Thread: 97-03 Cluster Gauge LED Install

Damn, those are some expensive LEDS.. hahaah

Originally Posted by Ridin ON Chrome

Damn, those are some expensive LEDS.. hahaah

I bought them when they had their 20% off sale and I had another discount code for free shipping so not bad for the price. The ebay one's I originally had kept going out. I just hope the Diode Dynamics last longer than the ebay ones.

You could try the samsung one's. Not sure how good they are.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/20pcs-T10-We...801321&vxp=mtr

http://www.ebay.com/itm/10pcs-T10-We...be4bf4&vxp=mtr

Those look really good. Might have to get me some.

Originally Posted by The Guz

The ebay one's I originally had kept going out. I just hope the Diode Dynamics last longer than the ebay ones.

I had some eBay 194's (10 for $10) in my tail lights. They would last about a month and made me wonder if I had wiring issues. After burning through them, I got some SMD2 bulbs from DD back in August, and they are still going strong. I will no longer by the cheap-o led's.

Guz, I recall there being 8 lights in the cluster. Is this correct?

Originally Posted by The Guz

I bought them when they had their 20% off sale and I had another discount code for free shipping so not bad for the price. The ebay one's I originally had kept going out. I just hope the Diode Dynamics last longer than the ebay ones.

You could try the samsung one's. Not sure how good they are.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/20pcs-T10-We...801321&vxp=mtr

http://www.ebay.com/itm/10pcs-T10-We...be4bf4&vxp=mtr

I just bought these and compared to the cheap(er)-os, they are a LOT brighter. I am one happy camper, lol.

I got some of the DD HP3 bulbs months ago, and finally got around to installing them.....







Very happy with the outcome, except now my "dimly lit" signal indicators are brighter.....







And a picture with the signal on showing how "dim" the indicators are.....

Originally Posted by Bronco Boy

I got some of the DD HP3 bulbs months ago, and finally got around to installing them.....




Very happy with the outcome, except now my "dimly lit" signal indicators are brighter.....




And a picture with the signal on showing how "dim" the indicators are.....

Did you ever get this figured out? I run Diode Dynamics LEDs on the front and rear exterior lights and the LED flasher. Mine were lit up on the actual HUD. The LED flasher did not fix the issue. I actually had to install a load resistor on each corner light which fixed that as well as my cruise control as I have diode dynamics LED's in the third brake light location.

The only thing that I have right now that is funky is that the LED below the PRND321 location blinks when I have the turn signal activated during the day. Once I turn the lights on at night that issue goes away. So there is feedback coming from somewhere.

Originally Posted by The Guz

Did you ever get this figured out?

I never did figure this one out.

I run Diode Dynamics LEDs on the front and rear exterior lights and the LED flasher. Mine were lit up on the actual HUD. The LED flasher did not fix the issue. I actually had to install a load resistor on each corner light which fixed that as well as my cruise control as I have diode dynamics LED's in the third brake light location.

Yikes. So you did get the cruise control issue.

The only thing that I have right now that is funky is that the LED below the PRND321 location blinks when I have the turn signal activated during the day. Once I turn the lights on at night that issue goes away. So there is feedback coming from somewhere.

I feel lucky not to have had this issue. LOL

Originally Posted by Bronco Boy

Yikes. So you did get the cruise control issue.

Yeah I did have the cruise control issue. Put the load resistors on even though I already had the LED flasher and everything worked like normal.

I wonder if load resistors would solve the issue you have.

Originally Posted by 97gtp01gt99gt

How did u get the 04 needles to work properly

I'm not sure what you mean by "work properly", but it's a really easy swap. You'll need to trim the stems to the same length as the stock needle stems and make sure you don't push them down too far so they don't catch, but other than that, there's not much to it. Just mark where the stock needles are at idle, carefully pop them off (I used a fork and gently rocked it back and forth to pop them off), and put the new needles on pointing to where you marked them.