Dash Mod - LEDs

xj-jonny · Feb 1, 2009

howdy all, i saw this on another forum. http://www.dailydriventj.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=333 i was wondering if this is doable on a 2000 xj. not interested in the brushed aluminum face plate but i think the leds look pretty cool. has anyone here tried it?

Sherman_thetank · Feb 1, 2009

http://naxja.org/forum/showthread.php?t=933802&highlight=LED+Conversion
Not exactly guages but still pretty cool

DeftwillP · Feb 2, 2009

I haven't done it but I've had my guages out a lot lately fixing a no bus situation. Ours look exactly the same as the one depicted here. Should work just fine.

ehall · Feb 2, 2009

Yeah just get some ultra-white or blue LEDs and pop them in. I switched the ones on my 91 but kept the white.

FWIW the late-model XJ and TJ gauge clusters are interchangeable.

xj-jonny · Feb 2, 2009

ehall said:
Yeah just get some ultra-white or blue LEDs and pop them in. I switched the ones on my 91 but kept the white.

FWIW the late-model XJ and TJ gauge clusters are interchangeable.

cool thanks 4 the info. does the white give off a blueish tint? most of the pics i have seen look that way

ehall · Feb 2, 2009

here's a bad pic but it works for explanation

the bulbs behind the gauges are about 6000 kelvin (natural white) color temperature while the bulbs behind the switches (fogs, rear wiper, etc) are about 9000 kelvin (bright white). the hotter white, the more blue you get. typical incandescent car lights (warm white) are about 3000 kelvin.

Red90Laredo · Feb 2, 2009

that looks great.

Veeb0rg · Feb 2, 2009

My 95's dash done with led's taken on a crappy cell phone cam

Boghog1 · Feb 2, 2009

care to post where you got the LEDs for the early dash?

DanMan2k06 · Feb 3, 2009

Superbirhgtleds.com

And yes the white bulbs do still give off the teal/blue tint. the gauge overlay has a residue applied over the numbers that give it this color. In order to get rid of it you have to completely disassemble the gauge cluster and remove it with either a knife/key/object, or some nail polish remover. Lots of involved work, and in the process of scraping it off you'll remove the diffuser dots as well, so light will be spred unevenly all around the cluster. Bottom line, too much work, looks like crap after.

the bulbs behind the gauges are about 6000 kelvin (natural white) color temperature while the bulbs behind the switches (fogs, rear wiper, etc) are about 9000 kelvin (bright white). the hotter white, the more blue you get. typical incandescent car lights (warm white) are about 3000 kelvin.

You have the right concept, but incandescent is more like 3900-4100. Warm white led's are around 43-4500 and cool white are about 45-5500. 9000 you're getting preeeetty blue.

DanMan2k06 · Feb 3, 2009

Here was mine previously.

Before any mods

After disassembly, removal of tinting residue, and putting led strips inside the cluster that were soldered to the board. It looks spotty, but is actually flawless. Bad pics. I'm in the process of redoing them though, I don't like the removed hatch marks in between the numbers anymore...

ehall · Feb 3, 2009

DanMan2k06 said:
Superbirhgtleds.com

[...]

You have the right concept, but incandescent is more like 3900-4100. Warm white led's are around 43-4500 and cool white are about 45-5500. 9000 you're getting preeeetty blue.

here's the kelvin chart from superbrightleds.com 194 listing

WLED-CW6 . Cool White ... 9600
WLED-NW6 . Natural White ... 4500
WLED-WW6 . Warm White ... 3300

also note the footnote: "White LED Note: Correlated Color Temperature measured in Kelvin, higher numbers indicate blue/purple tint (similar to HID lamps), standard incandescent bulbs are around 3000K"

johnnyc · Feb 4, 2009

I just put on some white overlays and added some white LED bulbs on the MJ.

Veeb0rg · Feb 4, 2009

Boghog1 said:
care to post where you got the LEDs for the early dash?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/e...0273101079&sspagename=STRK:MEWNX:IT&viewitem=

I used these..

blackdoutxj · Feb 4, 2009

on my 2000: GLOW GAUGES

!

OFF:

http://img514.imageshack.us/img514/0203092101os0.jpg/

ON:
[URL=http://imageshack.us][IMG]http://img255.imageshack.us/img255/20/0203092102mz4.jpg

FitchVA · Feb 5, 2009

DanMan2k06 said:
Here was mine previously.

Before any mods

After disassembly, removal of tinting residue, and putting led strips inside the cluster that were soldered to the board. It looks spotty, but is actually flawless. Bad pics. I'm in the process of redoing them though, I don't like the removed hatch marks in between the numbers anymore...

is it me, or did your speedo change? the numbers aren't as high and not in the same spot

DanMan2k06 · Feb 5, 2009

Hahaha I knew someone would catch it. One is the original police cluster, the other is the one I modified. Regular non-fleet.

2001JeepXJNS · Mar 1, 2009

What color looks best? I was thinking of trying the blue.

98 jeepjeep · Mar 2, 2009

so if the late model XJ has the green numbers with the red pegs like in dan mans post. and i dont want to take off the factory tint would i get all super white leds? or some red and some green?

DanMan2k06 · Mar 2, 2009

I don't understand your question? If you put white led's in the bulb holes without doing anything else, the green will be a light teal color, and the orange will be orange.

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