New guage lights

phatnine11 · 03-26-2005, 05:33 AM

Folks,
just a happy customer of Karstuff.com Here is a snapshot of my guages. I hed them silkscreen silver by N. Hollywood Speedo a few years back. What do you think?

Pahtnine11

phatnine11 · 03-26-2005, 05:52 AM

Let's try this again!
Phatnine11

david914 · 06:33 AM

Nice! What mods did they do exactly? Looks like LED's.

EDIT: Nevermind... I should've checked out the website first. I see they sell LED conversion bulbs. Looks good!

lars63 · 03-26-2005, 06:07 AM

Looks good!

Wil Ferch · 03-26-2005, 10:38 AM

OK....can you adjust brightness ???

Wil

phatnine11 · 03-26-2005, 11:04 AM

Wil,
The picture shows the gauges brighter than they really are, still a major improvment over what I had to start with. The dimmer switch is part of the light switch. The nobe that I pull to turn on my lights also turns clockwise and counter-clockwise to vary the brightness of the lights. I'll test the dimming of the dash lights tonight.

Wil Ferch · 03-26-2005, 11:23 AM

I understand how the dimmer works....my point was that earlier attempts at using LED's as an improved light source did not allow brightness adjustment...an inherent disadvantage when using LED's. I was wondering if your method somehow got around this (minor) problem. They *are* LED's...right?

Wil

phatnine11 · 03-26-2005, 03:02 PM

Wil,
Yes, they are! The original reason I went with LEDs was I couldn't see my gauges at night. The gauges are not as bright as in the picture. My digital held the shutter open a little too long. I can see a vast improvement over regular bulbs. At a buck 25 per bulb, you can't go wrong.

Phatnine11

Wil Ferch · 03-27-2005, 05:26 PM

Second try at this question....

OK...you like the brightness you have with these LED's.....is it adjustable, like a rheostat ....like original?

Wil

phatnine11 · 03-28-2005, 05:43 AM

Wil,
You are correct, I tried the dimmer switch last night, no change.
Phatnine11

RoninLB · 03-28-2005, 05:47 AM

hey Wil.. I may have seen marine led dimmers for $75-90?

I'll investigate if you'll be interested in that cost ?

Wil Ferch · 03-28-2005, 06:16 AM

Ronin:

I'm interested, but not sure how far I'd like to go with this.

My point was that any finding for a "dimmable" LED set up might instead be a public service ...since many on this board seem to like the idea of LED's, but might not want only "one setting" for brightness. I believe other threads here indicated North Hollywood Speedo can do this...but at high $$$$$..

So you're info might be good for at least all the other guys!
Maybe me, too....

Wil

SalazarS2K · 03-28-2005, 06:24 AM

I'm running into this problem too as the gauge lighting runs on 30 year old technology. The lighting looks great, but are they as blue as they are in the pictures? Also, did you find the bulbs too bright to drive at night (was it too distracting?). Thanks for posting some pics.

strosekmega · strosekmega's Garage

Got the same bulbs from karstuff.com AWESOME!!!!!! Every porsche should have it!!!

PEACE!!!

phatnine11 · 03-28-2005, 07:35 AM

SalazarS2K,
The gauges are not as bright as the picture. Like I said, my digital probably held the shutter open a little longer that it should have. I turned off all light in my garage and didn't use a flash (as you tell). My conern was seeing my gauges while driving, the tach was readable, I was having issues seeing the oil temp and pressure gauges.

Phatnine11

Wil Ferch · 03-28-2005, 09:35 AM

Any advice on the actual installation?

Wil

SpeedracerIndy · 04:21 PM

oops, nevermind.

RoninLB · 03-28-2005, 02:33 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Wil Ferch

So you're info might be good for at least all the other guys!
Maybe me, too....

the unit is Cole Hersee. I guess I would contact them for other options besides this 20amp model. The info states "incandescent or LED"