gauge lights matching

how close can I expect to get my new gauges to match the dash's blue hue? You're pretty much limited to bulb covers, right?

 

You need to check out the fabulous world of LED's.

This is my blue... http://autolumination.com/74.htm

 

I just finished this today after 3 years of trial and error. Numbers and letters are white, Redline and "hot" and "empty" marks on their respective gauges are red, everything else is blue.

 

XanRules i would love a write up on this process, im sure others would too...and wagunzpwn also that looks hott!

 

I'm working on it, but I didn't take any photos - I was too busy trying to get the shit done :rofl:

 

Nice dude...

 

well, if thats what you're looking for, that is neat. But I'm trying to match new gauges to the stock colour.

nice kenwood, btw. I have the one 2 generations back from it.

 

I was just showing you the shade of blue you will get with LEDs.

 

The only thing that I don't like about LEDs is that you can not dim them...

 

Oh yes you can

 

Yeah...permenantly, but not with the dimmer switch.

 

yeah, i thought LEDs can only dim by turning on and off rapidly, requiring special types of LEDs for dimmers...

 

mine dim with the dimmer switch.

 

you can dim leds with resistors. I also don't see why they would not dim with the factory dimmers potentiometer

 

mine dim with the dimmer switch also :wiggle:

 

excuse me, i'm totally wrong, I believe i'm thinking of CFL...

 

You are

 

I have Greddy gauges and they match perfectly.

 

My goal was to have a super integrated clean stock look to what I'm doing.

The guages I've got are full sweep, black background, orange need, minimalist font with a slight italics.

Those LED mods are neato, but I'm just trying to get the new gauges to match the stock wrx blue lights.

 

where on your wrx do you have stock blue lights?

 

Well slap me silly...I thought that I researched this pretty throughly before I decided to sell my prosport guages...because those fuckers were WAY too bright! I thought that LEDs were either on or off.

Maybe this deserves a seperate thread, would someone care to explain?

Update: Nevermind, here is my original thread discussing the issue...there is plenty of explination in it. http://www.wrxatlanta.com/forums/showthread.php?t=18458

 

haha, voltage makes all the diff.

 

I call the gauge lights blue because they're not green like my old Marantz amp or like an old muscle car gauge cluster. ;p

 

They're green for everyone elses intents and purposes. Lol

It can be done. My old subie has cheaper gauges that match the stock green nicely

 

They're green...but, the bulb condoms are blue-ish if not blue. The bulbs look yellow with them off. I might have a couple lying around you could test with.

 

I'll change your cluster color for you ;D

 

cool. bezel and gauge delivered today. will play when I get home. :}