Anyone tried blacklight in dash?

[Redsquall]

What bulb(s) size does the dash take and how do you get to them?

[Michael]

You can use LED strips in blacklight colors. I did mine with a RGB strip and a small controller under the dash so I can mix any color and brightness along with my OE rheostat controls.

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[Ryan S.]

You can use LED strips in blacklight colors. I did mine with a RGB strip and a small controller under the dash so I can mix any color and brightness along with my OE rheostat controls.

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That's brilliant.
Where do you exactly put the LED strips? Do you have the part number? How did you wire it?
Thank you in advance

[Michael]

Thanks, I will do a write up on where to mount with pics. Basically, I pull the cluster apart, the led strips face up to the binnicle's light box, and the diffused light then bounces back down on the instruments. I tried it the other way but it was too harsh and too many shadows.

The strips are 12v so all I did was use a bulb wire from the HVAC panel (which is no longer used thanks to Dave's LED HVAC panel). The great thing is the controller is out of sight, easy o adjust and has a memory so whatever I leave it on stays that way even when I turn off the power.

[mluder]

I did the same thing as Michael. There's a write up somewhere on this board on how to do it. Definitely put them on the top of the cluster facing up to bounce the light in. I tried putting them over the holes facing down and they were too bright and also did not allow the option of just using stock lighting.

I bought my strip and controller as a kit at Auto Zone. Most auto parts stores have these though they're typically more expensive there than if you buy on-line.
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Cheers
Steven

[Timebender]

It'd be kinda cool if the all the numbers and letters were black light sensitive- thus you'd have the 80's arcade game look going on

[Redsquall]

Thanks, I will do a write up on where to mount with pics. Basically, I pull the cluster apart, the led strips face up to the binnicle's light box, and the diffused light then bounces back down on the instruments. I tried it the other way but it was too harsh and too many shadows.

The strips are 12v so all I did was use a bulb wire from the HVAC panel (which is no longer used thanks to Dave's LED HVAC panel). The great thing is the controller is out of sight, easy o adjust and has a memory so whatever I leave it on stays that way even when I turn off the power.

That would be awesome Michael – thank you!

[Christian Dietrich]

Not black light but close. Some numbers have a glow kinda look with the blue leds. There is a total of 76 in the cluster, 19 x4 bulbs.

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[ccurzio]

Ugh. That's dangerous as shit; all of those lights in that spectrum would absolutely murder your night vision.

[Christian Dietrich]

Nope. Not at all! Not glaring what so ever. The damn camera phone makes it brighter than it really is. I drive this alot at night and its total fine. You have to see it in person to see how it is.

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