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Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Kent, WA
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Instrument Panel Lights
OK...so what is the hot setup here? Mine are so dim I can barely see them...some are even burned out...who would have guessed? Is conversion to LEDs the way to go? If I got LEDs am I going to lose points on my 100 pt. restoration? Will the judges even notice?
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its all about the +6 inches
Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Hilliard Ohio
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Re: Instrument Panel Lights
LEDs rock... you'll need a 4 or 5 diode replacement to gain any real improvement.
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Re: Instrument Panel Lights
Andy, I figured you might have a good answer...I'm all over it!
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Registered User
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: NW, WA.
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Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: tampa florida
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Re: Instrument Panel Lights
Got mine on Ebay and its a whole new world. You will love them. Get a five LED cluster if you can.
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Designated Grumpy Old Man
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Location: arlington, washington usa
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Re: Instrument Panel Lights
Dash lights are highly overrated. Besides I hear your wife doesnt let you out at night anyways. LOL!!!
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Out of the carpool lane.
Join Date: Jan 2000
Location: Clark Co, WA
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Re: Instrument Panel Lights
I use the original style, but the hotter output version. That's plenty for me and I usually turn them down unless I'm in the city with lot's of bright street lamps.
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Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Louisville, Ky.
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Re: Instrument Panel Lights
I aint the inner tins gloss white and get just as good a reflection with using stock 194's. No one will ever see the inside of your dash and you can do this on the cheap for less than $5 and little bit of your time. Here is a night pic of a yellow faced dash that has been painted gloss whiteon the inside and using stock 194's
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Super Trucker
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Newnan, Georgia
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Re: Instrument Panel Lights
from what i understand the sidemarker light bulbs and the dash light bulbs are use the same type socket. just the sidemarker light bulbs use a higher wattage. please correct me if i'm wrong.
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its all about the +6 inches
Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Hilliard Ohio
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Re: Instrument Panel Lights
your wrong.
194 for the dash, and for the side markers. 168, which is twice the out put of a 194 is used in the turn signal indicators on the dash, and can be found at any parts store, they look EXACTLY like the 194's do. |
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Super Trucker
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Newnan, Georgia
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Re: Instrument Panel Lights
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1loc10, cool setup with the LED's.
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American by birth, Southern by the grace of God. ".. you aint just whistlin' Dixie..." Rebel till I die Last edited by blacktruck; 10-27-2006 at 11:30 PM. |
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its all about the +6 inches
Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Hilliard Ohio
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Re: Instrument Panel Lights
(wasn't trying to sound cockey... picture me with a smirk on my face as I say that out loud)
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Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Dyer, Indiana
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Re: Instrument Panel Lights
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huh ???
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: Fredericksburg,Va.
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Re: Instrument Panel Lights
I did like byrd, but I used chrome paint instead of white...
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Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Wakaw, Sask, Canada
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Re: Instrument Panel Lights
Does painting the tins white or chrome mean that the cluster glow will now be white instead of green? I would like to keep the green light.
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huh ???
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: Fredericksburg,Va.
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Re: Instrument Panel Lights
Yeah, mine glows white now...
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Location: Portland, Oregon
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Re: Instrument Panel Lights
not trying to be picky but the 168 lamps are not really twice as bright as the 194's..... 194 light output is 2 candlepower, .27 amp ; 168 is 3 candlepower, .35 amp. 175's are available also - 5 candlepower, .58 amp. (This info from a Phillips lighting catalog ). The 175's are not that readily found.... the local NAPA outlet has them, tho.
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its all about the +6 inches
Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Hilliard Ohio
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Re: Instrument Panel Lights
I was thinking the 194's were 1.5 CP... my bad.
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