For those of you who like your stock gauge faces but want blue led's, we tested our LED lighting upgrade kit with the stock face. It works quite well. Here is a pic.



When using the blue LED kit, a special film needs to be applied behind the red markings. This film will be supplied by us if order the blue LED kit by itself.

The blue glowing needles is achieved by removing the red paint from the back of the stock needles. We then repainted them white and the result is the blue glow. We will post more detailed instructions on removing the stock red paint shortly.

 

that's f-ing sick... I want. the kit is what like 30 bucks? and what do you need to do to hook up the led's? any soldering or anything?

 

Looks amazing. If you don't remove the red paint from behind the needle, does the needle still light up red??

 

It's $35 + shipping. There is soldering involved. Full detailed instructions are included.

They will light up a pale red color.

 

what level of soldering are we talking about? I wouldn't want buy it just to find out. .pdf file maybe?

 

that is hott, i love your gauges

 

We supply 3 LED modules, 1 for each gauge. Each module has 2 small wires that need to be soldered to the main circuit board. The factory lights also need to be de-soldered from the main circuit board. Anyone with moderate soldering skills can do all the soldering in about 10 minutes. It also needs to be done with a low wattage soldering iron to be sure that there is no damage.

 

These guys are great I have one of there custom gauge panels and the blue led lighting it looks wicked.

 

i am very interested,will probably order a set once i see how difficult it is to take the paint off and repaint it . let me know

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I really wanna get this.... bashtards.... lol hafta buy a soldering iron too...

 

looks great! I want, but i'll be waiting a month or two. Any plans for a group buy? not sure there'd be enough interest though. i'd be getting an iron too - haven't needed one in a while.

 

I am interested in this. Guess I gotta figure out the basics of soldering though.

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Here is the link explaining how to change the colors of the needles.
http://www.blackcatcustom.com/Cobalt...r%20Change.htm

 

great write up on the needles.is that the only paint you have to remove? and none from the cluster numbers them selves? do you have any write ups on the soldering of the leds as well ? i just dont understand where they mount to throw that much blue light off lol.

 

I have the same set up only with the white face. It looks really good at night and i'm liking the black face a little better

 

I am definitely game for this..... I was thinking about buying the replace from another vender for the same effect but I think I will go this way instead. The only problem is..... soldering..... never done it before. Oh well, no better time to start then now.... hehehe.

 

You only have to remove the paint on the needles. Nothing else. The LED's are soldered more or less where the stock lights are behind the gauge face. The LED's themselves are already soldered. All you have to solder is two small wires for each gauge.

 

so how much is the kit shipped to r2y1l2 in winnipeg canada?

 

Cdn shipping is $12.00cad

 

is there going to be a GB on this???

 

Any chance of doing one for us poor HHR owners?

 

ok so $12.00 shipping plus ...how much for the kit lol?

 

Led kit is $35.00
Cdn Site
http://www.blackcatcustom.ca/chevrolet_cobalt.htm
US Site
http://www.blackcatcustom.com/chevrolet_cobalt.htm

We are planning on doing gauge faces for the HHR, but don't know exactly when they will be ready. Sometime in the next month or two. Keep checking back.

 

so how much for the led n face? also, if i have a 2.2 and i wanted the ss/sc face, how wud that work?

 

Cool, I'll be waiting.