No no no, I meant the pics, not the lights. Sorry.miamiheat3332 wrote:really? are you talking about the cluster in particular? it looks just like mine, so i dont know what you not happy about?
LED's require the correct polarity (positive and negative) to work. If the polarity is backwards, the bulb will not illuminate. All you need to do is rotate the bulb socket (with the LED in it) 180 degrees and put it back in. Once you have the polarity correct they should light up perfectly.jrow003 wrote:What exactly do you guys mean by Polarity? I installed all 3 lights and none of the worked. Took them out and reinstalled them, and now only 1 works. I haven't had time to get back in there and finish the job but I'm wondering why I can get the other two lights to light up. Thanks for your input
Thanks man, I wasn't sure if you meant switch the bulb 180 or the actual socket it is in. I'm going to try this now. thanks I really appreciate your input.Pwnin O’Brien wrote:
LED's require the correct polarity (positive and negative) to work. If the polarity is backwards, the bulb will not illuminate. All you need to do is rotate the bulb socket (with the LED in it) 180 degrees and put it back in. Once you have the polarity correct they should light up perfectly.
Pianodemon wrote:Tweedy:
I had the same problem on my '98 Pathy where the bases behind the gauge cluster wouldn't hold the #74 Matrix 3 LEDs from Autolumination.
Fortunately, there's a very easy fix to this. If you take a look at the base, you should see copper lining each side of the base. I simple poked a very thin, flat screwdriver between the copper and the outer wall of the base, so as to bend the copper inwards just a little bit. Do this *before* you put an LED in.
After doing this, the LEDs fit very snugly and worked fine with no issues.
Hope this helps!
-Alan
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors...oriesrydebynite wrote:Anyone know where I can find a set of these clear corners?
For my instrument cluster I used two Matrix II bulbs (the one with five SMT LED's) in blue for the gauges and I used a single super white Matrix II for the trip meter. The instrument cluster in the later model Pathfinders (2003-2004) is best lit using side-firing LED's as opposed to front-firing LED's. Essentially behind the cluster overlay is a huge piece of clear plastic that lights up the gauges; you light the clear plastic at the edges, so a side-firing LED will be most effective. For the trip meter, you also need to use side-firing LED's but only half of the bulb is utilized because the bulb sits to one side of the meter, it's a really weird setup.chinook1352 wrote:@ Pwnin O'Brien,
Did you end up going with the tri-power LED's? And how many of them did you need, just 2 or 3? And what did you do to make the trip meter show up in blue as well? It looks really good! Nice work.
Do the original bulbs still work?rydebynite wrote:Well I finally got my led's in. After installing everything my RPM/Hot and Cold side wouldnt light up. so I flipped it to check polarity and still nothing. Then I figured maybe its the black base I saw a couple of them look like they were burn up when I pulled them out so I replaced it with another side from the working ones and still I got nothing. Very irritating to have half this thing all light up w/ the new hyper White Led and the other half all black.