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27 Sep 2015 15:59 #692208 by toyotakzrider
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Hey everyone,

Has anyone ever successfully changed the color of the backlight on their gauges? I notice mine has clear bulbs but lights up green. I'm so tired of 80's japanese green. My old toyotas are the same color and I always change them.

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27 Sep 2015 16:39 #692216 by SWest
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You can try red or blue LED's. I put them in my Tach And Speedo. I CAN SEE THEM AT NIGHT NOW. :woohoo:
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27 Sep 2015 17:17 #692222 by toyotakzrider
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swest wrote: You can try red or blue LED's. I put them in my Tach And Speedo. I CAN SEE THEM AT NIGHT NOW. :woohoo:
Steve


that's what I was thinking about. but how does that get rid of the green? The bulbs aren't green, they are clear normally. but the guage faces light up green anwyay.

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27 Sep 2015 17:25 #692224 by missionkz
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OK you obviously never have taken an instrument apart.
They are all painted with a very light colored flat green inside that reflects the white.
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27 Sep 2015 18:36 #692235 by SWest
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You can buy a Honda. I think they're red. :woohoo:
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28 Sep 2015 14:03 #692363 by toyotakzrider
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I'm not buying a honda anything

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28 Sep 2015 14:24 #692364 by SWest
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I liked the Kaw instrument colors in 75. They were different than the rest. B) My daughter's Chevy Malibu has red. :sick: I think I'll buy some green LED's for it. :woohoo:
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28 Sep 2015 16:04 #692393 by missionkz
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swest wrote: I liked the Kaw instrument colors in 75. They were different than the rest. B) My daughter's Chevy Malibu has red. :sick: I think I'll buy some green LED's for it. :woohoo:
Steve

Yeah.... Red LEDs with flat green background = cat food barf brown. LOL
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28 Sep 2015 16:32 #692405 by SWest
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Christina's favorite color is green. Maybe I'll borrow the car, change them and not say anything about it. :lol:
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28 Sep 2015 19:26 #692439 by jackleberry
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Been running blue LEDs in mine for ages. I hated that dingy green color. Even my indicator lights are LED (warm white). Some LED wedge lights are way brighter than incandescent bulbs. Too bright even. Unfortunately (and this seems to be true with all LED bulbs), there's really no way to know how bright it's going to be until you plug it in, because all the luminosity numbers (if they're even provided) are pure BS.
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30 Sep 2015 02:40 #692577 by toyotakzrider
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So I guess in order to change it. They have to be disassembled to remove the green coloring....that sucks

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30 Sep 2015 07:00 #692603 by jackleberry
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toyotakzrider wrote: So I guess in order to change it. They have to be disassembled to remove the green coloring....that sucks


Not at all. The green filter in the face isn't pure green and isn't very strong. Blue shines through easily. I haven't tried red, but I believe it would shine through fine, perhaps not as brightly. The only color you definitely can't make them without some kind of modification is white (for that you'd need a new faces that aren't printed on green plastic)
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