Defender LED Dash Lighting Upgrade video tutorial

[Bushman83]

Hi everyone

I have finally upgraded my dash lighting to LED's and made a simple video tutorial to show the results. Enjoy!

YouTube- Land Rover Defender LED Dash Lighting upgrade

Before
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/ (http://img36.imageshack.us/i/defenderglobe.png/)

After
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/ (http://img393.imageshack.us/i/defenderled.png/)

[weeds]

thanks well done....do you have a link for the globes?

[Bushman83]

thanks well done....do you have a link for the globes?

Thanks. The online store I ordered them from is
6-Chip SMD (Hi Power) : BL LED Optronics Corp., Lighting up with LEDs! (http://www.bl-led.com.au/store/index.php'main_page=index&cPath=5_20_17)

LED's are sold in pairs so buy 3 pairs, use 5 and keep 1 spare. :-)
Be sure to buy the white ones as the built in green lens in the dials muddies up the other colours... I did try removing the green cap out of my voltmeter but detroyed it in the process, hence why I have a different voltmeter at the end of the video! :(

[Tanna]

Awesome mate!! I ve just done the same thing after seeing your vid. I immediately went out and bought 4 T10 bulbs and fitted it myself. CHeers!!!!!!

[weeds]

Awesome mate!! I ve just done the same thing after seeing your vid. I immediately went out and bought 4 T10 bulbs and fitted it myself. CHeers!!!!!!

wow 5 hours.....that must be a record, you are lucky you have some close by, i wonder if d!ck smith stocks them

[miky]

Jaycar have them - if they are the same style?
I think you are using the quad ones?
Jaycar number: ZD0394

Just noticed that yours are 6 leds in the package?
So maybe the Jaycar ones are not as bright!

[Bushman83]

Awesome mate!! I ve just done the same thing after seeing your vid. I immediately went out and bought 4 T10 bulbs and fitted it myself. CHeers!!!!!!

WoW!! That really is impressive! Hope the dash looks awesome. :)

[McBrain]

Do you know if any of the globes here would fit the front sidelights (the white domes) on the front of the 110?

Might be a good replacement for existing globes?



Thanks. The online store I ordered them from is
6-Chip SMD (Hi Power) : BL LED Optronics Corp., Lighting up with LEDs! (http://www.bl-led.com.au/store/index.php'main_page=index&cPath=5_20_17)

LED's are sold in pairs so buy 3 pairs, use 5 and keep 1 spare. :-)
Be sure to buy the white ones as the built in green lens in the dials muddies up the other colours... I did try removing the green cap out of my voltmeter but detroyed it in the process, hence why I have a different voltmeter at the end of the video! :(


Cheers
Nick
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[vnx205]

Is that a TD5?

My 1998 300Tdi Defender took T5 LEDs, except for the clock.

They're great.

[McBrain]

No, sorry. I meant a 110 County.

[Bushman83]

Is that a TD5?

My 1998 300Tdi Defender took T5 LEDs, except for the clock.

They're great.

Hey mate

It's a 1993 200tdi.

[Bushman83]

Do you know if any of the globes here would fit the front sidelights (the white domes) on the front of the 110?

Might be a good replacement for existing globes?





Cheers
Nick
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Sorry mate don't really know. If you mean the front parker lights then they are your standard bayonet single pin. They are also sold by the above company I believe.

[VladTepes]

Why not use green LED's ?

[lardy]

Thanks. The online store I ordered them from is
6-Chip SMD (Hi Power) : BL LED Optronics Corp., Lighting up with LEDs! (http://www.bl-led.com.au/store/index.php'main_page=index&cPath=5_20_17)

LED's are sold in pairs so buy 3 pairs, use 5 and keep 1 spare. :-)
Be sure to buy the white ones as the built in green lens in the dials muddies up the other colours... I did try removing the green cap out of my voltmeter but detroyed it in the process, hence why I have a different voltmeter at the end of the video! :(

is it o.k. that i laughed at the point where you said you destroyed the green cap :D

[kaa45]

Brett, that's fantastic, mate
Very professional presentation.
Should be on 4X4 TV

[gmeddy]

2 pcs Bright White 6 Small SMD LED Wedge 194 T10 168 - eBay LED Lights, Lights, Indicators, Car Parts, Accessories, Cars, Bikes, Boats. (end time 18-Apr-10 02:26:48 AEST) (http://cgi.ebay.com.au/2-pcs-Bright-White-6-Small-SMD-LED-Wedge-194-T10-168_W0QQitemZ320517277988QQcmdZViewItemQQptZAU_Car _Parts_Accessories?hash=item4aa0518924#ht_4480wt_9 96)

[OrangeZXr10R]

Just ordered mine, should be here Tuesday and installed the same day

[Bushman83]

is it o.k. that i laughed at the point where you said you destroyed the green cap :D

haha.. I actually destroyed the voltmeter while removing (destroying) the green cap! I wans't laughing!

