on my quest for brighter guages in red, i ordered the 6 bulb red LED 194's from superbright LEDs. i also ordered 4 wide angle #74 LEDs, 2 for the HVAC controls and 2 for the guage cluster, if needed. i'm hoping that the HVAC will be an easy swap. i've had it out plenty of times, but i'm hoping that it's easy for everyone else, so they can put in blue bulbs to match the reverse glow guages i *hope* that i'll have them by this weekend, if not, i won't have pics posted for 2 more weeks but if all goes well, for about $20 anyone else will be able to change their stock green or orange guages and switch them to a nice red, along with the HVAC controls much safer than swapping out the guage faces, too
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Take a look at this thread http://www.mazdamp3.com/vbb230/showt...threadid=38849
About a third of the way down there's a link that Phoenix posted with pictures of both gauges and HVAC changed to blue... looks pretty good. I kinda wish I had found that link before I bought the PCP gauges, but I'm not sure cause I like the blue and red combination.
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Originally posted by Proto2k
And get a picture for me where the bulbs are, or maybe a simple how-to.
well, i can get you a pic, but the how to might be a little f'd up, cause i've got my HVAC controls in my center console where the cup holders were but i'm starting to miss my cup holders also, i'm not going home till the 23rd, so i won't be able to put in the LED's till then
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post pics please once you install them
because i wanna see the guinea pigs first and see how it goes
(no offence intended)hahahaha
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OK, I'm confused... on my cluster as far as I can remember all the bulbs were twist out ones, large and small both. But the 194 leds aren't. Do I get the other ones and make them work somehow, or am I just missing something? And are the HVAC controls twist or not? They have the option to buy both.Last edited by jnorion; 01-14-2004, 04:10 PM.
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Originally posted by jnorionOK, I'm confused... on my cluster as far as I can remember all the bulbs were twist out ones, large and small both. But the 194 leds aren't. Do I get the other ones and make them work somehow, or am I just missing something? And are the HVAC controls twist or not? They have the option to buy both.
I can't help you with the HVAC controls because I haven't done mine yet. But I will probably do it on Monday when my new hu gets here. I've got the bulbs.
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Proto2k is right about the plastic piece. you twist it out then pull out the bulb, then put in the LED bulb. for the small ones you can get the plastic piece and the bulb. thank god for that, cause when i put 194 bulbs in the small holes i had to enlarge the hole and solder the metal leads for the bulbs to the circuit board.
as far as the HVAC control is concerned, i think i'm pretty sure it's the same plastic holder as for the guages. i don't see any reason why it wouldn't be. i currently have the round top 74's that come with the holder in my guages with flat top 194's. the 194's aren't bright enough, and the 74's seem too bright, but i won't know for sure till i get the new 6 LED 194's. in my last order i got the 6 LED 194's and 4 of the flat top 74's. i was thinking the flat top 74's would work better for the HVAC, but i won't know for sure till next weekend. i'll be messing around with all that then, and i'll have pics and opinions posted
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