I changed the bulbs to apc hyperwhite (194)
painted the underside of the needles Red and it gives this !





btw the needles still show white when not lit up

Dude that rocks!!!

canadian eh? Looks good man.

Not bad. I like.



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@!#$ the temp and speedo needles stop working

what could be the problem ? could they just be pushed too far ?

Cant answer ur question but now i dont need to post this. How many bulbs were there and how did u change them did u have to take apart the cluster or unbolt it and go from the back I just just changed my HVAC lights to red L.E.Ds and i wanna do the cluster just afraid to touch it THANKS.

Cluster is cake...pull out the cluster, and its just a buncha lights you screw into the back of it...at least it is on 2nd gens...

im thining 3rd gens you have to take the needles, overlay, and a bunch of other crap off....but ya...i p[lan on doing mine soon, howevever id like to know if i have to worry about my gauges not working....

SUNSTEALTH need ur help please dont feel like taking apart my dash to see its COLD

well i took the dash appart (just remove the top dash pad)
unbolt the cluster go it your house
now you see 4 green socket, remove them, the lights are in there,now change or paint the lights to your liking!!

pretty easy its an hour job if you count the time to desolder the lights from their sockets

when you say that you painted the underside of the needles do you mean the bottom where the light shines up through or the back side facing the cluster?



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the back side where it face the cluster

looks good man...ive been debating if i should change mine to blue or not...i have 7 extra sockets (the green part) for the cluster, i might sauder some new blue led's one day...just taking my dash out is a pita since it's all molded as one.

you said you put in some 194 bulbs i thought the cluster used special bulbs, they have a green bases, do they come in different colours?

when you put your bulbs in did it make it brighter or whiter or both?



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its a lot brighter now and no they are not special bulbs, just 194 bulbs soldered to the metal pegs on the green sockets

oh, there soldered to the green pegs, do 194 blubs come in red or if they do is it a painted on red that will burn off?

sunstealth -- the bulbs that you put in are they like a super white, are they like the ones with a light blue tint to them making them whiter?



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well they are blue like all the hyper white bulb ive ever seen

what watt is the stock bulb the 194 blub is 5 watt right

if the 194 bulb is a higher wattage it pro runs hotter could it melt something in the cluster?

the 194 bulb is the same bulb that is in the front corner lense right





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Actually, that is pretty sweet. I bet it looks better than the pics do justice. Good job.



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sunstealth -- what type of paint did you use to paint the needles and how do you remove the stock bulb from the green plastic part

thanks



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I used humbrol model paint for the needles

and i think i removed the bulbs from their socket by cutting the wires!

its the same bulb that the corners

and it looked better, unfortunately when i was fixing my speedometer needle I sneezed and broke the needle, had to get a new cluster so now i have a completely stock cluster wich lit up blu with white needles!

maybe ours dont look the same i dont realy see any wires in the bottom to cut,



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ok i got the bulb out i cut a small wire at the bottom but it still didnt come out so i had to smash the bulb and pull the parts of it out



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lol smashing things solve problems

I have a 98 Cavalier Z24. Is there a filter or film of some sort that would distort the color of the light coming through.

I was thinking of replacing the 194 cluster bulbs with blue superbright leds and wondering whether the outcome would be good looking or not.