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Old May 26, 2006 | 02:48 AM
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Old May 26, 2006 | 03:05 AM
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i'm pretty sure you can get replacement bulbs at the dealership or even from radioshack
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Old May 26, 2006 | 11:48 AM
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the inst. panel lights are 194's
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Old May 26, 2006 | 12:13 PM
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Old May 26, 2006 | 12:29 PM
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No they are not, and I do not know why I see someone say that at least once a month.
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Old May 26, 2006 | 12:41 PM
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Originally Posted by O. L. T.
No they are not, and I do not know why I see someone say that at least once a month.
listen to this guy, he knows wut he is talkin about
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Old May 26, 2006 | 12:51 PM
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uhh....okay so instrument panel arent 194....
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Old May 26, 2006 | 02:59 PM
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Interior lighting for your cluster, stereo, climate control would be "Lextech lighting" and that is where I got my upgrades done.

If you got skills remove all the bulbs yourself and match and change accordingly...

I would like to know where I can get a cheap LCD climate control replacement screen?....Mine is doing the blackening thing in the corners and it is starting to **** me off........ or

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Old May 27, 2006 | 10:38 AM
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One more thing I got ultra bright white needles and back ground lighting on my cluster and it illuminates better then I would have thought. Lex tech does not use bulbs either to illuminate the background lighting...Some kind of advanced type of illuminating circuitry. So it is a good deal for what you get and the work that is involved from LEX TECH LIGHTING.... I also will be sending in my stereo, and climate control to Lextech shortly for matching back ground lighting. I first need to replace my blackening climate control LCD screen.......Here is a pic of my cluster, I took this picure on a bright sunny day....At night it looks even better....
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Old May 27, 2006 | 10:40 AM
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Originally Posted by O. L. T.
No they are not, and I do not know why I see someone say that at least once a month.
Sorry dude, But thats what I used and they worked.
But maybe you should go another route.
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Old May 27, 2006 | 10:44 AM
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Listen to O.L.T. he is a master at this lighting stuff, and probably knows more then anyone on this and other forums about it......I kid you not.....
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Old May 27, 2006 | 11:07 AM
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Originally Posted by BigWaveSC
Sorry dude, But thats what I used and they worked.
But maybe you should go another route.
Sorry backatcha dude, but you did not stick a 194 anywhere in the cluster. it physically won't fit. You are thinking of #24. A 194 puts off enough heat to melt a cluster to a pile of plastic - if it would even fit, which it won't. It's huge.
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Old May 27, 2006 | 11:28 AM
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man,...OLT runs a custom lighting company for our cars. I think he knows exactly what number and size the bulbs are.
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Old May 27, 2006 | 11:39 AM
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These are the only two bulbs that will fit in your speedometer. I think someone tried a 74 once because the base would fit, but it is nearly dark because they are very dull.

The 24 is the proper bulb.


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Old May 27, 2006 | 11:45 AM
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I bought 8 Backlighting replacements and have had them for almost a year and they work just fine. The needles however, i would not dare try myself....
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