[Bushman83]

Why not use green LED's ?

Technically you probably could use green led's... but the luminous intensity of green led's is 11.9 lumens compared to the white ones which are 29.6 Lumens. I'd expect by the time the green led light passes through the green filter you will have lost some light. Though if you manage to carefully remove the inbuilt green caps from behind the instruments it shouldn't pose a problem.

I originally planned on taking out all the caps and using red led's (16.2 Lumens). I did that with my voltmeter and it was quite a stunning red!... but I unfortunately destroyed the voltmeter while trying to remove the green inbuilt cap.. :( Hence I recommend just leaving the instruments as they are and using the higher intensity white led's!

;)

[stig0000]

do you recon you could make a kit for a td5, 2004,,im trying to find out whats needed but yer,,, confusing my self:D,,

[Bushman83]

Hi everyone

I have finally upgraded my dash lighting to LED's and made a simple video tutorial to show the results. Enjoy!

YouTube- Land Rover Defender LED Dash Lighting upgrade (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHyVM2u18ek)

Before
http://img36.imageshack.us/img36/8599/defenderglobe.th.png (http://img36.imageshack.us/i/defenderglobe.png/)

After
http://img393.imageshack.us/img393/5034/defenderled.th.png (http://img393.imageshack.us/i/defenderled.png/)

Hey guys. The video seems to have disappeared from the original post.. so here's the link again.

YouTube- Land Rover Defender LED Dash Lighting upgrade

[Bushman83]

do you recon you could make a kit for a td5, 2004,,im trying to find out whats needed but yer,,, confusing my self:D,,

Hey mate

I don't actually have anything to do with the led's. I'm just a filmmaker. Your best best is pulling off your dash and seeing what type bulbs you have and ordering the same style in led's. Hence.. if they are 10mm wide and the slot type, then they are T10.. or 5mm wide is T5. Have a go and see what you come up with. ;)

[VladTepes]

With the white LEDs in your pic the red zone in the fuel gauge and temp are washed out - red colour not evident !

[Bushman83]

With the white LEDs in your pic the red zone in the fuel gauge and temp are washed out - red colour not evident !
Hey mate.. my dials are 17 years old and pretty well faded! The colour is more of a whitey orange in daylight. The fact is without the LED's I could hardly read my gauges.. at least now I can see where the needle is.

[gmeddy]

hey how do you remove the cable from the back of the speedo so easily in your vid? I cant work out how to remove it at all!
can someone give me a tip?
thanks

[gmeddy]

the connection at the back of the guage spins, but is not threaded, so do i just pull hard? i dont want to break it...
there does not seem to be any squeeze-release that i can see...

anyone??:(

[Bushman83]

the connection at the back of the guage spins, but is not threaded, so do i just pull hard? i dont want to break it...
there does not seem to be any squeeze-release that i can see...

anyone??:(

Hey mate! Do not pull hard! The spinning white thing has a clip built in. You must sqeeze it as hard as you can at the point closest to the guage. It should just pop off then.. It can take a few attempts and you need to get your hand in just the right way to sqeeze evenly. If that doesn't work sqeeze along the length of the connection till you find the right spot.

Let us know how you go!
:)

[Ranga]

I used this one when experimenting with mine.

Automotive & Marine dashboard LED Replacement Bulbs (http://www.ledshoponline.com/automotive_dashboard_bulb.htm#T10smt)

I only got 1 green one, but it ended up working much better than other colours or the ones from Jaycar.

Other colours than green didn't seem to work well at all. I think the socket they plug into are shaded green already, so white should work, but the green ones look great.

I'm about to order some more soon - postage is a bit expensive, so best to do a group buy if you live close to others who want them. (hint, hint Vlad ;))

Also, www.dealextreme.com have plenty of them, but they might be a bit hit and miss.

[gmeddy]

i ended up using long needle nose pliers to grip it and pop it off.
no worries.
i used white ones with 4 little "SMD" TYPE LED's on them very bright.
from virtual village on ebay. shipped direct from china.
very cheap. got a pack of ten for some silly cheap price. postage was not too dear.
only my two standard gauges (speed and fuel) have the green lense inside, so the other two have bright white lighting behind them.
the White LED's make the green ones a much lighter aqua colour.

I also put some super bright SMD LED bulbs in my front park lights, which were dull dull yellow before, hardly visible, and I also did my tail/brake lights with red LED bulbs, because the standard bulb was continually melting it's housing and becoming dissconnected and stop working.

[Fizzwizz]

Thanks Bushman83.

I've just ordered 6 white globes for my Defender 200 tdi 1993.

I too fancied the red (preserves night vision), but given the last 2 or 3 jobs I started turned into 10 jobs, I think I'll take the safe option.

Cheers ... Shaun