im wondering if anyone knows how to change the color of the LEDs on the gauges..i got an 04 taco with the white faces and the orange LED's..id like everything to be blue..any info on where to buy bulbs and whatnot would be great..thankss
im wondering if anyone knows how to change the color of the LEDs on the gauges..i got an 04 taco with the white faces and the orange LED's..id like everything to be blue..any info on where to buy bulbs and whatnot would be great..thankss
The LEDs are basically $5.00 each from Toyota, I couldn't find them anywhere else. I suppose it could easily be sourced from somewhere, but maybe you can do some digging and find out. The LEDs are all white, and they sit behind an opaque colored filter (depending on which position they are in) I suppose there could be some way to paint the bulbs or change the color of the filter. But my feeling after looking around in there was that this might involve cracking open the case for the instrument cluster and I really didn't want to do it. At $5.00 each X a light for each position on the indicator, plus all the others you could be in for some $$. Although, as I was sealing it all back up I thought how cool an all blue setup would be...
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Rlockyer changed the color of his gauges in his Tundra. In the Tundra there is a white bulb with a colored filter on it. You simply need to change the color of that filter and you can change the color of the gauges. www.mcmaster.com has the colored filters. I think if you check in rocklayer's gallery you can see pics of this and get the part # he used. I'm assuming that the Tacoma is the same. It is an incandecent bulb not a LED though.
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I finally got mine that way I like it. I'll get some pics up soon. That cig lighter ring is a PITA
Hows that machine head album, any fav tracks
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I really like the whole album. It is all fast and sounds really good loud.
I went with the wleb-b in the dash. They just look like big 74s. I also tried to put a 4-led in that middle hole that is a iregular size, no dice, so I shaved it down and put it in the door entry light spot and took it out of it's holder and pointed at the floor. Worked out very nice. The rest of the bulbs I used were 74 and t1.5. The 6-leds in the center pod rock, I wish they did not have the bright spots in the dash, but o well the wled-b work great, just not as intense, but very smooth and consistent. the ignition ring is still my fav. I may try to shave down the left over 6-leds for the glove box.
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2001 SR5 TRD Thunder Gray 4X4 Access Cab V8, TRD Luxury Sport Package, TRD Spec HD Red/Blue Shocks, Borla Exhaust, GT GEM TOP Classic color matched tonneau, LINE-X Bed liner, Auto-Dim mirror with temp and compass, Custom Stereo (NAK 45z CD, MB quart Premium Line 6.5m all 4 doors, Custom built angled and padded armrest sub box with 2 JL Audio 8” subs (8W3-V2-D4), (2) 2ch Alpine power amps), (1) 2ch phoenix gold power amp with volt meter display. Fog light mod, D31m Blue top Optima, LTX A/T 265/75/16 tires
I went with the wleb-b in the dash. They just look like big 74s. I also tried to put a 4-led in that middle hole that is a iregular size, no dice, so I shaved it down and put it in the door entry light spot and took it out of it's holder and pointed at the floor. Worked out very nice. The rest of the bulbs I used were 74 and t1.5. The 6-leds in the center pod rock, I wish they did not have the bright spots in the dash, but o well the wled-b work great, just not as intense, but very smooth and consistent. the ignition ring is still my fav. I may try to shave down the left over 6-leds for the glove box.
yea, what the hell though they are extra. The only part that has to be shaved is teh bottom so it will slide into the socket a bit. I just bend the metal leads out of the way grind down the plastic and then bend them back. It worked fine for the 4-led floor light. so I may try it. That's one of those sat afternoon I am bored so I will try and break, I mean mess around with my truck
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2001 SR5 TRD Thunder Gray 4X4 Access Cab V8, TRD Luxury Sport Package, TRD Spec HD Red/Blue Shocks, Borla Exhaust, GT GEM TOP Classic color matched tonneau, LINE-X Bed liner, Auto-Dim mirror with temp and compass, Custom Stereo (NAK 45z CD, MB quart Premium Line 6.5m all 4 doors, Custom built angled and padded armrest sub box with 2 JL Audio 8” subs (8W3-V2-D4), (2) 2ch Alpine power amps), (1) 2ch phoenix gold power amp with volt meter display. Fog light mod, D31m Blue top Optima, LTX A/T 265/75/16 tires
Gauge LED color
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