I was going to do a write up, but this is more of a "WTF am I doing wrong" write up. So I used blue LED's first, then tried blue bulbs and neither were bright enough. I tried to take a pic but it's not bright enough to show up on my crappy camera. So here's what I did and tell me what I'm doing wrong.
1st take out gauges. This the backside
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2nd take out lights. I removed the white plastic guard on the back because I didn't have needle nose plier to take the bulbs out. I had to use the gf's tweezers.
Here's a pic #1 is the bulb housing that you take out with needle nose pliers or tweezers. #2 is the Blue bulb. Here is the size info from website "#74 (T5, T1-3/4) bulbs are 3/4" x 1/8" diameter " #3 is the Stock bulb #4 is the Blue LED. Size info "#74 bulbs replace the following bulbs:17 18 37 70 73 79 85 86 2721"
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website was autolumination.com Very good customer service and product. I just don't think this works for my particular year or something. Are the older stangs 96-98 different gauges. The old thread about changing LED's in the guages has pics that look good but it's all older stangs. I even took the stock gauge face off to see if I could take it apart so it would let the light through better, but it's all one piece. I don't understand why it doesn't work. With the LED's and blue bulbs there is light shining from out the sides and back but it doesn't come through the gauge face.
1st take out gauges. This the backside
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2nd take out lights. I removed the white plastic guard on the back because I didn't have needle nose plier to take the bulbs out. I had to use the gf's tweezers.
Here's a pic #1 is the bulb housing that you take out with needle nose pliers or tweezers. #2 is the Blue bulb. Here is the size info from website "#74 (T5, T1-3/4) bulbs are 3/4" x 1/8" diameter " #3 is the Stock bulb #4 is the Blue LED. Size info "#74 bulbs replace the following bulbs:17 18 37 70 73 79 85 86 2721"
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website was autolumination.com Very good customer service and product. I just don't think this works for my particular year or something. Are the older stangs 96-98 different gauges. The old thread about changing LED's in the guages has pics that look good but it's all older stangs. I even took the stock gauge face off to see if I could take it apart so it would let the light through better, but it's all one piece. I don't understand why it doesn't work. With the LED's and blue bulbs there is light shining from out the sides and back but it doesn't come through the gauge face.