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ctrlraven
10-15-2008, 06:29 AM
Came across this site. http://www.whitegauges.net



Our LEDs replacement bulbs are a great way to change the appearance of your dash at night. By design, LEDs will last a lot longer, most of the time the life of your vehicle and outlast incandescent bulbs by far. We guaranteed our LED bulbs work forever so we offer a full lifetime warranty (we guarantee them for life).

4-Point style
http://www.whitegauges.net/catalog/index.php?cPath=10_12_13
http://www.whitegauges.net/catalog/images/194%20white%20led%20bulb%20wit h%20specs.jpg


High Power
http://www.whitegauges.net/catalog/index.php?cPath=10_12_14
http://www.whitegauges.net/catalog/images/high%20power%20white%20led%20b ulb%20with%20specs.jpg

To me the High Power ones look like the ones to get since its not an actual bulb but a small circuit board with the correct resistor/s.

Just thought I'd pass this along, I'm going to pick up some of the 194 High Power bulbs at the end of the month and see how they work.

omarauder
10-15-2008, 12:49 PM
I agree with the 'High Power' ones. Looks like there are 6 LEDS that aim their light sideways all around into the plexiglas behind the gauge decal. The plexiglas distributes the light evenly over the gauge. LEDS usually beam their light straight forward with little sideways light.

liquid
10-15-2008, 01:31 PM
Pardon my ignorance, but wouldn't LED cluster bulbs make it impossible to adjust brightness? My understanding is that LED is on or off.

BigCars4Ever
10-15-2008, 06:36 PM
Actually that may be correct. The presence of an IC on the board suggest some type of current regulation so dimming that bulb is unlikely. I plan to try these from besthongkong.com
http://www.besthongkong.com/images/car/t10/smd/t10smd1-1_200x200.jpg
Other bulbs I got from them seemed ok.

BigCars4Ever
10-15-2008, 06:38 PM
BTW, see this post http://www.mercurymarauder.net/forums/showthread.php?t=47857

Fourth Horseman
10-15-2008, 07:58 PM
Pardon my ignorance, but wouldn't LED cluster bulbs make it impossible to adjust brightness? My understanding is that LED is on or off.

I was afraid of that when I put in my AutoMeter UltraLite II gauges. They are LED illuminated but they dim just fine with the dash dimmer switch. I don't know if the gauges have additional circuitry to allow this or if all LEDs can do this naturally.

In any case, I'd love to have LED lights for my main gauge cluster as the UltraLite IIs are quite a bit brighter.