g2ic.com/system/32/1_2.png) [@system](https://forum.g2ic.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2005, 3:47am UTC](https://forum.g2ic.com/t/amber-bulbs-in-gauge-cluster/53912/51 "2005-03-22T03:47:07Z")
imma prolly do the same thing, but can someone confirm that the top bulbs are 74? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://forum.g2ic.com/user_avatar/forum.g2ic.com/system/32/1_2.png) [@system](https://forum.g2ic.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2005, 8:10pm UTC](https://forum.g2ic.com/t/amber-bulbs-in-gauge-cluster/53912/52 "2005-03-23T20:10:24Z")
Yup, the top bulb are size 74. As are all of the other little bulbs for the CEL, Hatch Ajar, etc. The ones on the outer edge are 74. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://forum.g2ic.com/user_avatar/forum.g2ic.com/system/32/1_2.png) [@system](https://forum.g2ic.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2005, 12:57am UTC](https://forum.g2ic.com/t/amber-bulbs-in-gauge-cluster/53912/53 "2005-03-26T00:57:06Z")
Here’s my contribution to the thread. Took me longer than I thought it would, due to the fact that I had to take my dash apart 3 times. Once because a bulb I put it was dead, and another time because my Speedo cable wasnt on correctly. Sigh, but it was worth it. My needles look red because I took a Sharpie and colored that blue piece of plastic above the needles with a red sharpie. If you did it with an orange one, it would look amber, which would be pretty sweet. I’m happy with how it looks. 🙂 ![](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v316/miklebud/needles.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://forum.g2ic.com/user_avatar/forum.g2ic.com/system/32/1_2.png) [@system](https://forum.g2ic.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2005, 6:07am UTC](https://forum.g2ic.com/t/amber-bulbs-in-gauge-cluster/53912/54 "2005-03-26T06:07:42Z")
> [@Rcoop2](#): > > im in the process of doing this now with my new gsr cluster i just got today and one of the gifts for the teg. and i’ve been searching for what the gauges look like at night the normal way and couldnt find a one pic so here is my progress, still gotta get more bulbs. In the top pick on post #25, how did you get your gauge to look so bright and white. Even after i took off the blue covers on my bulbs, it was not that white, and not that nice looking…please do share with us, Thanks Vic ---
**Author:** ![Rcoop2](https://forum.g2ic.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/c4cdca/32.png) [@Rcoop2](https://forum.g2ic.com/u/Rcoop2)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2005, 9:02am UTC](https://forum.g2ic.com/t/amber-bulbs-in-gauge-cluster/53912/55 "2005-03-26T09:02:30Z")
> [@Soon2BXSi](#): > > In the top pick on post #25, how did you get your gauge to look so bright and white. Even after i took off the blue covers on my bulbs, it was not that white, and not that nice looking…please do share with us, > Thanks > Vic well actually i had to adjust some setting when i resized the pic and made it a lil brighter to make it more clear than it was but it was pretty close to it and it was just all stock bulbs. no flash. so thats why its a lil brighter b/c i adjusted the brightness and focus and something else to make it look nicer than the main pic which was blury. anything else let me know. its no longer white as u can see in further pics. ---
**Author:** ![MethodMan](https://forum.g2ic.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/c6cbf5/32.png) [@MethodMan](https://forum.g2ic.com/u/MethodMan)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2005, 10:13pm UTC](https://forum.g2ic.com/t/amber-bulbs-in-gauge-cluster/53912/56 "2005-03-28T22:13:43Z")
:uhoh: ---
**Author:** ![system](https://forum.g2ic.com/user_avatar/forum.g2ic.com/system/32/1_2.png) [@system](https://forum.g2ic.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2005, 6:52pm UTC](https://forum.g2ic.com/t/amber-bulbs-in-gauge-cluster/53912/57 "2005-05-20T18:52:25Z")
> [@miklebud](#): > > Here’s my contribution to the thread. Took me longer than I thought it would, due to the fact that I had to take my dash apart 3 times. Once because a bulb I put it was dead, and another time because my Speedo cable wasnt on correctly. Sigh, but it was worth it. > My needles look red because I took a Sharpie and colored that blue piece of plastic above the needles with a red sharpie. If you did it with an orange one, it would look amber, which would be pretty sweet. I’m happy with how it looks. 🙂 I would like to know what you mean by a sharpie. I’m french but I searched in the dictionary but I don’t think it means what you actually mean here. You painted the plastic with red paint? Transparent red paint? Or did you used red mica? Maybe red mica would work? Thx ---
**Author:** ![athlon12](https://forum.g2ic.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/51bf81/32.png) [@athlon12](https://forum.g2ic.com/u/athlon12)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2005, 3:30am UTC](https://forum.g2ic.com/t/amber-bulbs-in-gauge-cluster/53912/58 "2005-05-21T03:30:52Z")
[http://www.sharpie.com/](http://www.sharpie.com/) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://forum.g2ic.com/user_avatar/forum.g2ic.com/system/32/1_2.png) [@system](https://forum.g2ic.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2005, 8:20pm UTC](https://forum.g2ic.com/t/amber-bulbs-in-gauge-cluster/53912/59 "2005-05-21T20:20:10Z")
It’s a marker. you could use any permanant marker. If I were to do it again, I would have used an orange marker. But I still think it looks great! ---
**Author:** ![ls\_vtecstitch](https://forum.g2ic.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/ec9cab/32.png) [@ls\_vtecstitch](https://forum.g2ic.com/u/ls_vtecstitch)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2005, 9:47pm UTC](https://forum.g2ic.com/t/amber-bulbs-in-gauge-cluster/53912/60 "2005-05-21T21:47:43Z")
i did this with blue bulbs and it looks real good but you can’t see the needles at all at night. i did take out the two bulbs the needles rely on but i was wondering if anyone knew of a way to get the needles to glow as well or is this it? [Previous page](https://forum.g2ic.com/t/amber-bulbs-in-gauge-cluster/53912.md?page=2) [Next page](https://forum.g2ic.com/t/amber-bulbs-in-gauge-cluster/53912.md?page=4)