i wa wondering how hard is it to take out the gauges? i picked up some red LED's today from a wrecked del-sol from the bone yard and i want to put them in, like i have in my truck, and i had in my camaro.

 

so how hard would it be to pull it out, also i picked up soem new needles for it also.

 

Thanks,

Shean

it shouldn't be too hard to do, just a few screws and it should come right on out. As for putting different needles in, I'm pretty sure they pop right on off the pegs but the only problem with that is you have to make sure that the guages stay in the same spot or else it could throw off the accuracy of them

 

Also, what year Camaro did you have and how hard was it to put LED's in it?

Basically, what you want is to put a digital dash in the wagon, right? Anything can be done, You will just have to figure out how/where to splice wires. If this isn't what you're saying then please be a little more specific. I am dumb.

ok well i know how to pop off the needles, did it on my 87 firebird i have when i put in custom gauges,

 

and no im not putting in a digital dash, i am taking out the stock white lights and replacing them with red LED's so its brighter for one, and for two its red, rather then white.

 

its not hard to put in LED's, just get the right ones with built in resistors, then soder them in. i had a 83' Z28

oh and by the way, what size bulbs are in the stock gauge cluster to light it up, are the 194's, ifso i got like 10 red ones lyin around that i can use.

There are two sets of hidden screws (on the wagon, anyway) that you have to find to get the instrument cluster bezel off. Look for small (1/2" tall) plastic pieces in the black vent area of the bezel. Pry them off and the screws are behind them.

 

You may be in luck, and they have fallen out so you can see the screws. Drove me nuts when I replaced my dash, instrument cluster, and bezel.

 

You will probably need to drop the steering column when you put it back together. That was the only way I could fit my hand back there to connect the speedo cable.

well im not swapping gauge clusters, but merely changing the color of the bulbs in the dash to red instead of white.

 

thanks for that heads-up though, i will hopefuly get time this week to get this done as wel as wire up my curtosey lights im setting up. then post pictures.

 

Shean

the bulbs popped out easy...did the same on my gauges put red bulbs in, that was like 4 or 5 years ago...I wish thoose led 194 bulbs were around then:mad:

Originally posted by subaru_styles

the bulbs popped out easy...did the same on my gauges put red bulbs in, that was like 4 or 5 years ago...I wish thoose led 194 bulbs were around then:mad:

 

so it does take 194 bulbs? then i might put in blue ones, or might run the red, red is better on the eyes at night, but blue would be sweet since my color sceme is gonna be impreza blue with gold and black,

 

gold rims, everything else is black and blue.

yes there 194 bulbs.....any bulb that isn't.......... don't bother replacing