The white just glows across the blue faced LED guages...it's freakin awesome, i love driving at night now.



look at the needle rise!




And here he was testing some red LEDs on my needles



Great job on the work and i could not be any happier.

 

Wow im loving it.....how'd he do it for you and how much.....

 

wow the white came out really good for the needles! its like the exact opposite of mine (white guages blue needles). the red looks purty cool too! good job!

 

holy crap thats nice...ahh i shoulda done something like that

 

wow, that ____ is sexy

good work once again Paul.

and nice meeting u Tommy

 

nice meeting you too tasha, your car is decked out with lights! that was pretty nuts :D

 

THANX

Paul does great work !

 

thoughs needles are sick looking with Blue. I have blue guages, i'd like white needles!

 

Hey!
I asked another Forum member about how to change the color of the needles, and he said you had to paint them (as listed in the post for coloring the needles) and that the LEDs were all the same, with illumination for the needles coming from the dial LEDs.

In your pictures, it looks to me like the needles have their own LEDs and the dials have their own.

Does anyone have a 'map' showing which LEDs control the faces, and which control the needles?

Also, it appears that adding some masking to the backs of the dials and the bottoms of the needle mountings might reduce the red glow escaping from behind the needles.

Any tips/ideas? Thanks, all!

 

.....bitter

 

The needles have acrylic paint in the back of them to make them glow. if there was no paint there, it would be pretty dim. they were orange before paul cleared it out and painted them. the dials do have their own LEDs, hence the glow.

as for the "glowing" it's only subtle, not that bad that it escapes the needles. it looks freakin awesome.

if you guys are going to knotts, i'll be there and u guys can chk it out! WOOT

 

Lookin' good man.... I can't stand to look at my amber gauges/HVAC anymore.

 

Wow, those pics turned out good on your camera! Lol, it put's my Sony Cybershot N1 to shame! (Maybe I need to play around with it more).


Thanks for all the compliments guys!

Ernesto, don't be bitter, you know I'll take care of your gauges too!

 

you need a steady hand for nightshots man! guess what dood, i got my wheels in today! :D

 

ME?! I have the steadiest hand in the west! See....






j/k... here you go..






Sweet! I gotta check out the rims! Come over on Monday if you can (I am bu-sy this weekend - again!). :D

Oh, Ernesto, Tom (tommitls) has a nice lip spoiler I was telling you about.

 

So, the Blue LEDs are making the needles glow that bright red? I tried this with blue bulbs in my Supra, and I used the brightest bulbs I could get, and the needles are way too dark, just visible. All that glow is escaping from the needles?

Hmmm...I looked at the tutorials, but perhaps there's a step missing?
I want to do the same to my Scion, but I want to make sure the needles are going to be bright enough before going to all the time and trouble. I plan on doing it myself, but my Solder station is about 20 years old, and I want to 'upgrade' that before attacking those little tiny LEDs!

 

hey where are you in socal? can you do mine for a small fee? haha i so want that exact setup, and the console can be white or blue too =D im in san diego

 

I'm in Tustin (Central O.C.).

I have time Monday between 9am and 1pm, or anytime on Tuesday. Wednesday is the meet, Thursday & Friday I am booked. Let me know what works for you.