Denver LED gauge swaps...

ill be in redodno the first week of november, but wont be available again until after thanksgiving...let me know though!

 

you wouldn't happen to have some pics or instructions on how to do this yourself for a east coast guy would you??

 

OMG That Would Look Sick On My Indigo Ink Taco!!!! I want to match All My Lights

Nice Thread!!!!!!!

 

Hey, I finally gave up on doing it myself. I ripped two of the pads off the board and was wondering if you could fix it? and probably redo what I've already done so I don't have this problem again. Or would I be better off just buying a new one? I can post some pics if that would help.

 

post some good quality close up pics so i can see if it is possible to fix it. i have fixed a pad that was ripped off before, so i know it can be done!

 

I can do the repairs as well. have fixed a few for members who messed theirs up. Let yosh have a go at it first since you asked him first. If he doesnt want to do the repair work I will.

 

take this one seth, you have more experience and knowledge in this department! he would have to ship it anyways to either one of us...

 

Tearing off pads is a unfortunate effect of the kind of rework and testing i do on a daily basis on boards. I'm definitely no stranger to these kind of repairs. Mind you I have NEVER torn pads off customer clusters. I'm talking about the boards i work on for my job where I'm doing extensive rework and testing where the test probes placed across caps rip the pads off from time to time.

 

yosh...still in redondo? wanna do this sometime soon. just the gauge cluster. thinking white background and shifter with blue needles and turn signals. i know i need to order em myself. but what you think? im in torrance btw

the gauges and needles will put me at 10 leds right? wanna make sure before i order them

 

im in redondo thru the rest of this week. i'll pm you..

 

Here's some pics of the pads ripped off. It looks pretty bad...

 

yea dude, im gonna have to refer to seth on this one, he is more qualified to handle that than i am!

 

That's cool. I'll pm him

 

shoot him an email thru his site, prsgauges.net.

 

Can anyone show me a close-up of the resistors on the 3 volt LED's I know they are required and they need to be in series on the + side. I just don't see any detail. and I am about attack the beast. Thanks in advance. Terry

 

you dont need to touch the resistors, just swap out the LEDs. the pads for the LEDs have a dot that needs to match up to the notch on the LED.

 

Thanks very much! So the OEM led's are 3 volt also?

 

not sure, but i know that i have never had a problem in the over 30 i have done, so...!

 

Yosh....You are the man! I am an electrician and good with the pen so here goes! Thanks for everything! When the blue lights come in I will post (hopefully) a Kick ass mod.

 

have fun dude, this and my spindles are my favorite mods to my truck...and the best part you get to admire it the entire time you drive! make your own thread when your done so others can see your work.