leds in my needles, man

**KING6** · 12-21-07, 1:48

So I messed up and got the wrong size led for my tail light project.. I orderd the 3mm instead of 5mm. These are way to small for what I want to do.. so, I got creative with my other set of gauges (from parts car).

A few hrs later, I got leds in my needles... I did some experimenting and scraped off the yellow paint on the mph and tach needle.. the gas and temp are still stock. Scrapeing the paint off was a bad idea.. they light up much more brighter with the paint (as you can see the temp and gas needle are super bright..)

Anyway, they were just for the hell of it.. I think I might have ruined the mph motor thing..it doesnt return back like it used to.. it just sticks where ever you spin it to.... Ill probaly take the modified plastic peice and swap them with the ones in my mx6..so it has the led needles.

Also some of ya may know I made a laser needle how to a long time ago.. That how to basically replaced the standard bulbs with leds.. It didnt light up the needles nearly as much as these do.. Also that created hotspots ( i used tape on the gauge face back to cover hotspots) and ment you couldnt have needles a seperate color from the numbers.

I also made a small shift light to replace my large proform one, the proform was to obnoxious.. I made a bite size one with 6leds and is much brigher.. I gutted the old shift light and used the internals to control the new one.

I still have a ton of these little leds..

**UnDeR_FLiP** · 12-21-07, 9:22

LED tail light project you say? I'm in the midst of designing the same thing. What type of LED's are you using?

**KING6** · 12-21-07, 21:00

its a secret.

**Car-InsanE** · 12-21-07, 23:04

looks cool king

**kid_puma** · 12-21-07, 23:38

sounds nifty,

i too did the alteration and unfortunately they'll never be the same again sigh oh well .

**midnightblue6** · 12-28-07, 13:18

Or you could have wasted less time, and saved your poor needles from being handicap by using testors paint(same stuff u paint your tails with) and coated the needles. Works just the same. Make things too damn difficult when you could just complete a simple task with less thought. Sometimes King6 your just too damn bored.

**KING6** · 12-29-07, 1:26

Its not really boredom, I just get alot of ideas, and I dont have bad habbits to fill my time like the majority of other people (smoking, drinking, gameing,gambling).

Also painting them would not make them make them as bright as they are.

Also the gauges were off my parts car, they arent worth anything, I would have tossed the whole cluster into the trash otherwise

Kinda like ive been doing with ALOT of parts that are generally very good and useable.. it just cost to much to ship

The goal is to make the entire car different from what it was and personalized.

**KING6** · 12-29-07, 20:56

I switched them over, I found out the gauges arent as fragile as I thought they were. The needle on the speedo was just pushed into far. The speedo, gas and the tach have resting spots so its not terribly hard to figure out how to put the needle back on.

So, BEFORE..

AFTER

**cf_z** · 12-29-07, 21:01

pretty cool. mine look funny now cause ive got the bomz racing gauges, but the needles still light up white.

**whitenoyz** · 12-30-07, 8:48

Looks good now, you don't think it's going to get too annoying during constant nighttime driving? I would get a little tired with little lightsabers moving around right in front of me.

**KING6** · 12-30-07, 15:12

Thats why they are hooked to a dimmer switch.

Also I like never drive my car.. i hate night driving the way it is... you cant see the pigs

**Car-InsanE** · 1-1-08, 1:13

it looks really good king. i like it

**1 low mx6** · 1-5-08, 14:39

looks good. I just did the same to the evo.
I did blue LED's in the six 2 or so years ago. I love the way they look

**Blake** · 1-8-08, 12:54

Looks pretty cool. Its not a waste, its a hobby.

