03-07 Cluster Instrument Panel

[Coby7]

[AJE]

I just had mine done...  blue looks sweet, but I like blue.

 

I was going to get the white LEDs and the guy from gmgaugerepair called and told me it still looks "pretty blue" with white if I don't change the gauge faces.   I'll reiterate that... it looks *really* blue.

 

 

[Coby7]

Top picture was with blue LEDs, third was with white LEDs

[Coby7]

Did an H2 Hummer this morning, it would drain the battery and sometimes completely shut down.

Edited September 27, 2018 by Coby7

[AJE]

39 minutes ago, Coby7 said:

Top picture was with blue LEDs, third was with white LEDs

I asked for the white but it looks much more like the blue.

 

I bought the blue LEDs for the steering wheel so maybe he did actually give me the blue instead...  either way I do like it.

Edited September 27, 2018 by AJE

[Coby7]

If you wanted white he should have installed warm white, because the decal has a blue filter behind it to take the yellow out of incandescent bulbs.  Here are warm white LEDs.

 

 

[AJE]

I needed more than just lights, becuase it wasn't working right and I had the whole thing rebuilt by gmgaugerepair.com.

[Coby7]

Now you need to do this, lol

[Coby7]

But don't put blue LEDs behind the red bars or they'll show up purple.

Edited December 9, 2018 by Coby7

[AJE]

I'm trying to find a cheaper source... what did you use?

 

Here's what I found:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01BY0XEAM/?coliid=I32K07CDM68783&colid=1TV0934RG85BS&psc=0&ref_=lv_ov_lig_dp_it

 

Here is what is available on the site where I got my panel rebuilt... and the LEDs for the steering wheel.

 

https://www.gmgaugerepair.com/led-instrument-panel-lights/

 

He sells a wiring diagram with the LEDs.. if I can figure out the polarity and buy my own LEDs I'll save a bunch of money.

[Coby7]

I buy from this site 4.7mm 12volt 

 

http://led-switch.com/12 volt LED.htm

 

Polarity! Red arrows show negative. Also I usually grind down the lens to try to eliminate hot spots.

 

 

 

 

 

Edited September 28, 2018 by Coby7
more info

[Coby7]

This is how I prep my LEDs for surface mounting.

 

 

You can see here how I just grind the surface of the lens flat.

 

[AJE]

Very nice.   How many red ones do you need?

 

I will want to do basically all the rest of the lights besides the instrument panel and steering wheel...  so the window switches in both doors, the headlights/fog lights, 4WD selector, climate control, and airbag selector.

 

[AJE]

I found pics of the climate control torn apart... it looks like there is one light on each side of the temp sliders.  It looks like the color is on the face, so I'd guess I should use white or natural light LEDs for those instead of red or blue?

[Coby7]

On 9/30/2018 at 4:06 PM, AJE said:

Very nice.   How many red ones do you need?

 

I will want to do basically all the rest of the lights besides the instrument panel and steering wheel...  so the window switches in both doors, the headlights/fog lights, 4WD selector, climate control, and airbag selector.

 

9 for the cluster backlighting, but the red LEDs are not as bright so you may need to put 2 instead. Here's one I just did just to show you.