Looks almost stock, don't it?

Bench test with no gel to show throw and output, way too bright for practical use and leds dont dim easily so either a color change to something less harsh or less lights your choice.

Ill Post Shots of red and yellow Later when I get home.

It would be interesting to see a "black light" put in there, them repaint the needles florescent orange...

Replacing the individual lights with LED's works well too.

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1985 300D 198K sold
1982 300D 202K
1989 300E 125K
1992 940T

"If you dont have time to do it safely, you dont have time to do it"

"The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not."

I had that same idea a while ago, I think it would work pretty well

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1982 300D Turbodiesel, daily driver. Mods so far: Fram 8038 paper filter, 4 brake light mod, Gen II w126 (front) rotors/calipers, boost turned up to 12lbs, non-egr manifolds, water/methanol injection, 4-speed manual
1980 300SD Turbodiesel, project car, nearly ready to hit the street

1974 240D, New paint

Someone did it a while ago, I have no idea where the thread it. My favorite was having 4x amber leds in there. The glow in the cabin made it feel like I was driving a tank at night.

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Ooh i like that idea a lot just one or two black light leds would be more than enough to pick up dots of luminescent paint placed on the gauge faces. Blue glow overlit with red would be really neat. might try this when i can find a cluster at the yard. Here is mine in red. There is one small dark spot caused by the crystals not being glued down yet. I tried yellow as well that was nice very bright but not harsh just didnt like the color as much as the red. my apologies for my bad camera.

Um, you ARE triving a tank....

lets see;
aiming device:
check
mechanical clatter:
check
night vision dash:
check
smoke screen:
check
artillery:
pending?

LEDS dims very well, check this out....
This will be interesting..... - Benzworld.org - Mercedes-Benz Discussion Forum

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Blue LEDs give the effect of black light, I'll see if I can dig up some photos. My blue LEDs are wayyyy overkill for it, I love really bright dash lights in general but I imagine someone else would not find it as appealing.

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Current stable:
- 2004 Mazda RALLYWANKEL
- 2007 Saturn sky redline
- 2004 Explorer...under surgery.

Past: 135i, GTI, 300E, 300SD, 300SD, Stealth

Personally, I would touch up the paint on the needles first, before deciding on the color for lighting. I noticed the red led's really wash out the needles, making them hard to differentiate.

My preference is for fairly dim lighting, for night vision, and needle color that "pops out".

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Sam

84 300SD 350K+ miles ( Blue Belle )

the orange leds make it look like a bmw cluster

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1981 NA 300D 310k miles

For pop a couple true blacklight leds not just blue but ultraviolet and some luminescent "glow" paint would give a nice contrast kinda like an old day-glo watch