02-14-2018, 01:56 PM
You guys are right, I do love the soft amber glow of the IS300 gauges at night - I was very much taken with the look of white LEDs, but that would be pretty harsh to have at night. The stock amber bulbs are so terrible that I think I was swept off my feet by the polar, white LED opposite in pics.
As pimpy as they are I'm going to switch to amber - it's actually a simpler install as other colors require some film to be removed off the back of the gauge faces, and you then have to deal with some steps to avert light bleeding over into other parts of the cluster. Amber all around is more plug and play. Speedhut doesn't offer amber on their site, but a quick call to them later and they're going to be doing amber backlighting as a special order for the boost gauge.
As pimpy as they are I'm going to switch to amber - it's actually a simpler install as other colors require some film to be removed off the back of the gauge faces, and you then have to deal with some steps to avert light bleeding over into other parts of the cluster. Amber all around is more plug and play. Speedhut doesn't offer amber on their site, but a quick call to them later and they're going to be doing amber backlighting as a special order for the boost gauge.
Current: '20 Kia Stinger GT2 RWD | '20 Yamaha R3 | '04 Lexus IS300 SD
Past: '94 Mazda RX-7 | '04 Lexus IS300 (RIP) | '00 Jeep XJ | '99 Mazda 10AE Miata | '88 Toyota Supra Turbo
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Past: '94 Mazda RX-7 | '04 Lexus IS300 (RIP) | '00 Jeep XJ | '99 Mazda 10AE Miata | '88 Toyota Supra Turbo
My MM Movies - Watch Them Here