The blue light from my aftermarket gauges blinds me, or maybe its the fact that I have 2 5050 green strips in my cluster...lolBlckshdw said:I can see just fine at night, and have had blue LEDs literally everywhere in my TB for years.
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HARDTRAILZ
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Any light will blind you depending on aim. My lightbar switch light at the right spot will blind me and its one lil bulb.
I considered getting dimmable gauges for the ones I just orders, but I said eff it.. Now I'll have even more blinding me in an a-pillar setup
Mounce
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Put red in a friends truck along with a strip of red 5630 above the foot well and I can't see sh!t in his truck. There's plenty of light but the red just screws with my eyes.
Mounce
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Dome light in it is 24 chip red 5630 panel and map lights are two red 5050 194's then there's about 4 feet of the 5630 strip going all the way across above the foot well. (single cab silverado)
I'll find a pic (was on my old phone) and report back with it lol. Done it while you were absent.
I'll find a pic (was on my old phone) and report back with it lol. Done it while you were absent.
mcsteven
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I have no problem seeing with my blue lights, either at partial power (have we named that yet) or at full power. Full will blind if looking at them just because they are VERY bright. When I had the reds I had to flip the visor (full power mode) to see anything. The ones I have (and same for the red that I had in there) are 24x 5630 SMDs. I tried just one 5050 panel (I believe it was also a 24x) from a friend and I was not sure I wanted to get LEDs.
Mounce
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Finally got that pictureCapote said:
Lights on the bottom of the doors in the reflectors were also replaced with red leds.
mcsteven
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Hope that's not your soldering device behind it.Capote said:
mcsteven
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Is there space behind the reflector to just add LEDs or was there cutting needed? If there was cutting needed, how did you mount the lights behind that reflector? For the new Winnemore and lastly, is it the original reflector or is that something else?Mounce said:Finally got that picture
Lights on the bottom of the doors in the reflectors were also replaced with red leds.
Mounce
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The full size trucks come with lights in the front door reflectors unlike ours. Almost pnp on the full size trucks, just have to enlarge the hole for the led to fit into the housing.mcsteven said:
I'm not sure if the lighted reflectors can be directly swapped into a 360 or not though.
hawkeye405
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Does anyone know where I can find a schematic for an 03 tb instrument cluster panel without the dic? I was replacing the lights with led's and a few of the - side on the led's pulled the foil off. I need to solder in some jumpers to the negative side of a few led's.
HARDTRAILZ
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Slapped in some LED tails and ordered LED reverse bulbs since these need different than factory
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Blckshdw,
I see the polarity map on page one but I need the schematic. I need to tie several if the LED Negative sides to a good ground because the foil on the board pulled off and I'm not sure where I can tie the - sides to.
I see the polarity map on page one but I need the schematic. I need to tie several if the LED Negative sides to a good ground because the foil on the board pulled off and I'm not sure where I can tie the - sides to.
You can use any of the other negative pads just the same. What some other members have done is remove all of the bulbs altogether, and run an LED strip around the perimeter of the gauge face, so you'd only need 1 or 2 connections to the existing contact pads of your choice,
If you still feel the need to tie the grounds into the cluster wiring harness (seems like that's gonna get tricky for disconnecting it from the vehicle) check Mooseman's thread and download the PDF manuals. There's a set of wiring diagrams in there.
If you still feel the need to tie the grounds into the cluster wiring harness (seems like that's gonna get tricky for disconnecting it from the vehicle) check Mooseman's thread and download the PDF manuals. There's a set of wiring diagrams in there.
I suggest you do just strips Hawkeye, no hot spots and a lot quicker to do
I did two 5050 green strips in my cluster, don't have a pics on this phone, but you can find them on my build thread. Its a good example
I did two 5050 green strips in my cluster, don't have a pics on this phone, but you can find them on my build thread. Its a good example
HARDTRAILZ said:Slapped in some LED tails and ordered LED reverse bulbs since these need different than factory
You pick up those IPCW LED tails from the guy on FB? That was hell of a deal for those tails. I think mine was about $225. IPCW makes a matching 3rd brake light for the Avalanche, of course we know it fits the TB as well. My IPCW 3rd brake light was about $100 on Amazon. They have chrome like your tails as well as the Bermuda Black.
HARDTRAILZ
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Yup. I nabbed them when I picked up the hood. These are the lightly smoked with chrome. Kinda want to give them a bit more smoke, but worry it wont be even and will bug me.
Will have to look for the matching third
Will have to look for the matching third
Grimor
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cutting, drilling, trimming, bending etc... Still waiting on some parts that were supposed to be here last week
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Grimor
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naw, we put those on Matt's truck. But these started as basically the same lights. Finally got my rings in today.HARDTRAILZ said:
Mounce
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Are the rings led? Idk how they hold up unprotected like that, they're designed to be put inside headlights if they're halos like I'm thinking they are.
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Mounce
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Good thing you know some mods around here.Mounce said:
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Grimor
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I got some stuff planned... more details eventually, let's just say it involves an Arduino board, obd adapter, and some leds....
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I did?BlazingTrails said:
Well I never wanted to put emergency vehicle colors on the exterior
Grimor
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ordered the stuff today, a bit of code and will be able to change lighting effects based on real time obd data. rpm, speed, gear, any monitored temp, etc....Grimor said:
07TrailyLS
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Hi guys. I pulled my cluster out today to finally put my LEDs in. Opened a new Walmart solder iron and the tip wouldn't tin,Figures. So I'll go get a new one tomorrow... Anyway I'll use the downtime to ask how you guys removed the plastic pins that hold the original bulbs in place on the circuit board. Thanks guys
They're soldered on, by the filament bulb's leads. Look close, and you'll see them