Misc Ramblings (My Z update)

[Dtsnlvrs]

Well I could probably write this in 3 different forums, but it is all related so I will put it here.

Where to start. I had this wonderful idea to replace all of my z-car lights with LED units....as of last month all I had left to do was the instrument lights. Easy enough....went to www.superbrightleds.com and ordered what I needed (7 green BA-7 bulbs). Well, they dont fit into the guages because of the factory green lens (bulbs are taller). So I have to remove the gauges and dissassemble them to facilitate the taller bulbs. No problem, hey while I am at it I will replace/rebuild the HVAC controls, and clean the ducts, and repair some wiring while the heater console is out. No problem....finally got all that done. Now heater works great, radio works great, lights work great, on to the tach and speedo....but wait..I have a full dash cap...cannot remove tach or speedo due to the cap....no prob...cap is adhered with rtv...should peel off with little problem, do the light mod thing, then put on a new cap right....WRONG...practically broke the dash (literally) trying to get that damn thing off. Totally trashed my dash......so on the phone I go...calling DaddZ cuz I know he has a 70 dash just laying around. We got the old dash out, swapped the harness, did the gauge mod thing, got the new dash all ready to go. That was Tue night. Wed night: we installed the new dash and pretty much left it at that, just installed, as in bolted up...what a pain-x that is. Thu night: onto the chores, wiring, heater controls, stereo etc....I managed to wrap it up as it was getting dark so I decided to "run" to the store to top off the tank......$^!#...dash lights dont work and neither does the speedo. Got the gas, got home, speedo was easy...cable was not hooked up to the speedo. The lights were a different matter all together....make a long story short, about 2 hrs later I found that I had not connected the wiring to the light dimmer....do you know how hard it is to get two hands under there to make those connections. So it is all done now and just in time for the ZCCNV spring fling rally Sat morn. Damn that was alot of work...but well worth it.

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Congrats! Must've been real frustrating to put it all back together and come up short on the speedo and dash lights---glad they ended up being easy fixes!

How do the LED dash lights look? Take some pics when you get a chance...

Again, great job and getting those jobs done!

Steve

[Dtsnlvrs]

Congrats! Must've been real frustrating to put it all back together and come up short on the speedo and dash lights---glad they ended up being easy fixes!

How do the LED dash lights look? Take some pics when you get a chance...

Again, great job and getting those jobs done!

Steve

The lights are really green...like Super Green...like Augusta Greens green. and plenty bright. They are very easy to see now even when city driving but the green is dark enough to prevent loss of night vision during very dark driving.