Uneven cluster light!!

[samyip]

they wont work very well as they only fire forward/up you need 360 degree ones like BEVSTA has said but they still may require the top led to be blocked off.



I used these (even in the T10 socket) and used a hot glue gun to glue a little square of foil and paper on the top led to make it reflect down and not create hotspots, i also broke out a tab or 2 in the cluster to let the light disperse more.





if you use good led's theres no problem doin the HVAC unit

WOW, your cluster is awesome!! Thanks for the tips dude! what T5s do you use?

[sensei_]

@ TbM: your cluster looks awesome. excellent work.

[TbM]

WOW, your cluster is awesome!! Thanks for the tips dude! what T5s do you use?

I linked the site i got mine from in my other post, if you click the highlighted blue "these" it will take you there, i got the cool white ones 6500k leds. heres another link
http://www.superbrightleds.com/morei...edge-base/228/

@ TbM: your cluster looks awesome. excellent work.

Thanks m8, took a couple of trys to get it right but once i modified the led's and cluster it looks pretty even imo, much better than the stock yellow/amber that mine had.

[dc292177917]

u get wt u paid for
mine cost $60 just for the cluster alone
just saying...

[samyip]

u get wt u paid for
mine cost $60 just for the cluster alone
just saying...

wow, you cluster is awesome. I'm happy to pay more so what kind of bulbs do you use and where to buy them?

[subie]

Good job mate, I like

i also broke out a tab or 2 in the cluster to let the light disperse more.

how did you do it? which ones did you snapped off?

took a couple of trys to get it right but once i modified the led's and cluster it looks pretty even imo, much better than the stock yellow/amber that mine had.

How did you get rid of the amber?

Cheers

[TbM]

u get wt u paid for
mine cost $60 just for the cluster alone
just saying...

not exactly sure what your saying, you have a hot spot around 220 km/h and some of your numbers look dull compared to others ie 20 km/h and 40km/h are quite illuminated but then it trails off in brightness till 80 km/h , 160 km/h is quite dull compared the numbers near it ect. Just buying expensive led's doesn't guarantee you even light, you need to buy the right ones for your application and sometimes you have to modify the leds or cluster to get a better result.

how did you do it? which ones did you snapped off?

iirc it was the little tab near the far left light which was near 1k rpm area and i think i took out both the tabs from next to the light in between the rpm and speedo, i think this was also the bulb holder that was a t10 bulb which i modified to a t5 for more even light dispersion by bending the contacts together so it would hold a smaller bulb.
To break out the tabs just grab by the base firmly and snap it off, if you break them out in 1 piece you can glue them back in if it doesnt help.

How did you get rid of the amber?

Cheers

http://www.ozhonda.com/forum/showthr...ated-22-07-11*

scroll though this till you find the part with the acetone, thats how i stripped mine

[VT3C]

if only i could get my heater controll unit OUT of the dashboard !

[BEVSTA]

Edit: Nevermind Saw the above link

[dc292177917]

not exactly sure what your saying, you have a hot spot around 220 km/h and some of your numbers look dull compared to others ie 20 km/h and 40km/h are quite illuminated but then it trails off in brightness till 80 km/h , 160 km/h is quite dull compared the numbers near it ect. Just buying expensive led's doesn't guarantee you even light, you need to buy the right ones for your application and sometimes you have to modify the leds or cluster to get a better result.

yep there are still some bright spots but overall they are very even and bright in real life
for a fraction of time u hv spent on yr cluster
i got decent result that has lots of appreciation of the others
if i hv the time to play with
i will just go ahead with custom EL face
which i can even print the cluster readings in chinese lol

[sensei_]

which i can even print the cluster readings in chinese lol

how does the cluster look like in a different language? i thought it was pretty universal.

[dc292177917]

how does the cluster look like in a different language? i thought it was pretty universal.

to me it looks quite strange lol
if i hv the time to do it
i ll just re-do the OEM readings on a white EL face