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Old 10-13-2014, 09:14 PM   #1
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LED Factory Gauge Mod w/ Pics

So I tried replacing the bulbs with 194 LED bulbs in white... It helped but still looked like **** in my opinion. I knew I could do better so I pulled apart the gauges and did this:

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I used about 20" of orange LED strip lighting. Can be done in any color and the pictures do it no justice. Here it is enhanced a little

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Old 10-13-2014, 09:40 PM   #2
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Re: LED Factory Gauge Mod w/ Pics

Looks good!
Can you give a little more info on what you used, and how you set it all up?
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Old 10-13-2014, 09:53 PM   #3
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Re: LED Factory Gauge Mod w/ Pics

Fairly straight forward install but hard to explain. I will pull mine apart to try and get some pics
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Old 10-13-2014, 10:28 PM   #4
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Re: LED Factory Gauge Mod w/ Pics

Nice work
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Old 10-14-2014, 09:03 AM   #5
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Looks sweet!
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Old 01-11-2015, 02:53 AM   #6
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Bump for pic
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Old 01-12-2015, 09:46 PM   #7
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bump #2. I'd like to see how this is done also
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