I got to say the placement of those guages is PMBA. Cant wait to see what your hvac controls are gonna look like.

 

thanks. ill get the other pics up when its getting a little closer to being finished. hopefully in the next couple days.

 

I have the glow shift one their cheap n they look good bro

 

That looks sick. And to think, I'd almost convinced myself to hold off on the LED swap!

 

Would you give me some basic details on the HVAC LED swap? I'm about to dive head long into LED swaps and am ordering the LEDs now.

What do I need to do what you did? I'm going a boring white or possibly gray if I can figure out how I want to do it. LED type? Quantity? Tips/tricks?

Thanks

 

First tip, do NOT use white unless you can find some low output ones. i used white for blinkers and it was like a strobe light at night. no good. the leds on the gauges are PLCC-2 type. i used about 10-15 total i think. def no more than 15. as far as tips, low heat on the solder iron, double check everything off the gauge face to make sure you are swapping the ones you want, and TAKE YOUR TIME!

as for hvac, thats a whole different monster. i used 5mm quadrate LEDs (blue) for the bulb replacement with a 440 ohm resistor tied to the positive lead and 3mm regular leds for the button lights, those are already leds so no need for resistors there.

if you need any other help, let me know and ill try to get the pictures up that i took while i was tearing everything apart.

oh, and when you get your leds, the longer lead is the positive and for the PLCC-s, you will see a small notch on one corner of the LED, just put them on the same way the others came off and you should be good.

 

heres a recent shot of the car those gauges are in

 

im not running an oil guage on mine (probly should do that soon) but i have my boost guage where mdiluxe showed in his pik, and i have my a/f guage in my glove compartment and my boost controler below my mirror buttons. if i were you ide avoid the dash mount ones thats a dead give away ur turboed unless u wanna make it obvious lol
but as far as turbo quistions ide hit up the guys over at descendant racing, done nothin but helped me out with my build.

 

there is NO way i would mount gauges on the dash, tacky... i have 4, water temp next to the radio, and the other 3 where the HVAC was. cant see them from outside and looks way better. I didnt want to put any of them in the glove because it kinda defeats the purpose of having it in the first place, i dont even like the gauge by the radio because i have to look around the steering wheel to see it.

 

Ya its kinda a pain in the ___ but on my boost controler has a digital boost guage built in... Unless you go with a in dash my buddy has it is a head unit with a setting that has all ur guages programed into the head unit so u just hit a button and all ur guages are there, I think he paid like 2 grand for it but I forget where he got it... I think ebay

 

yeah, that would be nice but 2 grand is a bit outta my price range. i dont really like the glow shift gauges either but i wasnt about to spend 300 on one gauge

 

Ya I hear ya... My boost guage was 70, a/f guage was 200 and boost controler/guage was 370... So maybe eventually ill eliminate the guages and go with the head unit but I wanna invest in other things first lol

 

i rlllly want those trd rims , btw wat springs r those?

 

yeah, normally i stay away from TRD but i love those wheels. that is the eibach sportline kit i installed the night before that picture

 

Looks good!

 

u happen to measure the height before and height after for drop measurement?

 

yeah, 3 finger gap before, 1 finger gap now lol

 

^^^^love the way she sits trd rims are the way 2 go

 

Do you feel an increase in performance driving? I had eibachs before on my other car and it made a BIG difference.

 

there is most definitely a difference. still room for improvement though!