Intelliglow Needle Kit

[bricooper78]

Originally Posted by kzulfic

No, thats right. You can choose neutral lighting if you change LED color, or select your color choice.

thats what I thought. I was thinking getting a blue backed overlay and painting the needles silver, but it wasn't anything more than a passing thought, not sure how they would light up. I was thinking paint on the face and rear, leave the sides open for light, kinda make a shadow effect at night on there. one of them things, i'll get a donor cluster and tear into it one of these days maybe

[bricooper78]

Alright Jim, thanks.. I may do your little mod with the blue strip of led, and light up the needles with blue leds with the silver paint, why not, right?

oh, yea need to find a donor console first, ain't tearing mine up just to experiment

[kzulfic]

Originally Posted by bricooper78

Alright Jim, thanks.. I may do your little mod with the blue strip of led, and light up the needles with blue leds with the silver paint, why not, right?

oh, yea need to find a donor console first, ain't tearing mine up just to experiment

Just go to superbrightleds and get replacement LED'S. They swap right into the factory sockets. You'll need some new bases too.

[TruGreenGAGT]

well I didnt strip the cluster just swapped the stock bulbs for LED and if you paint the needles just do the back like stock and they should glow blue at night and be silver in the day.
but ya just tell the guys over at blackcat you'll be using blue LED as a light source and they'll make it to work. also tell them if you want the accent line to light up. as they make it to not light unless you ask.....they were actually unsure if it would even light on mine

[TruGreenGAGT]

bases I have if interested. or find a newer grand prix in the JY....they use the same base but the lights just pull out, were the GA the lights are like soildered into the base

[klokworx]

Yeah I was surprised at how easy it was to swap the lights. I still have to paint my needles, had the paint for months but haven't gotten around to it.

Best way to recal the needles is take a picture of them before you remove them

[bricooper78]

Originally Posted by TruGreenGAGT

well I didnt strip the cluster just swapped the stock bulbs for LED and if you paint the needles just do the back like stock and they should glow blue at night and be silver in the day.
but ya just tell the guys over at blackcat you'll be using blue LED as a light source and they'll make it to work. also tell them if you want the accent line to light up. as they make it to not light unless you ask.....they were actually unsure if it would even light on mine

Was the strip just in the hvac then? I remember seeing something, and I think you did it, that the strip lights went around the edge to make even lighting.

Also, on the subject of even lighting, last I'd seen, leds swapped in place of stock bulbs gave "hot spots" of light, and it didn't light evenly. The wife (seriously really) has o.c.d. and something like that may actually cause her to stare at it and ponder why, and then thats where the part of my car hitting something comes into play..
So, how even is the light output? That pic of your gauges is nothing more than replacement leds in the stock bulb housings?

[kzulfic]

ya, he used the strip in the HVAC panel. I don't remember seeing him make a thread about switching the lighting in the cluster.

TruGreenGAGT: well I didnt strip the cluster just swapped the stock bulbs for LED and if you paint the needles just do the back like stock and they should glow blue at night and be silver in the day.
but ya just tell the guys over at blackcat you'll be using blue LED as a light source and they'll make it to work. also tell them if you want the accent line to light up. as they make it to not light unless you ask.....they were actually unsure if it would even light on mine

[bricooper78]

I read that, I'm wondering if it was someone else that wired in the strip then, and maybe me bringing it up jogs his memory

It's not a big deal, I was about to do some digging in past threads tho, as it's going to drive me crazy now

[kzulfic]

Sorry, misread your post. Here ya go http://www.gaownersclub.com/forum/sh...d.php?t=135582

[bricooper78]

You are the man!! That was what I was thinking about!

TruGreen was just in on it, thats where I got confused.

*Interwebz high five!*

[TruGreenGAGT]

Originally Posted by bricooper78

Was the strip just in the hvac then? I remember seeing something, and I think you did it, that the strip lights went around the edge to make even lighting.

