Quick and cheap mod!

[powerstroke99]

Recently bought some cheap led bulbs off ebay for 10$ qty 20 of them.. turned out great, took mins to do!

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[Jayrodau]

Sweet...I assume you have to replace the bulbs from behind the gauges? Looks good!

[powerstroke99]

Sweet...I assume you have to replace the bulbs from behind the gauges? Looks good!

yep.. one bulb per gauge

[E4NASH]

That looks great!! What size bulbs are those? Do you have a link to them? How so you replace the lights...are they inside the gauges themselves?

[powerstroke99]

That looks great!! What size bulbs are those? Do you have a link to them? How so you replace the lights...are they inside the gauges themselves?

To replace them just takes a lil body flexing and going underneath dash to twist out lil black tab remove bulb, insert new led and good to go.. if it does'nt light up just have to rotate bulb in fitting to get correct + and - .. hardest one i thought was the trim gauge for wake plate

heres exact ones i bought, well got free using ebay bucks :)

http://www.ebay.com/itm/20X-T10-194-168-W5W-5-SMD-5050-Blue-LED-Car-Wedge-Tail-Side-Light-Lamp-Bulb-12V-/360661876262?pt=Motors_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories&hash=item53f91f7e26&vxp=mtr

[E4NASH]

Wonder if the bulbs are the same for the 2011...hmmm. Well, we'll find out I just pulled the trigger!

[tgoody14]

I did this awhile back in my 08 LSV, but I needed 2 bulbs for each of the bigger gauges and 1 for the smaller ones... Just fyi if you have the same boat...

[bergermaister]

Man that does look nice. I did this a few years ago, paid way too much for the LED 194s, and they don't look as good!

May have to order a batch of these to swap them out as some of mine are quite finicky whether they want to light up or not.

[E4NASH]

I hope these come by Saturday so I can put them in.

[motosno963]

i might have to do this

[mikenehrkorn]

I pulled the trigger too, sure hope they fit my OBV..... :)

[powerstroke99]

I hope these come by Saturday so I can put them in.

let me know how that goes

[E4NASH]

I did this awhile back in my 08 LSV, but I needed 2 bulbs for each of the bigger gauges and 1 for the smaller ones... Just fyi if you have the same boat...

Do you have a pic of how they look at night with the bigger black faced gauges?

[tgoody14]

Do you have a pic of how they look at night with the bigger black faced gauges?

I didn't use the same bulbs. Mine came from super bright LEDs:

http://www.superbrightleds.com/moreinfo/boat-miniature-wedge-bulbs/194-led-bulb-6-led-wedge-base/200/

Only difference that I see are mine have 6 LEDs as opposed to 5 LEDs, which isn't much of a difference in a 194 bulb so they should still be great for the price.

This picture is from inside the boat stall with some light coming through on the 08 LSV.
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Here's the same lights installed on my old 04 Outback at night
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[E4NASH]

Cool looks good enough for me! Thanks!

[N2OGTO]

I ordered me some of them fancy light emitting diodes this mernin'

[mikenehrkorn]

Well, that didn't go so good for this guy...............I took a look at my 2013 OBV over the weekend and all the gauges have a protective plastic cup over the back of them and are all screwed down so it looks to be a bit more work and complication that I wanted on my brand new ride.

I guess that purchase didn't pay off too well...

[E4NASH]

http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/07/24/adereqet.jpg

Received today and installed today! Was much easier taking the gauges out and doing it from the seat. The big gauges I left in and did it from behind them. Overall it wasn't difficult but getting the bulbs in just right was a little bit of a PITA at times. Total lights needed was 8. One for each of the small gauges and 2 each for the big ones.


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[powerstroke99]

Looks awesome!!

[chawk610]

Ordered! How do you get the gauges out? Is there some sort of retainer clip behind?

[E4NASH]

Ordered! How do you get the gauges out? Is there some sort of retainer clip behind?

There are two screw posts on the back of each gauge. There is a retaining bracket that the screw post go through and are held down with a tiny nut and washer. Unscrew the nut and washer and the "bracket" will be able to be removed then just pull out the gauge. I did it by hand but would recommend a small socket or wrench because some of those screws were pretty tight. I had a set of wire strippers for another project I was doing and had to use them to try and free up the nut. You will also need pliers to turn the plastic plug to get the bulb out.


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[chawk610]

Very cool... thank you!

[spyder]

would an 06 LSV use the same lights?

