loxner

Anybody with a late-model 944 knows the gauges kinda suck at night. (maybe the early cars do too, but since I don't own one IDK)
Have any of you done anything to yours to make them better? If so, how did it work?
Some options I found on eBay...

LED lighting
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Porsc...3A1|240%3A1318

White gauge faces
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/PORSC...3A1|240%3A1318

Reverse-glow gauges
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/PORSC...3A1|240%3A1318


Any input is appreciated

white924s

I went the lowest-tech route of them all and actually just installed new bulbs in all the guages, and I must say that the improvement is significant. They're not as clear as LEDs might be, but for the cost and effort ($15 and 1 hour, respectively), the results are pretty hard to beat

Rogue_Ant

Love the LED upgrade! Not the ebay kit, but here are the results:

click me


-Rogue

porshhhh951

Don't you post that you snake!

The LED upgrade is a must however I think im going with Jager Engineering's kit.http://www.jageng.com/garage9/produc...roducts_id=151

CurtP

I'd consider it if someone built a true LED dimmer circuit (current driven) that interfaces with the factory dimmer (voltage). I could build a half-assed circuit using a 7805 fixed-voltage regulator and 2N3906 transistor, but I have neither the time nor the patience and it would still be based on voltage.

Rogue_Ant

Curt,
My LED setup works with the dimmer.


-Rogue

CurtP

But it only dims slightly, correct?

Rogue_Ant

No, they dim normally. It works like factory. The LED gauges are much brighter to begin with.


-Rogue

CurtP

Was that a self-install, or was it professionally done? Depending on who did it, they may have built in a step-down voltage regulation circuit like I was describing in post 5.

Edit: Found the rest of the thread - done professionally by North Hollywood Speedometer. But in the same thread you said that it was still too bright.