DIY - Gauge Cluster LED swap

[DustinS]

And depends on the radio. The base FRS radio is 0603.

[Sportsguy83]

Highest quality LEDs for the gauge cluster. Any links?

Thanks.

[JHSurf]

I ordered mine from Lighthouse LED's

http://lighthouseleds.com

[Sportsguy83]

Originally Posted by JHSurf

I ordered mine from Lighthouse LED's

http://lighthouseleds.com

Why did you order those? How do you know they are top notch quality?

Not trying to be an ass, just trying to make an educated purchase.

[Pwolf]

I bought from LightHouseLEDs as well and haven't had any issues with them.

[JHSurf]

Lighthouse does not manufacture the LED's just resells them. Like most places you will buy them from they only resell them. If you want hard technical data go through digikey where you can look at the data sheets for the parts but you will also pay a bit more.

I have been working in electronics for 20+ years and can tell you the manufacturing process for things like LED's is pretty standardized so there will not be a huge difference from manufacturer to manufacturer. That being said, some companies QC of materials is stricter than others, but both of those are either ridiculously cheap or expensive. My $0.02.

Lighthouse is pretty middle of the road for pricing and can say that they are good at getting your order out to you right away. And the quality of their products are on par with what I have seen at work. (I work in the defense industry as a contractor)

[Sportsguy83]

Originally Posted by JHSurf

Lighthouse does not manufacture the LED's just resells them. Like most places you will buy them from they only resell them. If you want hard technical data go through digikey where you can look at the data sheets for the parts but you will also pay a bit more.

I have been working in electronics for 20+ years and can tell you the manufacturing process for things like LED's is pretty standardized so there will not be a huge difference from manufacturer to manufacturer. That being said, some companies QC of materials is stricter than others, but both of those are either ridiculously cheap or expensive. My $0.02.

Lighthouse is pretty middle of the road for pricing and can say that they are good at getting your order out to you right away. And the quality of their products are on par with what I have seen at work. (I work in the defense industry as a contractor)

What brightness should I be looking for, voltage, etc... I want them white.

[Sportsguy83]

Originally Posted by Blackrsx

Here are the before and after pictures.

I see you did swap clusters. I am looking into what is needed to do it. A lot of people have written they "Think" dealer programming is needed, but no one has actually said "Yes I did it and needed this and that".

So what did you need to do in order to swap clusters?
@SirBrass

@Acree

[JoonPrime]

lookin to get an all blue interior for my car, anyone got suggestions for a blue bulb they used to their liking??
i ordered a set from mouser but my dealership they were the wrong ones, which is interesting since i got em off a page from here. are the FRS and BRZ different bulb sizes?

[Pwolf]

http://lighthouseleds.com/plcc-2-121...-1000-mcd.html

[ForcedTurbo86]

Thanks for the write up. Here's what I did for a friend.


The pink came out kinda purplely against the black gauges. The HVAC has been pinked as well. Had to order more LEDs for the window switches.

[SirBrass]

Originally Posted by Sportsguy83

I see you did swap clusters. I am looking into what is needed to do it. A lot of people have written they "Think" dealer programming is needed, but no one has actually said "Yes I did it and needed this and that".

So what did you need to do in order to swap clusters?
@SirBrass

@Acree

Not a clue, man. If I do the color mod, it's going to be with the cluster I already have for cost and downtime reasons.

My mod plans kind of got derailed/put on indefinite hold.

Upcoming marriage does that to you (glad I at least got the full exhaust and tune done before I met her, otherwise that wouldn't have happened)

[Sportsguy83]

Originally Posted by SirBrass

Not a clue, man. If I do the color mod, it's going to be with the cluster I already have for cost and downtime reasons.

My mod plans kind of got derailed/put on indefinite hold.

Upcoming marriage does that to you (glad I at least got the full exhaust and tune done before I met her, otherwise that wouldn't have happened)

I tried swapping FRS/BRZ clusters and cars don't start.

Ended up doing the swap in my BRZ OEM cluster, came out neat.

[ztan]

Those of you who have a spare cluster sitting around - is anyone able to scan the faceplate as well as the white backing face at 300dpi so we have accurate measurements on the dials?

Also, can anyone tell me what the size of the Speedo LED cutout (in the white backing mould) is? Wondering about using that to put an AFR or boost display into.