rna_1024 Posted March 10, 2016 Share Posted March 10, 2016 Hello I wanted to upgrade my Instrument panel light to LED's for my 2013 Subaru Legacy. I know I will also need to get the LED sockets. There are a lot of bulbs that indicate warning signs that light up in the instrument panel. The lights are different colors and I wanted to upgrade those as well. I wanted to know if anyone has upgraded their instrument panel lights and if they can help me out on what I need to buy so I can change all of the lights one time. I need to know what sizes and also what color led bulbs I will need for the warning signal in the instrument panel. I hope someone out there can shed some light on the subject lol... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTEASER Posted March 10, 2016 Share Posted March 10, 2016 They already are LED. I recently took a donor 2011 Forester gauge cluster apart to harvest the needles and faceplate for my 2009 Forester and I am sure that the Legacy cluster is constructed the same. Changing out bulbs is not something that is easy unless you are used to doing microscopic soldering work on PCBs. GTEASER's 2012 Legacy GT - Sold GTEASER's 2009 XTeaser - Sold GTEASER's 1992 Legacy SS - Sold Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rna_1024 Posted March 15, 2016 Author Share Posted March 15, 2016 Thanks for the tip. Before I open the speedo I wanted to get some advise. The last thing in the world I want to do any soldering. I want Plug n Play options. I did find a bulb set on Ebay but I'm not sure if this bulb set would work. Let me know what you think. http://www.ebay.com/itm/300955586051?_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrD123 Posted March 15, 2016 Share Posted March 15, 2016 As gteaser pointed out - the cluster is already LED based - there are no incandescent bulbs to replace. (by soldering, he meant removing the LEDs that are already soldered onto the boards, and replacing them with something else) so no - that bulb set wouldn't work - it's made to replace the bulbs in clusters that use incandescent bulbs with LEDs. You already have LEDs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FLlegacy Posted March 15, 2016 Share Posted March 15, 2016 For all intents and purposes the LED lighting in the instrument cluster is not serviceable. You aren't going to get the LEDs off without some mad soldering skills, and if you somehow did you would be hard pressed to put a new LED on and have a working board/cluster. You could get some colored clear film to put over the gauge cover though and pretend the LEDs are a different color. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rna_1024 Posted March 16, 2016 Author Share Posted March 16, 2016 OK that works for me. I'm not touching the Speedo at all. If it's not broke don't fix it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timothy.B Posted March 16, 2016 Share Posted March 16, 2016 Ya know, every time I look at my gauges I think of NFS UG2: http://i.imgur.com/kojHEth.jpg Timothy.B's 2011 LEGACY 3.6R Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unsp0kn Posted March 16, 2016 Share Posted March 16, 2016 ^Those were the best ones! I still play that game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timothy.B Posted March 16, 2016 Share Posted March 16, 2016 That's awesome haha. I have it on PC and I keep forgetting to play it. Finally got the wide-screen working on it using a hex editor. Timothy.B's 2011 LEGACY 3.6R Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unsp0kn Posted March 16, 2016 Share Posted March 16, 2016 It was one of the only games where you could decently customize the cars, plus I loved to free roam drive a lot. Man I built a nasty Civic in that game for the UndergroundX racing, it dominated and I whipped all my friends so bad with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timothy.B Posted March 16, 2016 Share Posted March 16, 2016 I remember trying to get the WRX to top out. Man, I'm gonna have to play it again. It's true with the customization. I really wish they would make a game like it. Timothy.B's 2011 LEGACY 3.6R Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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