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10-29-2012, 06:00 PM
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LED Small Gauge bulbs – help
I am reaching out to the Road Glide gods again. I have been reading about changing the bulbs in the 4 small gauges. I have run into what appear to be conflicting information.
What type of bulbs do you use?
194 LED Bulb - 5 SMD LED Wide Angle Wedge Base
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194 LED Bulb - 1 SMD LED Wedge Base
Super Bright has both online
Winter is around the corner and I am going to start stock piling projects and parts. Thanks as always
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10-29-2012, 07:11 PM
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I can get you that info in the morning. I have the invoice for them in my garage but it too dam windy to go outside now
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10-29-2012, 07:40 PM
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I'm about 99.99983% sure its the 5s
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11-03-2012, 07:51 AM
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I used the 5 SMD with no issues.
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11-03-2012, 08:02 AM
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You can use....
WLED-x5 which are 220° 12 Lumen
WLED-xhp5 which are wide angle 360° and 40 Lumen
WLED-W-120 which are 120° and 3 Lumen
WLED-W-90 which are 90° and are 3 Lumen
Depends on how bright you want and how much of the gauges you want lit. From what I have read the 12 Lumen is close to stock. Some people say the 40 are too bright but others like them. Personally I would go for the widest angle to light up the gauges.
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11-03-2012, 08:14 AM
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Go to superbrightleds.com. Get the ones with 1 smd led. Do not get the one with 5 smd LEDs. I have tried both, the 1's are way better, and cheaper.
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11-03-2012, 08:50 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Cakeman1
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Your first link looks like it word wrapped and broke.
Here is the one you should get, choose your color. I used Amber, and it matched the Speedo cluster rather well. Just remember, if you change the gauge bulb color in the guages, the Speedo/Tach has to be sent out to change colors, there are no "bulbs" in there, they are all fixed, soldered, to the circuit board. Search the forum, there are a number of posts on how to get this done, and who does it.
What I found, when I had the 5's was, the light was unevenly distributed inside the gauge, and I had problems seeing the gauge at night. With the single SMD's, the gauges light perfectly, evenly and are easily seen at night. The singles are much better at lighting the gauges than the 5's were.
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11-03-2012, 09:01 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by OldNerdGuy
Your first link looks like it word wrapped and broke.
Here is the one you should get, choose your color. I used Amber, and it matched the Speedo cluster rather well. Just remember, if you change the gauge bulb color in the guages, the Speedo/Tach has to be sent out to change colors, there are no "bulbs" in there, they are all fixed, soldered, to the circuit board. Search the forum, there are a number of posts on how to get this done, and who does it.
What I found, when I had the 5's was, the light was unevenly distributed inside the gauge, and I had problems seeing the gauge at night. With the single SMD's, the gauges light perfectly, evenly and are easily seen at night. The singles are much better at lighting the gauges than the 5's were. |
Got a night pic of your gauges??? Never saw this one as an option. I have always seen the ones with a wider angle help light up the gauges evenly all the way to the edges. This one seems like it would be bright in the middle and fade out on the edges.
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11-03-2012, 09:18 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Garemlin
Got a night pic of your gauges??? Never saw this one as an option. I have always seen the ones with a wider angle help light up the gauges evenly all the way to the edges. This one seems like it would be bright in the middle and fade out on the edges.
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I don't have any pics. If you look at the beam pattern for the single, it is 120 degrees, and sits at the very back of the gauge, so it spreads light rather well across the gauge.
The stock, incandescent bulbs suck for lighting the gauge. The multiple SMD lights stick up into the gauge like the stock bulbs do, so they suck as well, just brighter. The one on top of the 5 SMD is probably too far into the gauge to do anything, the other 4 shine to the side, like the stock bulb. I was surprised (pleasantly) at the difference.
One other word of advice when changing bulbs. When you put the fairing back on, leave the headlights out so you can fish your hand up to the gauges and make sure the light did not get pulled out of the gauge when you were having fun with the turn signals while mounting your fairing. The turn signal wires hang from the bundle that includes the gauge lights. On more than one occasion I pulled the gauge lights out while "enjoying" my fairing experience.
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