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Posted by InkedWhiteboy (Member # 8724) on :
 
So I figured out how to change the gauge cluster illumination color on the factory cluster, its very tim consuming but in the end its well worth it. the pics dont do it justice..I was thinking of doing a how to on this but figured I have this kick ass idea that peeps might pay me to do for them so..here are the pics let me know if you want it done.

Lights on..
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Lights off
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[ June 16, 2009, 02:01 AM: Message edited by: InkedWhiteboy ]
 
Posted by 50 Deep (Member # 6216) on :
 
Sick

Not that hard though. Just a matter of popping out the cluster & putting in cool white LED's

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Posted by InkedWhiteboy (Member # 8724) on :
 
On the 02s no matter the color of the leds you have to mod the cluster your 03-04 cobra and the 03 mach1 cluster is different.. the older clusters have a green paint on the whole cluster assembly.
 
Posted by 50 Deep (Member # 6216) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by InkedWhiteboy:
On the 02s no matter the color of the leds you have to mod the cluster your 03-04 cobra and the 03 mach1 cluster is different.. the older clusters have a green paint on the whole cluster assembly.
Yeah mine is a 96. Just got some custom lay overs for the tach & speedo. But ur right I did hear the 99 up ones are a lil different. Never knew how though. Who did u get ur LED's from? I went with superbrightled.com
 
Posted by InkedWhiteboy (Member # 8724) on :
 
LOL I shelled out 50.00 for my leds from pepboys and I had to modify the ones for my cluster. next are the trac controll/fog light/defroster buttons but I am gonna have to do some custom stuff for them
 
Posted by 50 Deep (Member # 6216) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by InkedWhiteboy:
LOL I shelled out 50.00 for my leds from pepboys and I had to modify the ones for my cluster. next are the trac controll/fog light/defroster buttons but I am gonna have to do some custom stuff for them
Post pics when u get that done. I wanted to do mine but im positive im gonna break some shit in the process
 
Posted by SPIDER_STANG (Member # 8658) on :
 
Yeah I want 2 see that done!!! Hey 50deep that deck looks hella bright aswell, how did you do that?
 
Posted by Blind (Member # 3052) on :
 
there's a howto posted about this on sn95forums.com
 
Posted by InkedWhiteboy (Member # 8724) on :
 
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Originally posted by Blind:
there's a howto posted about this on sn95forums.com
that is on the older clusters the new clusters have a green paint on the back of the cluster. No matter how bright the bulb it just goes to a brighter green!

[ June 16, 2009, 04:14 PM: Message edited by: InkedWhiteboy ]
 
Posted by 50 Deep (Member # 6216) on :
 
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Originally posted by SPIDER_STANG:
Yeah I want 2 see that done!!! Hey 50deep that deck looks hella bright aswell, how did you do that?
Man I just got lucky alpine makes decent products. Haha
 
Posted by N8 (Member # 6048) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by 50 Deep:
quote:
Originally posted by InkedWhiteboy:
On the 02s no matter the color of the leds you have to mod the cluster your 03-04 cobra and the 03 mach1 cluster is different.. the older clusters have a green paint on the whole cluster assembly.
Yeah mine is a 96. Just got some custom lay overs for the tach & speedo. But ur right I did hear the 99 up ones are a lil different. Never knew how though. Who did u get ur LED's from? I went with superbrightled.com
50
What all did you buy to do yours? I wanna do this on my cobra. What are the custom lay overs?
 
Posted by Diamond Dave (Member # 5023) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by 50 Deep:
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Originally posted by InkedWhiteboy:
LOL I shelled out 50.00 for my leds from pepboys and I had to modify the ones for my cluster. next are the trac controll/fog light/defroster buttons but I am gonna have to do some custom stuff for them
Post pics when u get that done. I wanted to do mine but im positive im gonna break some shit in the process
Not too hard if you can solder and know electrical decently well. Just gotta make sure you're using the correct resister to get the voltage where you need it to be. I may do it in my SHO someday, but I don't know if I have the patience, ha.

Oh and I did this to my old 98 Cobra. Looked schweet! [Smile]
 
Posted by 50 Deep (Member # 6216) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by N8:
quote:
Originally posted by 50 Deep:
quote:
Originally posted by InkedWhiteboy:
On the 02s no matter the color of the leds you have to mod the cluster your 03-04 cobra and the 03 mach1 cluster is different.. the older clusters have a green paint on the whole cluster assembly.
Yeah mine is a 96. Just got some custom lay overs for the tach & speedo. But ur right I did hear the 99 up ones are a lil different. Never knew how though. Who did u get ur LED's from? I went with superbrightled.com
50
What all did you buy to do yours? I wanna do this on my cobra. What are the custom lay overs?
I got the "over lays" from speedhut. See how my speedo says SVT & the tach has Ford racing. Plus I ordered those in red. I spent around 70 bucks at superbrightled.com. U wanna get the 5 angle cool white led's. I think u need 6 for the cluster and 3 for the HVAC panel. Its a lil expensive but when u use cheap bulbs u get cheap lighting. Plus it makes the interior much nicer

Edit: cost me 70 cuz I got some extra bulbs for the interior & reverse lights. Only run u like 30 to do just the dash

