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Old Jul 18, 2014 | 01:43 AM
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And im about to fix it!

My dang LED bulbs on my instrument panel are still going out! My new white ones lasted roughly a month and same with my brand new blue ones.

I've got a spare cluster so im going to hack apart the housing to run a LED strip light. BOOM problem solved and I'll be able to change my color to however I feel that day. Im going to make this an actual thread with pictures.
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Old Jul 18, 2014 | 08:31 AM
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I look forward to seeing it! You should take pictures of doing it too!
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Old Jul 18, 2014 | 11:52 AM
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I am. Step by step.
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Old Jul 20, 2014 | 12:28 PM
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Get quality led bills from diodedynamics or similar.
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Old Jul 20, 2014 | 10:13 PM
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Im going to. Im getting 12v strand lights. No more of the BS bulbs messing up. Plus ill be able to change the color however I see fit
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Old Jul 21, 2014 | 09:49 AM
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Do you think the problem is being caused by poor quality led's? Or maybe there's a short in your dash pot?
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Old Jul 21, 2014 | 12:22 PM
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It's poor quality LEDs. I think it would be interesting project though plus the ability to change my lights its appealing to me lol
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