My LED failure

[Empty V]

So I finally received some LED's for my gauge cluster. It looks way different from Fueler and Rogers, pics will come soon. I replaced every lamp I could access and all it did was change my turn signals, OD off light, parking brake, and the engine dummy lights. My tachometer, speedometer, fuel, and battery gauges stayed the same. This is extremely frustrating because after seeing Roger and Fuelers work I was sooooo excited for this mod. Has anyone done this and had success with it on an 01+? $70 for blue turn signals and other indicators which never light up just sucks!

Billy

[fueler]

whattT!!! on mine, the gauge bulbs were a different color base than the rest like the indicators and signals....

but you changed every one and it didnt work???

you know they are polirized bulbs right, if you install it and it doesnt light up, you just need to reverse it

[Densetsu]

$70?

I looked at the service manual... there are only three bulbs responsible for the backlights. Asking in one of the other threads, seems that the third one is responsible for lighting up the odometer, so really only two are needed to light up the gauges. In the pictures, looks like they were the ones with the brown bases.

I still bought three, but it only ran me $12. Haven't installed them yet though.

And ya... like fueler said... LED = light emitting diode = polarity matters. Doesn't work one way, flip it and it should.

[nissandoms47]

You need to realize you have a newer QX4. Totally different then the older QX4 clusters and rogers. His is a manual trans too. So its got the more basic cluster. And your QX4 has a tinted plastic. I dont see why you dont like how it looks stock i love it.

[Qxxx4]

what? rogers isnt stick? empty v how the hell did you pay $70 u should have at least bought crappy ebay led's to at least make sure the size is right man! good luck getting it to work though man.

[KoukiS14]

Don't 01+ QX4s have organic lighting? I know the I35 did.

[Adnan]

if thats the cluster lighting many new high end vehicles havethen i guess yea...i love how it remains all black when the ignition if off

[Empty V]

You need to realize you have a newer QX4. Totally different then the older QX4 clusters and rogers. His is a manual trans too. So its got the more basic cluster. And your QX4 has a tinted plastic. I dont see why you dont like how it looks stock i love it.

Thanks for the tip, I was under the impression that the 2001 QX4's were older than then 1999 models. When I popped out the panel I knew right away this wasn't going to work right because none of the lights were located behind the gauges, they were all behind the dummy lights. It does look great the way it is, but it would look better if it were the way I wanted it.

Billy

[Empty V]

what? rogers isnt stick? empty v how the hell did you pay $70 u should have at least bought crappy ebay led's to at least make sure the size is right man! good luck getting it to work though man.

I bought a whole bunch of different ones just to see which worked best. I'm not sure if anyone sells these on ebay, they're not normal LED's with leads hanging off them. Now it's time to consult my service repair manual to find out exactly what I need, probably should have done that in the beginning.

Billy

[Empty V]

$70?

I looked at the service manual... there are only three bulbs responsible for the backlights. Asking in one of the other threads, seems that the third one is responsible for lighting up the odometer, so really only two are needed to light up the gauges. In the pictures, looks like they were the ones with the brown bases.

I still bought three, but it only ran me $12. Haven't installed them yet though.

And ya... like fueler said... LED = light emitting diode = polarity matters. Doesn't work one way, flip it and it should.

I did not know that they are polarized which would explain why one of my turn signals didn't work at first. Yeah I saw your pics and this is a totally different setup, still has lots of brown and black twist locks but none of them light the gauges, such a bummer!

Billy

[Empty V]

So I finally located it in my SRM (Service Repair Manual) it was in the Electrical section on page EL97. It has a fluorescent lamp so it seems to me that I either need to find a blue lamp like this one or get some sheets of CTB(Color Temperature Blue) or a party lighting gel to wrap around the lamp. Now I'm on a mission.



Billy