Gauge Lighting Update
08-02-2002, 12:59 PM
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Gauge Lighting Update
Many of you have seen my 944 Gauge Pod Lighting Update. If not, here is the link <a href="http://home.fuse.net/porsche951/led.htm" target="_blank">Gauge Pod Lighting</a>
I am in the process of making the reflectors out of acrylic and having the LED's set in with the mold. Doing the mod the way I have on the website, you cannot go back to stock (don't know why you would). With casting new reflectors with the LED's in them, all you need to do is swap reflectors and plug them in.
I am trying to get a feeler right now from the forums to see if there is any interest. My cost to make all 3 reflectors w/LED's is about $55. I would sell for $75 on the first batch, $100 after that. It will take about 7 hours per set to make, and $230 for the mold setup.
As for colors, when I had it all apart I tried blue, green, red, yellow, and of course the white LED's. The Red looked like the older Audi gauge clusters (such as the 4000 and 5000 series cars). Not bad, but not bright. Blue was OK, but not my taste. Blue mixed with a few white ones made good brightness and good color. The problem was the gauges would look fine, but the black background would take on the color of the LED's and not look all that great. The White adds a crisp clean look, and are quite bright when on the full brightness level. You can adjust the brightness with the stock rheostat.
Obviously, I am not going to dump a bunch of cash into this so I can sell 4 sets of these things. If you would like some more info, have color combination requests, or want to let me know you are interested, drop me an e-mail with the subject "LED's".
Thanks.
perry@fuse.net
I am in the process of making the reflectors out of acrylic and having the LED's set in with the mold. Doing the mod the way I have on the website, you cannot go back to stock (don't know why you would). With casting new reflectors with the LED's in them, all you need to do is swap reflectors and plug them in.
I am trying to get a feeler right now from the forums to see if there is any interest. My cost to make all 3 reflectors w/LED's is about $55. I would sell for $75 on the first batch, $100 after that. It will take about 7 hours per set to make, and $230 for the mold setup.
As for colors, when I had it all apart I tried blue, green, red, yellow, and of course the white LED's. The Red looked like the older Audi gauge clusters (such as the 4000 and 5000 series cars). Not bad, but not bright. Blue was OK, but not my taste. Blue mixed with a few white ones made good brightness and good color. The problem was the gauges would look fine, but the black background would take on the color of the LED's and not look all that great. The White adds a crisp clean look, and are quite bright when on the full brightness level. You can adjust the brightness with the stock rheostat.
Obviously, I am not going to dump a bunch of cash into this so I can sell 4 sets of these things. If you would like some more info, have color combination requests, or want to let me know you are interested, drop me an e-mail with the subject "LED's".
Thanks.
perry@fuse.net