[ June 16, 2009, 06:20 PM: Message edited by: 50 Deep ]
 
Posted by N8 (Member # 6048) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by 50 Deep:
quote:
Originally posted by N8:
quote:
Originally posted by 50 Deep:
quote:
Originally posted by InkedWhiteboy:
On the 02s no matter the color of the leds you have to mod the cluster your 03-04 cobra and the 03 mach1 cluster is different.. the older clusters have a green paint on the whole cluster assembly.
Yeah mine is a 96. Just got some custom lay overs for the tach & speedo. But ur right I did hear the 99 up ones are a lil different. Never knew how though. Who did u get ur LED's from? I went with superbrightled.com
50
What all did you buy to do yours? I wanna do this on my cobra. What are the custom lay overs?
I got the "over lays" from speedhut. See how my speedo says SVT & the tach has Ford racing. Plus I ordered those in red. I spent around 70 bucks at superbrightled.com. U wanna get the 5 angle cool white led's. I think u need 6 for the cluster and 3 for the HVAC panel. Its a lil expensive but when u use cheap bulbs u get cheap lighting. Plus it makes the interior much nicer

Edit: cost me 70 cuz I got some extra bulbs for the interior & reverse lights. Only run u like 30 to do just the dash
You should do a write up on that. I like doing little extra details crap like this to cars.

Was it hard to do? Bah I'll pm you
 
Posted by InkedWhiteboy (Member # 8724) on :
 
I would post a how to but I guarantee that I would get pm's saying bro I cant get this to work or that to work.. I would rather do it and then show someone how to do it rather than a write up.
 
Posted by Diamond Dave (Member # 5023) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by N8:
quote:
Originally posted by 50 Deep:
quote:
Originally posted by N8:
quote:
Originally posted by 50 Deep:
quote:
Originally posted by InkedWhiteboy:
On the 02s no matter the color of the leds you have to mod the cluster your 03-04 cobra and the 03 mach1 cluster is different.. the older clusters have a green paint on the whole cluster assembly.
Yeah mine is a 96. Just got some custom lay overs for the tach & speedo. But ur right I did hear the 99 up ones are a lil different. Never knew how though. Who did u get ur LED's from? I went with superbrightled.com
50
What all did you buy to do yours? I wanna do this on my cobra. What are the custom lay overs?
I got the "over lays" from speedhut. See how my speedo says SVT & the tach has Ford racing. Plus I ordered those in red. I spent around 70 bucks at superbrightled.com. U wanna get the 5 angle cool white led's. I think u need 6 for the cluster and 3 for the HVAC panel. Its a lil expensive but when u use cheap bulbs u get cheap lighting. Plus it makes the interior much nicer

Edit: cost me 70 cuz I got some extra bulbs for the interior & reverse lights. Only run u like 30 to do just the dash
You should do a write up on that. I like doing little extra details crap like this to cars.

Was it hard to do? Bah I'll pm you
I was the guy who showed him actually. It's 5 bulbs behind the cluster and 2 behind the HVAC. The swap is fairly simple if you are patient. Just unbolt a few dash pieces until you get to the cluster, pull that out, and the bulbs will be visible from behind. They just twist into place, so you just untwist em, swap the bulbs and twist em back in. Mine ended up being a bit of a pain because one of the LED bulbs kept getting incorrect voltage, so I'd keep getting a dim spot. Ordered a few more bulbs, re-did the bad one, and it was fine ever since then.

If you are a member of SVTPeformance, there is a write up on there. Infact, the guy posted two write ups... One in the pics/vid section, and one in the 94-98 Cobra section.
 
Posted by Diamond Dave (Member # 5023) on :
 
Found the original link:

http://forums.bradbarnett.net/showthread.php?t=477431
 
Posted by Ham&Eggs (Member # 8967) on :
 
als50 did it to his fox and that shit is TITE!!!
 
Posted by InkedWhiteboy (Member # 8724) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by Diamond Dave:
Found the original link:

http://forums.bradbarnett.net/showthread.php?t=477431
Thats for the 95-98ish the newer guage assemblies have a green and white couat on the back of the cluster..I tried this write up and mine was just brighter green
 
Posted by InkedWhiteboy (Member # 8724) on :
 
Im gonna give a little bit of the trick away..then you can see if you want to attempt it..look at this pic, part of the numbers are white and some are green.. You have to sand the paint off but you gotta tape it off and watch where you sand or you will sand thru and then you have a worthless cluster..

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Posted by 90FoX (Member # 1974) on :
 
Does anyone know if the fox cluster has a green layer of paint?

Or is it just the bulbs that are green?

Will changing JUST the bulbs change the color of the cluster and HVAC panel?

Thanks

[patriot]
 
Posted by InkedWhiteboy (Member # 8724) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by 90FoX:
Does anyone know if the fox cluster has a green layer of paint?

Or is it just the bulbs that are green?

Will changing JUST the bulbs change the color of the cluster and HVAC panel?

Thanks

[patriot]
To my emory it has little caps over the bulbs in the sockets.. just pull it out and snap some picks I will hel you out!

[ June 20, 2009, 09:46 PM: Message edited by: InkedWhiteboy ]
 




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