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Old 03-11-2010, 02:12 PM
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I've got a Covan's dash in my Camaro, and tried using these little single LED lights I found for cheap off some little website, but I've burned through 2 and am getting tired of pulling the dash.

Are there any recommendations for lights to use for my TS indicators, bright light, CEL, and parking brake indicator? I thought I remembered seeing a little 3-light LED set-up with a small chrome ring on summit sometime, but can't find ANYTHING now.
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are you wiring up directly or through a capacitor of some type?
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Which ones are you using right now? I bought some at my local radio shack for a couple of bucks each. They sell red, green and amber ones in 3 or 5 mm sizes ( I used the 3mm ones). Something like this one; http://www.radioshack.com/product/in...ductId=2062548 They have other styles. If you want a blue one, you have to use another vender (I bought mine through DSE). I wonder how they are "blowing", is all of the wiring good?
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Here is something I'm going to consider.

http://www.newvintageusa.com/panels.html

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Which ones are you using right now? I bought some at my local radio shack for a couple of bucks each. They sell red, green and amber ones in 3 or 5 mm sizes ( I used the 3mm ones). Something like this one; http://www.radioshack.com/product/in...ductId=2062548 They have other styles. If you want a blue one, you have to use another vender (I bought mine through DSE). I wonder how they are "blowing", is all of the wiring good?
All of the wiring is new when I swapped the motor/instrument cluster, so it SHOULD be good. My dad, a huge help/source with the car, said to order the ones I want, and he'll test the resistance(I think) and figure out what resistor to put in-line to stop the problem.

I tried to just order the DSE ones, but their website doesn't work. I'll probably be giving them a call tomorrow.
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Here is something I'm going to consider.

http://www.newvintageusa.com/panels.html

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X2!! Very nice stuff.
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you need to run them through a resistor, probably getting too much voltage causing them to blow. They are designed to work on low voltage.
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Heres a pic of the way we do them:



Clean and professional installation
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Painless has blue leds and they come with the resistor in the body of them, they are a bit pricey but they look good and directly wire in with no problems.
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Heres a pic of the way we do them:



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Mark,

Those look cool. Can you tell me what the lights are besides the L,R, High Beams please?

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