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Just changed the dash lights over to white leds. Thought about blue or red, etc but I went with the bright white needles and odometer... Thoughts?

Not bad. It looks good. Though there is a little dim spots in both tacho (around 3) and speedo (around 150), but overall it is well illluminated.

Which LEDs did you use?

i think you need to get rid of the green colouring on the back of the dials to get the true white.. mxhevn's dunnit before.

the white odometer looks pornographic.

Hammer, I used ZPE Mazda MX5 Miata 1989 - 2005 Blue Dash LED kit from eBay. I just specified white instead of blue. I know about scraping the green off the back or even changing the dials to white, but I couldn't be porked going to that much trouble. Switching out the bulbs is quick and easy and makes the OEM green really pop. I think it looks better in the flesh than in the photos, the needles glow bright white and the green is more vivid. And yes, the white odometer IS porn...

Looks like the throw of the beam has improved heaps since I did mine, might need to upgrade.

mine turned out like this when i was going for white. If i wasnt such a fussy prick i would of left it.

I'm going to have to do it all over again once the JDM cluster arrives

MXHEVN wrote:mine turned out like this when i was going for white. If i wasnt such a fussy prick i would of left it.

I'm going to have to do it all over again once the JDM cluster arrives

mvhevn can you calibrate my jdm cluster too?

sliq wrote:

MXHEVN wrote:mine turned out like this when i was going for white. If i wasnt such a fussy prick i would of left it.

I'm going to have to do it all over again once the JDM cluster arrives

mvhevn can you calibrate my jdm cluster too?

Sure can, just teach me on how i do the thing that you did

Hey Guys and girls,
I acquired a 2002 NB just recently, my first ever ownership of a convertable and I love it. Mine has white faced dials with terrible red lighting which I would love to change. How do I get at the dashboard lights to change tthem to LED?
Cheers
David

As they say, search is your friend.

Check out this thread that covers such topic.

just got the same kit and installed it on my car there are a few things different, The most important one i want to ask about is how u get the odometer all white? My seems to still have orange in it even though i have changed the bulb is it something different on a SP dash?

acidkid wrote:just got the same kit and installed it on my car there are a few things different, The most important one i want to ask about is how u get the odometer all white? My seems to still have orange in it even though i have changed the bulb is it something different on a SP dash?

it should be white if you put a white LED in there....i dont think there are any coloured filters in the odo display

maybe the backing on the dials are orange too. you may need to sand them down.

i changed the LED to my odometer to green.. without a bulb in place, it would shine a dim orange..

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here's a pic i have taken of my... seems very dim, any ideas.... just thought they would b alot more brighter