LED interior and gauge cluster

[chimchongdlight]

Hey a friend of mine can get me free LED interior and cluster lights. Only thing is he cant find out which ones i need. Do you guys knows? Let me know if u can. I need all the interior lights and the gauge cluster bulbs

[W202FTW]

Do you have a preface lift instrument cluster or a face-lifted cluster?

[chimchongdlight]

I believe facelift cluster. Mines a 96 c280 sport and the manufacture date is 96 also

[MikeD]

I believe facelift cluster. Mines a 96 c280 sport and the manufacture date is 96 also

If your cluster is still the original cluster that came with your car then it is pre-facelift (facelift happened somewhere in 97). I'm also changing out the cluster bulbs because half of mine went out (not kidding), but I haven't had any luck with finding the right bulb sizes either.

[chimchongdlight]

O ok. So preface. Ill take a pic tomarrow

Yea. Once i find out what siE my bulbs are for the interior domes and gauge cluster. My friend said he will just give em to me. Sweet deal but i cant find out what it is. I think wichipong might know

EARTH TO WICHIPONG!! CHIME IN!!!

[wichipong]

i have those regular ones handy... just need to get the number and take pictures... will let you know by tom

[chimchongdlight]

Cool cool. Yea get me all the LEDs for interior lights. And if u could cluster lights too. Thanks man. I knew u knew. Ur whole interior is LED'd right? Got pics on hand?

[wichipong]

let me see.... but yeah whole interior is LED... mostly festoon bulbs 6418 two up front and one on the rear then a wedge type bulb like 194 for the map light...

[chimchongdlight]

Thanks bro. I just let him know. Should be getting em by this week

[W202FTW]

It's possible to change the cluster over to LEDs on the pre-face instrument clusters. I changed mines over to orange LEDs, but got bored with them very quickly, and they didn't turn out as bright as I thought they would be.

SOURCE: superbrightleds.com
Unfortunately I do not remember which ones I bought.

[chimchongdlight]

how many of them are back there? i want to change every single one possible...anyone got pics of their cluster with LED bulbs?

[W202FTW]

You only have to swap out 4 bulbs to cover all of the gauges and the needles. I don't have my receipts so I looked up what closely resembles the ones that I ordered:

You'll need two of these:
http://www.superbrightleds.com/cgi-b...%2FWLED-x5.htm

And two of these:
http://www.superbrightleds.com/cgi-b...specs%2FB8.htm

I tried to change out the temperature, odometer and clock bulbs (1.2w twist, lock bulbs) but they don't seem to work on those, which makes sense since the post-facelift instrument clusters ALL use 1.2w bulbs for everything, and I haven't found replacements for those.

[W202FTW]

Also, use some bulb grease, since 3 out of 4 of the ones I bought had connection issues. The grease seems to help with that.

[chimchongdlight]

You only have to swap out 4 bulbs to cover all of the gauges and the needles. I don't have my receipts so I looked up what closely resembles the ones that I ordered:

You'll need two of these:
http://www.superbrightleds.com/cgi-b...%2FWLED-x5.htm

And two of these:
http://www.superbrightleds.com/cgi-b...specs%2FB8.htm

I tried to change out the temperature, odometer and clock bulbs (1.2w twist, lock bulbs) but they don't seem to work on those, which makes sense since the post-facelift instrument clusters ALL use 1.2w bulbs for everything, and I haven't found replacements for those.

so your saying with those 4 bulbs i'll be good? and you said the climate, clock, and mileage digital screen cant be changed?

[W202FTW]

Yup. They worked for me, they just weren't as bright as advertised. I found that the stock bulbs were actually brighter than the orange LED bulbs I bought.

[chimchongdlight]

Im not too sure what color i want yet to be honest. I liked my b5 audi interior. All red. Looks pretty good. But i had black interior. I like the blue on my uncles r32 also. But i also like bright white. But i wonder if i get bright white if ill even really notice a difference. The LEDs im getting are pretty darn right. My buddys got blue ones in his car n there hella bright

[chimchongdlight]

does anyone know what bulbs are for our temp, clock, and mileage?

[wichipong]

ill try to get you the pics later...

[chimchongdlight]

thanks man...i just need to know what size bulb is needed, or whatever the bulb is called...i need the ones for the gauges and the 3 for the temp, odo, and clock...i believe i need::

2 wedge?
5 b8.5d?

is this correct? lol all i need is a yes or no, if no whats the right kind?

[wichipong]

they're not wedge bulbs.... i think...

[wichipong]

check this thread out: (from dying mymbonline)

http://www.mymbonline.com/forum/186-...bs-no-56k.html

[chimchongdlight]

Ive read that so many times. Still doesnt say what the bulbs are called

[wichipong]

2x WLED-x5 LED Wide Angle LED bulb

5x B8 series Instrument LED bulb

thats what the posts say...

[MikeD]

I tried 1.5W B8s in place of the odometer, temp, and time gauges and they just weren't working. Maybe I just have bad luck but I would bet on the fact that the replacements need to be 1.2W. Lucky for all of us, ebay.uk sells these in LEDs in a wide variety of colors.

[wichipong]

idk ill post the stock bulbs later... got a bunch of them from being too close to a salvage yard..