Any time.

 

o ya.. those leds aint no joke about light output for sure!!!!!!!
i did my truck gauges like that... soldered in all green leds even in my instrument lights cause i removed the old stock overlay and put on a lighted overlay but the intruments where all clear then. and man when those turn signal or bright lights where indicated WOWWWWWWWWW blinding.LMFAO
i took the gauges out and bent the leds to the sides so they didnt straight up blind me anmore.

good idea on the sanding...
one thing ive heard of is grinding down the tips..... BUT ive never seen any progress pics... but if ya got some extra leds just experiment with a little dremel.

i wanna try and fit some cold cathodes inside the cluster... i hope i can take it apart to squize them in!!!!!!

 

The best thing to use to sand them down is a belt sander. Just GENTLY lock the LED into a pair of vice grips. THen sand away. I will put up a few pics later on today.

 

some great info guys real nice

 

what do you have to do to install them? do they just plug right into a 2001 ex sedan ?

 

ok i sanded the leds... so far in day light it looks pretty even.... but i will post a pic tonight.. see what the difference is ....

 

Cool. Can't wait to see them.

 

well only picture i have of it right now... had somemore but cannt find them now..

and no these leds dont just twist in... you have to solder them directly to the board.... BUT if you buy from the SUPERBRIGHTleds link they have some that should just twist right into the stock spots with no wiring needed.
but those multi direction firing leds would be your best bet for a more even glow... but those are a bit more money
BUT well worth it....

with my gauges pictured from my truck i removed the needles and sanded the orange off them so they where clear. with the overlay the leds look realy nice!
but before the overlay they had those bad hot spots also..

oooo your in luck i found my just led picture on another site




tho for my civic i dont wanna do any overlays cause white on a black car is freaken UGLY!!!!!!!
now if they had a black or carbon fiber over lay id be all over that!

 

looks good..and sweet wed site

 

ok so i sanded the led's to gwet rid of hot spots.... made alot of difference IMO ( thanks to windcalmer) here"s some before and after pic..... last 2 is after.... alot less hot spots

[IMG]local://upfiles/13394/1D931354CCB34C87844D0A27C46C0658.jpg[/IMG] <--- Before
[IMG]local://upfiles/13394/C35EC7E25FA2422986D65E68385963D4.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG]local://upfiles/13394/70C23178310B44C1B15317066E19DEBD.jpg[/IMG] <--- after

[IMG]local://upfiles/13394/38BF5F17013D4D3EB03CD575A1559515.jpg[/IMG] Also, a video link of the vtec light that i installed the same day i installed the gauge lights: http://media.putfile.com/Vtec-Light