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Gauge Cluster LED Install

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#1 ·
Well today i got bored and being that it was my second time opening up my gauge cluster for LED's i decided what the heck and let me make a really detailed write up for those who may care and might look for how to do this in the future. Well as i said its really detailed and very simple.. i was bored but it will help those who never did it before..

Here it goes. ..

I ordered my LEDs from a company called V-LEDs.com, i will put an exact link to the bulbs you will need for this conversion from stock to LED and you have the choice of which color to choose. I would like to say that this company is really amazing and has really good customer service, i had a problem and without delay they fixed the problem. So order from them because they are really good and priced well (i think).

For this you will need a knife to open the new bulb packages and a phillips screwdriver, and to unscrew the top screws you can either use a stubby phillips or a 1/4 in socket on a small ratchet like i did.. and one more thing is if you have a small needle nose pliers you can use it too.. Oh and gloves if your like me and cut yourself every five seconds..

Order HERE and choose color.. (youll need only 5 but they come in pairs)












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#729 ·
i also have my interior lights LED but i could not get a good pic of the dif.. but its a much brighter bluer light in my jeep... i can send pics if ya want, wont be awesome pics tho ha
 
#733 ·
Ok...I've done my gauge clusters and am looking to do my HVAC and switches. I have an '03 Rubicon and can't for the lift of me fin the bulbs I need that you guys are talking about (type 75 neo 4mm??). I used the cross reference guide on superbrightleds.com and didn't see these anywhere.

Maybe someone can just provide a link for my dumb*** :confused:
 
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#735 ·
go to the instrument general the second one, those are the type i used, well sort of, same base but i have tri fire LEDS
 
#739 ·
ya idk, those look like what i used for mine, and when i put in 03 wrangler thats the stuff that came up... just pull out your hvac stuff to look at the bulbs, i did haha
 
#741 ·
Just randomly came across this thread and I can say I am definitely replacing all my bulbs with ones from superbrightleds.com !!

Awesome sight and decent prices too :)

My iPhone will poison your Android.
 
#744 ·
ha, id tell ya the same thing as what i showed perviously they have wedge bases, but mine is prolly df from yours cuz ima 98 haha
 
#745 ·
But on the Odometer? Mine are sealed, I'd have to pull out the whole gauge cluster and pull back the white cover just to see what size they are so I could order. I don even know how many would be in there. I already had my gauge cluster and HVAC done for a while now.
 
#746 ·
ya mine were minature wedges that plugged into white bases, which in turn, turned into the back of the gauge cluster...
i didnt have to pull that white cover off, but if you do its not a big deal either
its really not a huge deal.. for me its bout literally like 8 screws.. you pull off the vin cover, pull off the plastice that goes around and under the steering wheel, then pull the 4 screws out that hold the cluster in... its on big connvector that holds it in...

the only hard part is twisting out the bases witht he bulbs. mine were extremely tight.. i used needle nose to get em out.. it was scary cuz they were so tight and i was worried about breaking them, but they fit tight for a reason...

i think there is at least 3 bulbs for the tach and speedo dials but i replased all of em and there was at least 8, 1 for each thing, like turn signal, high beam, brake light, and some others
 
#747 ·
look at the very first page, thats exactly how mine looked and pulled apart...
including the back of the cluster, that pic is exact, withe the turn in bulb bases and what not
 
#750 ·
yup no biggie... believe me aftre you do a heater core on a 2008 Grand cherokee with a 5.7 or have to do a radio in a 2010 cadillac sts you will never ever complain about doing a gauge cluster in a wrangler haha
 
#752 ·
the film is a glued on thing, so if you can scrap it off you can have it off, by why would you?
 
#754 ·
i think tho if you do peal it off it takes off the other colors for the heat, like red and what not, at least its like that on mine, so you would have to scrape off patches... idk, hey if ya do it post a pic so we can see
 
#755 ·
IF i do it, i definitely will although i will be totally honest, dont think that it'll happen cause i ende dup taking all the bulbs out and putting the stock ones in.

With white bulbs, my cluster was crystal nice and white, hvac was blue and the radio green, it was like a damn circus :laugh:
 
#758 ·
ha ya its the cluster, and if you have a mile started when you pull it off you can lose a mile or two or that mile.. happ[ened to me.. it does not read miles when its out,a nd your trip will reset
 
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