Several folks have asked me to post photos of the illumination system I used for the white face gauges I made. The photos show various views of the LED strip mounted in the cluster shield, the wiring, and the connection to the cluster. Finally, photos of the gauges mounted in the Vx, daytime, day with illumination and nighttime. To attach the LED wiring to the cluster light plug, I drilled a small hole in the top of the socket, ran the wires through, and then wrapped each wire around the brass connector on the plug. To attach the lighting strip to the cluster shield, I first peeled back a little of the backing paper from the reflector strip (aluminum duct tape) and used long nose pliers to place it, attaching the reflective strip where the clear plastic meets the black plastic of the gauge shield. Then pushed it down to activate the adhesive and peeled back the rest of the paper while I used a metal ruler to hold the strip in place. The LED strip has a gel-like surface to it and it holds in place without peeling the backing paper off. You're basically pushing it as far as you can into the gap where the clear plastic of the cluster shield meets the strip of reflector. The LED strip faces the reflector and it's back is to the clear plastic. Then I ran a strip of matte black vinyl across the top top the clear plastic on the cluster shield to hide the view of the LED lighting from the driver and eliminate glare.
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