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rynmcdonald
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Thinking of upgrading to red LED back lighting. looking around on eBay, but I need to know how many bulbs the cluster has before I decide to commit to buy.

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Search for the thread for replacing the cluster motors.

Not sure if you can even replace the bulbs with LEDs. Hopefully Andrew will chime in, he knows this stuff.

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If you can find 12v LED"s or add in your own resistors, its possible. But there is no point, the back lighting is already red?

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Furthermore, from what I understand, the color will not change with different bulbs.

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I am not looking to change the color of my lights. All I want to do is put longer-lasting bulbs in there.
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Mine all still work, and Andrew can replace them with incandescents like OEM. Which will probably outlast the car.

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Yeah if you put the original style bulbs back in there, you'll get another 100k out of them.

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Well the car has almost 150 k. There are some bulbs that are out. And seeing as LEDs last longer, I may as well get them.
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It's really not necessary, but suite yourself. LED's will be 5x more expensive and probably not diffuse the light as good.

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