[E4NASH]

Yes, the '06 LSV would use the same lights. I think it will only use one perlight instead of how the '08 and up uses two for the two big gauges.

[powerstroke99]

yeh it should be the same as my 07 xlv, just one bulb per gauge

[spyder]

To replace them just takes a lil body flexing and going underneath dash to twist out lil black tab remove bulb, insert new led and good to go.. if it does'nt light up just have to rotate bulb in fitting to get correct + and - .. hardest one i thought was the trim gauge for wake plate

heres exact ones i bought, well got free using ebay bucks :)

http://www.ebay.com/itm/20X-T10-194-168-W5W-5-SMD-5050-Blue-LED-Car-Wedge-Tail-Side-Light-Lamp-Bulb-12V-/360661876262?pt=Motors_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories&hash=item53f91f7e26&vxp=mtr

how did the price of this go up to $60?

[mikenehrkorn]

how did the price of this go up to $60?

Must have seen everybody from this forum scooping up all the inventory and deciding his price was too low!! :)

If you only need 8 like everyone else, I could certainly part with some of mine which I will probably never use anyplace else -- send me a PM and we can probably work something out...

[spyder]

grabbed these, hope they work.

http://www.ebay.ca/itm/330935257108?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649

[E4NASH]

how did the price of this go up to $60?

WOW! These are most certainly NOT worth $60. I had one or 2 that didn't even work. They were priced right at $11. I have some extras too if someone wants them.

[sgoyal]

You can easily find 10 for $10.. they come in 3 different quality NOT sure what they are selling....

[Clamcakes]

Much easier to install the lights if you pull the gauge out. Real easy to pull the gauges out and re-install. I ended paying 38.39 total for parts and shipping from Superbrightleds.com

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[viking]

To replace them just takes a lil body flexing and going underneath dash to twist out lil black tab remove bulb, insert new led and good to go.. if it does'nt light up just have to rotate bulb in fitting to get correct + and - .. hardest one i thought was the trim gauge for wake plate

heres exact ones i bought, well got free using ebay bucks :)

http://www.ebay.com/itm/20X-T10-194-168-W5W-5-SMD-5050-Blue-LED-Car-Wedge-Tail-Side-Light-Lamp-Bulb-12V-/360661876262?pt=Motors_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories&hash=item53f91f7e26&vxp=mtr

Got mine last week and haven't put them in yet. Got the Red ones and they came from China quicker than I thought they would. Only took about a week and 1/2.
Will tackle install this week sometime!

[N2OGTO]

Just put my blue ones in last night, debating on sticking the pink ones in that I got also.

[Sharpshooter]

Anybody got a part number the lights that will work in a 2013 LSV


2013 Moomba LSV

[bergermaister]

Should just be 194 bulbs.

[Sharpshooter]

Where to buy


2013 Moomba LSV

[Sharpshooter]

Is these the oneshttp://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/10/03/e4u3y5uv.jpg


2013 Moomba LSV

[ChrisK]

Those are them.

Did this a couple years ago to my Supra, used red so as to not hurt night vision. Also used superbrightleds.com. Sorry for the terrible picture:

http://i842.photobucket.com/albums/zz345/chriskuecker/56bdf16e.jpg (http://s842.photobucket.com/user/chriskuecker/media/56bdf16e.jpg.html)

[Sharpshooter]

Do you know if the large gauges take 1 or 2 bulbs


2013 Moomba LSV

[powerstroke99]

Do you know if the large gauges take 1 or 2 bulbs


2013 Moomba LSV

mine all took one bulb but that's a 07'

[bergermaister]

Same with my '01. Do your bigger gauges seem more dim? Like they should have 2...

[powerstroke99]

Same with my '01. Do your bigger gauges seem more dim? Like they should have 2...

if you look at my pics on page one the big ones light up great.. another idea for left over bulbs i replaced all the bulbs in my lil ford ranger on the dash and temp controls and it turned out great.. just a lil more dis-assembly to do it!

[spyder]

btw, finally getting around to doing this mod...

ordered the lights last august, with the twins being born last year most things were put on hold..

anyways, got two left to do my it was getting way too cold to keep working..

also if anyone has any tips on getting the middle two lights out, would be appreciated!

Blue or White? hard too decide both look good!
http://i.imgur.com/YhfOlCOl.jpg

going with white for next summer.. progress so far.
http://i.imgur.com/Y3jhAUXl.jpg

[helucin8n21]

The gauge for my wake plate doesn't seem to have a removable bulb...Anyone else running into this?

OBV '13