Also, on the subject of even lighting, last I'd seen, leds swapped in place of stock bulbs gave "hot spots" of light, and it didn't light evenly. The wife (seriously really) has o.c.d. and something like that may actually cause her to stare at it and ponder why, and then thats where the part of my car hitting something comes into play..
So, how even is the light output? That pic of your gauges is nothing more than replacement leds in the stock bulb housings?

correct i have strips in my HVAC going around the edge. a strip in my shifter. two strips in my glove box. massive strip on my windshield, and in my trunk....

but yes I used replacement LEDs for the stock bulbs, the way the gauge is made it directs the light to be used evenly there a few other pics in the black cat thread of mine showing the green lights

Originally Posted by kzulfic

Sorry, misread your post. Here ya go http://www.gaownersclub.com/forum/sh...d.php?t=135582

ya follow stuff in there for the bulb size you need for the smaller...really only one is needed for the upper section of the Tach....i went over board and replaced my high beam and turn signal indicators as well...

[bricooper78]

Well, if you're gonna do it, may as well do it up

Thats awesome they glow evenly, sure a lot easier than that strip method IMO

[kzulfic]

ya follow stuff in there for the bulb size you need for the smaller...really only one is needed for the upper section of the Tach....i went over board and replaced my high beam and turn signal indicators as well...[/quote]

Ya, I went overboard also. I got new lights for everything, I did green for clusters lights, red for turn signals, and blue for high beam indicator. I just didn't want everything to be green. Geuess I need something to break up the color.

Originally Posted by bricooper78

You are the man!! That was what I was thinking about!

TruGreen was just in on it, thats where I got confused.

*Interwebz high five!*

Haha, I favorite things I may need for reference. Don't wanna dig around for ever. I'm kinda O.C.D. with my info, and where to buy things. Everything is specifically labeled and put in new folder pertaining to what area of the vehicle, and what vehicle. It drives me nuts as I'm doing it, but when I wanna find something I know exactly where it is.

EDIT: Here's the LED conversion thread, for every light in the GA. http://www.gaownersclub.com/forum/sh...d.php?t=137077

[bricooper78]

I have a few favorited, and since you bring that up, the upper part of the blackcat overlay is just clear then, so we can put any color up there we want? or will it just be whatever illumination color you pick?

[TruGreenGAGT]

Originally Posted by kzulfic

ya follow stuff in there for the bulb size you need for the smaller...really only one is needed for the upper section of the Tach....i went over board and replaced my high beam and turn signal indicators as well..

Ya, I went overboard also. I got new lights for everything, I did green for clusters lights, red for turn signals, and blue for high beam indicator. I just didn't want everything to be green. Geuess I need something to break up the color.



Haha, I favorite things I may need for reference. Don't wanna dig around for ever. I'm kinda O.C.D. with my info, and where to buy things. Everything is specifically labeled and put in new folder pertaining to what area of the vehicle, and what vehicle. It drives me nuts as I'm doing it, but when I wanna find something I know exactly where it is.

what color do your needles light up?

Originally Posted by bricooper78

I have a few favorited, and since you bring that up, the upper part of the blackcat overlay is just clear then, so we can put any color up there we want? or will it just be whatever illumination color you pick?

if your talking about the accenting ring it'll glow the color of your LED unless you go the white LED route them im sure you could have the line pink and the gauges purple with lime green numbers.....LOL

[kzulfic]

Not sure about that, I'm just clearing my stock one ATM, but I think blackcatcustoms will do just about any thing you want. TruGreen would know better than me.

[bricooper78]

I mean the highbeam indicator, turn signals, check engine, service vehicle, all the dummy lights, does the new overlay keep the colors the same? or is it just whatever ya want?

edit, This is for Mr Jim we posted at the same time kz

[TruGreenGAGT]

Originally Posted by bricooper78

I mean the highbeam indicator, turn signals, check engine, service vehicle, all the dummy lights, does the new overlay keep the colors the same? or is it just whatever ya want?

edit, This is for Mr Jim we posted at the same time kz

the turn siganls are green....high beam blueish/green.....all the dummy lights are clear and they light with the factory LEDs so how your dummy lights are stock is how they glow after the BBC switch

[kzulfic]

Oh, I see how it is my opinion just isn't good enough for ya huh? Haha.

I thought that's what you meant with the indicators.