93 Q Gauge cluster bulbs

[unknown007]

I replaced them with blue ones.all light up fine except my concern is that why doesn't it light up center part?it has half rpm and mph faded.any idea?

[Infinitiguy19]

Wow where did you go long time since you have been here.

but I would check your instrument panel and see if they are burnt our or not.

Hope you didn't put everything back together.

How's your car running?

[unknown007]

Well i already did put it back together not hard.only 2hours off and on.Including testing and making sure the bulbs work.There's three that light up the cluster gauges.I got some that have a cyclinder form or do i need the capsule end type?

They look dope just the halves that don't light.My guess is there's no bulb back there only option would be to some how get a light back there and idea?

My car will Mike came down and we checked it out.Got the fuel hoses tightened up,found out i had 2 bad injectors and a dead one,fixed the ilder control but,and then also one o2 sensor is going out.lol lots to do but still runs like a champ.

[Infinitiguy19]

So you have 3 bad injectors?

And can you show us how its lit up?

[unknown007]

Couldn't get a pic right now it's cold outside my cars down the street parked.But imagine this picture being q45 guages and the red square just not lighting up.The gas and temp light up fine.Just the rpm and mph.It fades to off from the begining of the red square.

[goody90q45]

I looked at the back of my spare speedo cluster and it looks like there's 3 bulbs for backlighting the cluster and two of these are covered by a component that must be unbolted to remove them. It looks like you either missed the middle bulb or maybe didn't wire it correctly?

Hope you didn't put everything back together.

Me too. Removing the long bezel over the cluster is a PITA.

[unknown007]

Oh maybe that's it.Maybe it's wrong since it's an LED.I'll check again tomorrow I guess in auto class.It's not as hard to take out but putting it back in was harder than before.

Check in tomorrow again.

I got all the bulbs they are all blue maybe it is the center one.

[unknown007]

Mike you were right it was the bulb.Didn't have it twisted the right way.Did it this morning in 45minutes. They work now will take pics tonight.

Edit:Check it out:



Here's others that I did.







Climate control not done yet.



Modified by unknown007 at 6:51 PM 1/7/2009
Modified by unknown007 at 6:52 PM 1/7/2009

[unknown007]

Pictures posted what you think?

[qship96]

Interesting.

The needles of all the gauges seem dark and hard to read in the pictures?

[unknown007]

I have to take it apart and paint them all white.They are very very hard to see at night.

45minutes this morning to take everything off and put back together.

[Infinitiguy19]

So why modify your car in such a way that its pleasing to others and not you?

But my opinion is: The Q45 team got it right the first time, even though the gauges might not look as up to date as others they are nice to me.

I would like to see the same colors of the Q45 interior but in LED's.

But the above is not meant to offend you.

[unknown007]

Well i modified the car because i like it that way.LOL

I was thinking replace with oem color but in leds but i like blue and the blue lights with the black interior is new for this car lol.

Dont get jealous cause my interiors dope lol.

edit:Oh yeah you can get them pretty cheap mine are all from ebay shipped from hong kong.
Modified by unknown007 at 8:34 PM 1/7/2009

[goody90q45]

I think it was Drew that did his interior bulbs in red and now we have blue. Not my style but very nice. Now go clean your MAF sensor so you can drive around at night and show it off.

[unknown007]

Will start looking for the cleaner.

[Infinitiguy19]

This is what I meant in my previous post:

Source: http://page7.auctions.yahoo.co...91558

If it were possible to doing something like that the gauges my look a bit more modern.

And can you post up what LED's you used to do your interior?

[unknown007]

Well to be honest I'm not feeling the white lol.And i went on ebay for these they all came from Hong Kong.

The climate control uses 3mm leds i got a good deal 100 for ten bucks shipped with free resistors.Them seem to be to big still maybe 2mm?

Rear lights that you push to light (white):2 HID WHITE 1-LED Inverted Cone Light Bulb 194 168 158



4-doors/trunk/cluster/feet area (blue):2 BLUE 1-LED Inverted Cone Light Bulbs 194 168 158 c3



Alarm/lighter/ignition ring (blue):4 x Blue LED Light Bulbs Instrument 18-37-74-286-2721



WTF?I only used three where's the fourth?

Dome (blue)/License plate (white):Forgot the sizes but they look some what like this with chrome tips



Oh well but those are it.

[CStalin]

i've always wanted my q's lights to be red, like a beamer.i don't know why, but i think it's attractive with the light yellow and dark orange lights, especially with my all black interior.

[maxnix]

Interesting.

The needles of all the gauges seem dark and hard to read in the pictures?

Yeah, the face seems too dim and the backlighting too bright, but that could be an artifact of the camera's sensor.

What red light is on in the diagnostic panel?

It's weird because the puddle courtesy lights look particularly dim.

[Infinitiguy19]

His parking brake is on or master cylinder is low or leaking because his Brake light is on.

[unknown007]

His parking brake is on or master cylinder is low or leaking because his Brake light is on.

Brake was on and the puddle courtesy bulbs burnt out.