12-21-07, 1:48	#1 (permalink)
KING6 Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Central, USA Age: 24 iTrader: (21)	leds in my needles, man So I messed up and got the wrong size led for my tail light project.. I orderd the 3mm instead of 5mm. These are way to small for what I want to do.. so, I got creative with my other set of gauges (from parts car). A few hrs later, I got leds in my needles... I did some experimenting and scraped off the yellow paint on the mph and tach needle.. the gas and temp are still stock. Scrapeing the paint off was a bad idea.. they light up much more brighter with the paint (as you can see the temp and gas needle are super bright..) Anyway, they were just for the hell of it.. I think I might have ruined the mph motor thing..it doesnt return back like it used to.. it just sticks where ever you spin it to.... Ill probaly take the modified plastic peice and swap them with the ones in my mx6..so it has the led needles. Also some of ya may know I made a laser needle how to a long time ago.. That how to basically replaced the standard bulbs with leds.. It didnt light up the needles nearly as much as these do.. Also that created hotspots ( i used tape on the gauge face back to cover hotspots) and ment you couldnt have needles a seperate color from the numbers. I also made a small shift light to replace my large proform one, the proform was to obnoxious.. I made a bite size one with 6leds and is much brigher.. I gutted the old shift light and used the internals to control the new one. I still have a ton of these little leds..
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12-21-07, 9:22	#2 (permalink)
UnDeR_FLiP Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada Age: 24 iTrader: (0)	LED tail light project you say? I'm in the midst of designing the same thing. What type of LED's are you using?
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12-21-07, 21:00	#3 (permalink)
KING6 Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Central, USA Age: 24 iTrader: (21)	its a secret.
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12-21-07, 23:04	#4 (permalink)
Car-InsanE KLG4 POWA!! Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Edmond, OK, USA iTrader: (2)	looks cool king
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12-21-07, 23:38	#5 (permalink)
kid_puma Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Ottawa,Ontario (Nations Capital), Canada Age: 25 iTrader: (1)	sounds nifty, i too did the alteration and unfortunately they'll never be the same again sigh oh well .
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12-28-07, 13:18	#6 (permalink)
midnightblue6 Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Omaha, NE iTrader: (0)	Or you could have wasted less time, and saved your poor needles from being handicap by using testors paint(same stuff u paint your tails with) and coated the needles. Works just the same. Make things too damn difficult when you could just complete a simple task with less thought. Sometimes King6 your just too damn bored.

12-29-07, 1:26	#7 (permalink)
KING6 Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Central, USA Age: 24 iTrader: (21)	Its not really boredom, I just get alot of ideas, and I dont have bad habbits to fill my time like the majority of other people (smoking, drinking, gameing,gambling). Also painting them would not make them make them as bright as they are. Also the gauges were off my parts car, they arent worth anything, I would have tossed the whole cluster into the trash otherwise Kinda like ive been doing with ALOT of parts that are generally very good and useable.. it just cost to much to ship The goal is to make the entire car different from what it was and personalized.
	The King OF AFTERMARKET/USED PARTS F/S F/S K6F Radiator support brackets, fuse box covers, egr block offs < 94/LS-T -possibly for sale. B.O

12-29-07, 20:56	#8 (permalink)
KING6 Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Central, USA Age: 24 iTrader: (21)	I switched them over, I found out the gauges arent as fragile as I thought they were. The needle on the speedo was just pushed into far. The speedo, gas and the tach have resting spots so its not terribly hard to figure out how to put the needle back on. So, BEFORE.. AFTER
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12-29-07, 21:01	#9 (permalink)
cf_z Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: NE Indiana, USA Age: 18 iTrader: (16)	pretty cool. mine look funny now cause ive got the bomz racing gauges, but the needles still light up white.
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12-30-07, 8:48	#10 (permalink)
whitenoyz Megans law is a cockblock Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Philadelphia, PA Age: 23 iTrader: (1)	Looks good now, you don't think it's going to get too annoying during constant nighttime driving? I would get a little tired with little lightsabers moving around right in front of me.
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12-30-07, 15:12	#11 (permalink)
KING6 Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Central, USA Age: 24 iTrader: (21)	Thats why they are hooked to a dimmer switch. Also I like never drive my car.. i hate night driving the way it is... you cant see the pigs
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1-1-08, 1:13	#12 (permalink)
Car-InsanE KLG4 POWA!! Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Edmond, OK, USA iTrader: (2)	it looks really good king. i like it
	Custom works under the project M

1-5-08, 14:39	#13 (permalink)
1 low mx6 Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Boston, MA, USA Age: 25 iTrader: (0)	looks good. I just did the same to the evo. I did blue LED's in the six 2 or so years ago. I love the way they look
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