has anybody changed there dash lights to led's?

[BigBlockSam]

hey guys

i want to change my dash lights on my 69 charger  to blue. to match the after market gauges and my stereo. can anybody tell me where to get the LED's and how many  i need to do all the stock gauges?

[A383Wing]

I have changed my Dakota dash lights over...didn't like the looks...the LED bulbs do not disperse the light evenly through the dash....LED bulbs are more of a "straight on" bulb....there were bright & dim spots...pics below

first pic is stock 194 bulbs...second pic is white LED replacement bulbs

[terrible one]

Reading this thread, it looks liked white LEDs give you a pretty nice "blue" thanks to the blue tinted lenses in the gauge cluster. Moparstuart's picture looks awesome!

http://www.dodgecharger.com/forum/index.php/topic,74412.0.html

[elacruze]

Just lit mine up yesterday. It looks great! I'll have to make a list of lamps I used, got them from http://www.superbrightleds.com/cgi-bin/store/index.cgi?action=DispPage&Page2Disp=%2Fled_prods.htm. I think I spent about $40 all together. I used sideways pointing for general lighting, directed lens for turn signals and indicator lamps.

[mpdlawdog]

I love the look of the blue lights!!  thats one of my next problems/projects...I dont have any dash lights currently so it should be fun figuring out that mess!

[tan top]

Just lit mine up yesterday. It looks great! I'll have to make a list of lamps I used, got them from http://www.superbrightleds.com/cgi-bin/store/index.cgi?action=DispPage&Page2Disp=%2Fled_prods.htm. I think I spent about $40 all together. I used sideways pointing for general lighting, directed lens for turn signals and indicator lamps.

looks good 

[BigBlockSam]

I love the look of the blue lights!!

wow! those blue lights are exactly what i want to do. they look great! 

i bought this bundle of 20 to do the aftermarket gauges and maybe the dash.

but if anybody can help me with exactly how many and which led's will fit in the cluster . i would appreciated it. i want to do the best job that i can on the stock cluster . 

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=220781914583&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT

[elacruze]

Here's my order from Superbright LEDs.

I bought an LED lamp for the overhead courtesy light, and I think for both sides of the console...I think Superbright has a list of necessary lamps on their website somewhere...http://www.superbrightleds.com/vehicle_led_bulb_finder.php?utm_source=Car%2BBulb%2BFinder%2B(main%2Bnav)&utm_medium=Car%2BBulb%2BFinder%2B(main%2Bnav)&utm_campaign=Car%2BBulb%2BFinder%2B(main%2Bnav)

The hard part was choosing what lamp to use. For some, there are 3-4 choices of lamps with more or less LEDs-I didn't want it too bright, but obviously not too dim because you can't control them with the rheostat. I installed a couple of them in my pickup for testing and loved it (this is why the ends of my instrument cluster appear darker, the end lamps are missing)
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[BigBlockSam]

very cool link . thank you

what is the # for the stock instrument bulbs?

[A383Wing]

very cool link . thank you

what is the # for the stock instrument bulbs?

stock bulb number is 194

[BigBlockSam]

stock bulb number is 194

thank you. how many are in the dash?

[A383Wing]

well, actually, there are 2 styles of bulbs...some are 57's, the others are 194's....I went out to my spare dashes I have hanging in garage....one dash has 9 bulbs, the other has 10 bulbs....this is also counting the high beam & both turn signal bulbs....I think there are only 2 of the 194's in the far right that screw into the printed circuit board with those little black twisty thingys.....the rest are the standard #57 that twist & turn into the light sockets that are part of the dash harness

maybe someone else can confirm this

(it seems that I have 2 different speedometers..one has 2 bulbs for lighting, the other has only 1) 

[nascarxx29]

The original dash cluster bulbs were the #158s.I upgraded mine to the 194s 

[Cooter]

Did the Challenger up and Like 'em so far.

[BigBlockSam]

well, actually, there are 2 styles of bulbs...some are 57's, the others are 194's....I went out to my spare dashes I have hanging in garage....one dash has 9 bulbs, the other has 10 bulbs....this is also counting the high beam & both turn signal bulbs....I think there are only 2 of the 194's in the far right that screw into the printed circuit board with those little black twisty thingys.....the rest are the standard #57 that twist & turn into the light sockets that are part of the dash harness

maybe someone else can confirm this

(it seems that I have 2 different speedometers..one has 2 bulbs for lighting, the other has only 1)  shruggy

thanks bro    i've got a game plan now . now time to order some bulbs .