Dash Lighting

[i8urSS]

The lighting on my dash is atrocious. I can barely see any of my gauges. I was looking at swapping out the gauges, but I didn't know if it is fairly easy to change the bulbs (or whatever lighting) it has.

Any advice is appreciated.

 

[98 svt]

The lighting on my dash is atrocious. I can barely see any of my gauges. I was looking at swapping out the gauges, but I didn't know if it is fairly easy to change the bulbs (or whatever lighting) it has.

Any advice is appreciated.

Very easy. Remove gauge cluster, replace bulbs with LED bulbs, reinstall cluster.
Most people go with blue or white LEDs. The film on the gauges is a blue color, keep that in mind.

 

[1998SVTCOBRA]

I replaced mine with the green led’s from LMR. Just had the local ford service shop swap em out. I think l they look good, will post pictures later tonight.

 

[98 svt]

I replaced mine with the green led’s from LMR. Just had the local ford service shop swap em out. I think l they look good, will post pictures later tonight.

What color does that make them? An aqua color?

 

[i8urSS]

Very easy. Remove gauge cluster, replace bulbs with LED bulbs, reinstall cluster.
Most people go with blue or white LEDs. The film on the gauges is a blue color, keep that in mind.

Thanks for the info. I ended up swapping the stock bulbs for LED over the weekend. Turns out it wasn't very difficult at all. Made a world of difference.

 

[srtlat]

How many bulbs are needed and which one are you guys using?

 

[jgt58]

I used white bulbs and they are blue. Love em!

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[i8urSS]

I used blue at first and since the background is already blue, it had a weird effect on my eyes. Like trying to look at something in 3-D. So I switched back to white.

You can find the bulbs on Amazon for pretty cheap. Make sure to get T10 and T5. You will need five T10's. Those are the large bulbs and about a dozen T5's for all your warning lights and blinkers and whatnot.

Probably cost about $20 total.

 

[1998SVTCOBRA]

What color does that make them? An aqua color?

Bright green.

 

[1998SVTCOBRA]

Sooo in the picture they definitely look aqua. Swear they look green in person.

 

[Sn951997SVT]

Here’s mine,after upgrading to LED.


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[jgt58]

Sooo in the picture they definitely look aqua. Swear they look green in person.
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Def aqua. I used white to get the blue look

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[98 svt]

If someone did red LEDs, it should give a purplish color

 

[jgt58]

If someone did red LEDs, it should give a purplish color

That might be cool but all my speedhut gauges are blue....

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[98 svt]

That might be cool but all my speedhut gauges are blue....

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Mine too!

 

[96mystic#899]

Pretty simple to do. Did mine years ago.....just get quality led bulbs.

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[98SVTContour98]

loving the LEDs that I bought from Amazon ($11 for 10 T10s), man those original bulbs sucked

 

[mattscobra]

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[srtlat]

loving the LEDs that I bought from Amazon ($11 for 10 T10s), man those original bulbs sucked

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Which bulbs did you get?

 

[98SVTContour98]

Which bulbs did you get?