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autozone Flexible LEDs in Gauge Cluster!

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Old 09-05-12, 03:18 AM
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Originally Posted by Murco
Despite the critizisms you are onto something, just need to make a small change. The light strips you got can be cut into groups of 2 or 3, then soldered together in a semi-circle, then stuck to a sheet of plastic cut out to the shape of the lighted area of the cluster. Hot glue those sheets to the peaks of the reflectors and you'll have a lower-tech version of what I did on my cluster!
Did u take pics of how u did it? It looks evenly lit up.
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Originally Posted by Murco
Despite the critizisms you are onto something, just need to make a small change. The light strips you got can be cut into groups of 2 or 3, then soldered together in a semi-circle, then stuck to a sheet of plastic cut out to the shape of the lighted area of the cluster. Hot glue those sheets to the peaks of the reflectors and you'll have a lower-tech version of what I did on my cluster!
That came out great, nice work
Old 09-17-12, 08:12 PM
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Originally Posted by DoomLight
Did u take pics of how u did it? It looks evenly lit up.
I didn't, but all you really need is some thin sheet plastic that you can mount them so they are aimed at the back of the gauge face.
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