here is a picture of the bulb in the mph gauge area. question is: is that stock blue rubber slip on there for color or heat disipation if it makes things brighter i'm with taking it off ,if its there so nothing catches on fire then it'll stay there. also the needle on the mph gauge there keeps going up to 45 mph when i put it back on i know i put it back on right. as sson as i get this like i want it i'll show some neet pictures, i need a quick reply while i have this thign off

 

are you asking how to fix your speedo needle?
1.)start car with needle removed
2.)put needle on so it's facing 0 mph
-make sure you DON'T put the needle on and then turn it to 0mph, you have to put it straight on zero.
3.)drive around see if everything seems right
4.) if you're a perfectionist, have a friend drive beside you and see if it's accurate, or do what I did and find one of those things on the side of the road that tracks your speed and drive by that a few times (see if what your speedo says and the thing says are accurate)...

 

What gauges did you install? For the most part all of the gauges for us are overlays and you didnt really need to take off the needles. But anyway, Pat is right. Just take off the plexi piece and reinstall everything back together. Then start the car and put the needle back on at 0 mph. Then drive around and make sure it does not stick to the faces at any places.

 

ok i can do that but do you know about the bulb? i am in the test phase to making some, to see if it looks right. but the bulbs i remember a LED DIY by tibby01 but it was on the old site

 

I took the blue pieces off and drive around for about a month before putting new bulbs back there and my car didnt catch on fire and the gauges didnt melt. I really have no idea what it is for but I dont think it is needed.

 

was it brighter? or should i go do that LED install now, prob is i have no bright LED here now

 

Since our dash is so easy to take off I would just take the blue off for now, reinstall, then buy some "Varad Pro" leds for back there and then take everything back apart once you get them in. Currently I have the Varad Pro red leds in the 194 size and all of the 74 size are the SuperBright leds in red. Everything is really bright EXCEPT for the fuel gauge. The needle is not really bright. But I do have reverse indaglow gauges so I am only using the lights to light up the needles. I am not sure how bright it will be with regular gauges.

 

do i need any resistors for the LEDs in there if so which ones, o and is the LEDs the 3mm or 5mm

 

Nope no resistors. Here is the info.

Varad (194 bulb for behind Speedo and tach)

http://www.cardomain.com/shoplist~b~Varad~...placement+Bulbs

And you definatly want the PRO series. They have one additional LED.


Superbright (74 bulb for behind Temp, Fuel, and ALL warning lamps (blinkers, cel, oil, high beam, etc).)



74 LED bulb
Small Wedge Base LED bulb (74 type)
3/16 inch wide base, 13/16 inch overall length
Flat tipped LED produces wide beam angle
$ 1.19

 

ahh ok i thought i was goign to get regualr LEDs and have to do soem wiring and stuff wel thats very cool thx