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04-16-2012, 09:47 AM
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#5536
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Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Baton Rouge, LA
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those leds in the speedo look awesome, gonna try that for sure 
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04-16-2012, 10:22 AM
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#5537
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: Orlando, Florida
Posts: 518
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Adding the strip worked waaayyy better than expected. The pics really don't do the quality of the blue light justice. And the Chinese LEDS are pretty cool - and cheap. It takes about 14 -20 days to get them - but at the price they can't be beat.
I'd encourage anyone to this upgrade. The strips are multi-color and with a little wiring and a three position swirch you could choose from red, green or blue, heck you could mix 'em if you wanted to get real fancy....
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'08 Jeep Grand Cherokee, 3.0 CRD 4X4 Trail Rated
Biodiesel Enthusiast
'79 CJ7 RidgeRunner 401, T18a, 4" RC Suspension, Reversal
Orlando, FL
Wish list: FUEL INJECTION, CRABTREE'S METAL WORKING TALENT & ROLL CAGE, STRENK'S 12 VOLTS of GENIUS & HAMMER'S KNOWLEDGE and DIPLOMACY...
"A dad without money is just another guy who sleeps with mom..." M. Weitzel
If your neighborhood’s economy is more defined by Craigslist than the New York Stock Exchange – you may be a redneck. - I made that up.
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04-18-2012, 06:28 AM
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#5538
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Web Wheeler
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Fremantle, Western Australia
Posts: 1,011
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Last picture taken not long after I got it, stock everything. First pic is taken not long before I started my resto.
Then how it was tonight after I tooled down for the day. Getting close. Thought I'd put on the Jeep decals, nice.
Thinking about doing a build thread...
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04-18-2012, 07:07 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: Miami, Fl
Posts: 145
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Quote:
Originally Posted by gazzo
Last picture taken not long after I got it, stock everything. First pic is taken not long before I started my resto.
Then how it was tonight after I tooled down for the day. Getting close. Thought I'd put on the Jeep decals, nice.
Thinking about doing a build thread...
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Looks good! Where did you get the Jeep decals in the third picture?
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04-18-2012, 04:02 PM
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Web Wheeler
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Fremantle, Western Australia
Posts: 1,011
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Morris 4x4 along with half of the rest of their shop. I have the full set of Oranges to go on shortly, they look awesome.
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04-18-2012, 04:25 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: saint leonard, maryland
Posts: 1,533
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Originally Posted by 08JGCOilBurner
Adding the strip worked waaayyy better than expected. The pics really don't do the quality of the blue light justice. And the Chinese LEDS are pretty cool - and cheap. It takes about 14 -20 days to get them - but at the price they can't be beat.
I'd encourage anyone to this upgrade. The strips are multi-color and with a little wiring and a three position swirch you could choose from red, green or blue, heck you could mix 'em if you wanted to get real fancy....
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How do you get them inside the gauges?
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04-18-2012, 06:57 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: Orlando, Florida
Posts: 518
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Crow bar, dynamite and a tampon. But not in that order.
I think it was Mr. Strenk that has a great documented teardown of the speedo - just followed his directions, removed the guts and glued the led strip.
Wired it thru/to one of the orginal illumination sockets - voila!
Let me know if you have any other questions - I'll look for the teardown tomorrow and add a link....
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'08 Jeep Grand Cherokee, 3.0 CRD 4X4 Trail Rated
Biodiesel Enthusiast
'79 CJ7 RidgeRunner 401, T18a, 4" RC Suspension, Reversal
Orlando, FL
Wish list: FUEL INJECTION, CRABTREE'S METAL WORKING TALENT & ROLL CAGE, STRENK'S 12 VOLTS of GENIUS & HAMMER'S KNOWLEDGE and DIPLOMACY...
"A dad without money is just another guy who sleeps with mom..." M. Weitzel
If your neighborhood’s economy is more defined by Craigslist than the New York Stock Exchange – you may be a redneck. - I made that up.
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04-18-2012, 07:27 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: saint leonard, maryland
Posts: 1,533
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Originally Posted by 08JGCOilBurner
Crow bar, dynamite and a tampon. But not in that order.
I think it was Mr. Strenk that has a great documented teardown of the speedo - just followed his directions, removed the guts and glued the led strip.
Wired it thru/to one of the orginal illumination sockets - voila!
Let me know if you have any other questions - I'll look for the teardown tomorrow and add a link....
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Cool thanks. Are all your gauges wired to 1 switch?
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04-18-2012, 08:24 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: Orlando, Florida
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All run off the headlight switch/dimmer just as they normally would. Of the illumination bulbs that twist lock into the back of the speedo (4 I think?) all but one is an LED, the last we hollowed out and ran wires into the cluster to power the LED strip. On a painless, the wires were orange and black....
It was really simple - the socket protects the wires as they pass into the metal speedo housing.
Mr. Strenks (12 volt genius) page for speedo R&R: http://home.roadrunner.com/~john.str...e/RRSPEEDO.htm
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'08 Jeep Grand Cherokee, 3.0 CRD 4X4 Trail Rated
Biodiesel Enthusiast
'79 CJ7 RidgeRunner 401, T18a, 4" RC Suspension, Reversal
Orlando, FL
Wish list: FUEL INJECTION, CRABTREE'S METAL WORKING TALENT & ROLL CAGE, STRENK'S 12 VOLTS of GENIUS & HAMMER'S KNOWLEDGE and DIPLOMACY...
"A dad without money is just another guy who sleeps with mom..." M. Weitzel
If your neighborhood’s economy is more defined by Craigslist than the New York Stock Exchange – you may be a redneck. - I made that up.
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04-23-2012, 02:08 PM
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Join Date: May 2011
Location: Leicester, Leicestershire
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back on the road!
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04-23-2012, 02:18 PM
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Web Wheeler
Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: Rochester, New York
Posts: 1,382
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Quote:
Originally Posted by cj7nicos
back on the road!
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very nice!
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04-23-2012, 05:28 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: oklahoma city, oklahoma
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heres mine 
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04-23-2012, 05:53 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Location:
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Originally Posted by home_alone1
heres mine...
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Welcome to the best Jeep forum on the web!
Any cleaned up pics of your '7?
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04-23-2012, 06:27 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: oklahoma city, oklahoma
Posts: 32
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04-23-2012, 07:54 PM
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Member
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: NC
Posts: 227
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Quote:
Originally Posted by CJ7nicos
back on the road!
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Looks GREAT!!!! Makes me want to paint my jeep white!!
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CJ ROLL CALL!!!!! Lets see them all!
