Gu led dash lights

[Bigrig]

This is the detailed document - cant see anything readily here either, although I am only having a quick scan on the iPhone ...

http://www.tmr.qld.gov.au/~/media/b3...reductions.pdf

[stock patrol]

What do you guys think about the legal ramifications for changing the colours?

Cop pulls you over at night, asks you to the the car on and the lights etc.. spots fancy blue dash lights...

I'm a bit in the air about it.. it looks nice but I worry about the visibility. Those pics at the start of the thread look really dark in places.

Inside the vehicle is nothing to do with safety outside is a different matter. From the Transport Dept up here in Brisbane. I got told by an inspector that you can have any color you you like ( parkers ) so long as it isn't blue or red facing forward. I used to have green lights in parkers on truck and got knocked off at Chinderah. Have green in my ute and the cops have seen them with no problems. The other thing in regard to lights not working properly once changed to led comes from current draw. Being that normal bulbs draw more power than led do. To get around that you can go to expence of getting a resister to put into the circuit but that's really not worth the drama. I have two resisters sitting in my toolbox because they were a drama to install.

[patrol2.8]

Timbo
Dont go by the pics they were taken with a 3meg phone camera leds are bright and there are no dull spots at all as for legalities if you read the regs you would probably find that you need an engineers cert to fit after market guages i live next door to a copper and he reckons the average copper wouldnt even care as long as they worked
Stock patrol
There is no need to for resisters as the leds work fine as stated camera used for pics is crap

[Bigrig]

Yep, I can't find anything, anywhere related to dash/instrument cluster lighting ...

Rang DOT on the number in that document again and the guy had no idea himself - hadn't even had the question before apparently.

Seems logical (I know, I know) that so long as they are working and bright, they are good to go.

Mine go in this weekend.

[patrol2.8]

Good to hear i didnt think there would be to much of an issue but now we know for sure i need to pull mine out again i put the low fuel light in the wrong spot and ran out the other night luckily sub was full

[Lewy]

Here is a few pics of mine taken with my phone :-)

[Bigrig]

Here is a few pics of mine taken with my phone :-)

Yep, they look great mate!

Did you only get 5 LED's for all that job? I got 5 in the bag, but didn't know how many behind each panel, so if I can do my boost gauge and auto temp gauge also, I'll be giggling!!

[Lewy]

Yep, they look great mate!

Did you only get 5 LED's for all that job? I got 5 in the bag, but didn't know how many behind each panel, so if I can do my boost gauge and auto temp gauge also, I'll be giggling!!

Cheers Bigrig,

Well I got 9 But in my instrument panel I only needed 2 as that is all that is in mine. So I them put in 2 for my gauges and 2 for my air con buttons... I also put one in for my high beam but it was WAY to bright so pulled it out and put the standard one back in.. I'm Guessing that some model GU's have more light in there instrument panel?

Lewy

[patrol2.8]

Lewy looks sweet isnt it so much better at night looking down onto the guages when your cruising along

[Lewy]

Lewy looks sweet isnt it so much better at night looking down onto the guages when your cruising along

Absolutely!!!!!! Its so much easier on my eyes and so easy to read and looks fantastic :-)