quote:Garth is the extended bulb for the speedo and tach possibly too much light ? My understanding is with LEDs the rehostat will not work ?
If I want to replicate the orginal color would the white LED be the best choice ?
I don't think the extended bulbs are too much light, although I didn't try the small bulbs in the tach and speedo. I think my tach and speedo look like their brightness is consistent with the small gauges.
The rheostat no longer works; well it works ever so slightly. I can "slightly" reduce the brightness by turning it just a bit, but it reaches a point where it just turns off the bulbs. There's another thread on this board where folks have found inexpensive LED dimmers and retrofitted them to their Panteras to dim the LED gauge lights. I don't think their too bright though. Then again, I'm thrilled to be able to see my gauges after over a decade of carrying a flashight in the door pocket to check my speed when driving at night!
Use the green LED's to replicate the original look! The glass on the original bulbs was actually tinted green. I first put white LED's in my gauges and they looked washed out and had a blueish tint (very common of white LED bulbs). Didn't look right at all! I love the green LED's - they are more green than the dim original bulbs, but they look period correct in my opinion. White might look good if you can find a "warm white," but I like the green.
As for the Superbright LED's, they have plenty of them, but you'll pay more for ONE bulb than I paid for all the bulbs for my gauges. Search ebay for another seller for the same bulbs ("9-SMD5050 LED T10 W5W 194 360° GREEN" and "T10 194,168,2825, 5 x 5050 SMD LED Green") and you'll find other inexpensive sources.