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cjohnson6772 · 07-23-2011, 11:38 PM

Took my dash cluster apart today. Repainted the fading milky yellow needles with Krylon 3101 fluorescent red/orange and installed bright white 194 leds (10 led smd per bulb) and wow what a difference it makes in the brightness. I had no need to repaint the inside white or chrome or anything. I will try and post pics tomorrow, but man the difference was incredible and I spent $4.60 shipped for the 4 leds bulbs on ebay and about $6 on the can of spray paint. I used a microfiber towel and some good glass lens cleaner on the gauge lens. Almost forgot: when painting the needles make sure to mask off and paint the hot mark on the temp gauge. That small detail is often missed and imho makes the gauge refresh about 10 times nicer.

07-23-2011, 11:38 PM	#155
cjohnson6772 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: NC Posts: 666	Re: Post your best budget mods! ($50 or less) Took my dash cluster apart today. Repainted the fading milky yellow needles with Krylon 3101 fluorescent red/orange and installed bright white 194 leds (10 led smd per bulb) and wow what a difference it makes in the brightness. I had no need to repaint the inside white or chrome or anything. I will try and post pics tomorrow, but man the difference was incredible and I spent $4.60 shipped for the 4 leds bulbs on ebay and about $6 on the can of spray paint. I used a microfiber towel and some good glass lens cleaner on the gauge lens. Almost forgot: when painting the needles make sure to mask off and paint the hot mark on the temp gauge. That small detail is often missed and imho makes the gauge refresh about 10 times nicer.