Chevy & GMC Vans

Posted: **Sun Aug 02, 2009 5:43 am**

Good info here, I wanna swap over to l e d.

Posted: **Sun Aug 02, 2009 10:36 am**

CaptSquid wrote:There are four for panel illumination, use any color.

Two green for turn signals
1 Blue for high beam indicator
3 Red, one for brakes, one for seat belt indicator, one for low battery
2 Yellow, one for SES, one for ABS

You don't want to go to an all digital dash unless you want a mountain of headaches.

The reasons I didn't post pictures are simple.

1. I translplanted a 93 cluster into my 92 because the 92 cluster had a faulty gauge, not faulty lamps.
2. All the bulbs in the new cluster work.
3. At the time of posting, I was unemployed and on extremely limited funds.
4. I was only posting the part numbers for general information. So why should I post pix of PART NUMBERS? I did, however, post links of said items.

Oh i DO want to go to a digital dash have to get the cluster out of our 95 to use as a template before i think about tearing into mine plus i can't justify the switch since my dash works now and L.E.D. switch i can justify (since bulbs are burnt lol)

Fede wrote:
Cobra wrote:holy crap that looks so much better i have aa bulb or two burnt out in my dash maybe i'll go LED too
i was thinking about replacing my overhead lights since they are really dull but have never gotten around to it
I was gonna do that with mine to. Actually i did, but i didnt like the bulbs that i got they arent that bright: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayI ... MEWNX%3AIT

Filament:

LED:

I like the color but they are too dim. The dome lights are the same bulbs and they look even dimmer.

Im gonna return those ones and get these: http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-39mm-High-Power ... 286.c0.m14
These ones will be nice and bright.

If your ever looking to replace you stock bulbs with LEDs, get SMD LEDs. They look like little yellow circles. They are much brighter than other LEDs. And the more LEDs in1 bulb the better.

i noticed something about them on the site posted above thanks for the pics gives my a good idea of what i'm in for

Posted: **Sun Aug 02, 2009 4:29 pm**

SoCalli V8 wrote:Good info here, I wanna swap over to l e d.

If your thinking about it, you can use this site to find the bulb numbers of most of the bulbs in your van:
http://www.sylvania.com/ConsumerProduct ... mentGuide/

Posted: **Sun Aug 02, 2009 9:49 pm**

That link is posted on SuperbrightLEDs site.

Posted: **Mon Aug 03, 2009 6:16 pm**

yep, printed that data to pdf for my junkyard fleet. I do have to say the LEDs look great in your dash. Gonna have to do that mod in mine...Oh the list gets so long so fast

Posted: **Tue Aug 04, 2009 11:24 am**

I did a quick-n-dirty to come up with a figure for changing all the incandescent bulbs for LEDs. I missed the dome lights and the step lights and the electronic flasher. But it'll cost you approx $125.00 to swap all lights (dash & outside lights) to LEDs.

Posted: **Tue Aug 04, 2009 6:45 pm**

Wow thats not a bad price!! and it will update the look of the van for sure!!
Oh and it should be noted that if your replacing the tail light or side marker bulbs make sure you get the same color LED bulb as the lens (amber/red). It will be much brighter than replacing it with a white LED.

Posted: **Tue Aug 04, 2009 7:04 pm**

CaptSquid wrote:I did a quick-n-dirty to come up with a figure for changing all the incandescent bulbs for LEDs. I missed the dome lights and the step lights and the electronic flasher. But it'll cost you approx $125.00 to swap all lights (dash & outside lights) to LEDs.

and the LEDs will probably last longer than the van.

Posted: **Wed Aug 05, 2009 11:25 am**

Fede, great post.

I am going to ask that up upload the pics to a photohosting service like Photobucket and relink them in your posts.

Linked the way they are from astrosafari.com is considered stealing bandwidth (using their server to host pics on our site)

I would not like anyone on AS doing this to us, and I'm sure that AS wouldn't like us doing it to them.

You could also sing up for an account in our gallery and upload them there.

Thanks

Posted: **Wed Aug 05, 2009 3:01 pm**

Oh ok sorry about that i will do that next time. i am a member on AS aswell, so i just posted the same topics on both sites to share with anyone. But i will sign up for an account in the gallery here!

Posted: **Sat Feb 12, 2011 5:47 pm**

Dead post resurrection time I installed some led's today just did dome and map so far will attempt dash tomorrow

Incandescent versus L.E.D map light, led was clearly brighter

Incandescent dome

L.E.D dome

just noticed my rear door light was out in that picture better go check it

Posted: **Sat Feb 12, 2011 6:17 pm**

Cobra,
for your comparison photos, can you please show the light reflecting off of something, such as a map to show the illumination, rather than taking a photo of the lamp itself?

Posted: **Sat Feb 12, 2011 6:26 pm**

sounds doable give me a second
Edit: ok here you go. I could hear the difference in shutter speed taking the two pictures

Incandescent

LED

Posted: **Sat Feb 12, 2011 7:35 pm**

OK, Now I'm sold on this!

Posted: **Sat Feb 12, 2011 8:04 pm**

Hmmm...
Aside from the the gauge cluster, none of photos with LEDs seem significantly brighter, just a different colour. Can you show us what you used and how you did it, Cobra?

Now that I have 120V power in my van (power inverter), I was thinking of mounting some of these 23 watt CFLs to illuminate the inside.

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