Cafe Racer 12v LED replacement bulbs
In the past week I have drastically rethought my strategy for my front end. I am no longer keeping my original gauges, however, since I have already purchased LED replacement bulbs (in bulk I might add) and now have no use for them, I still want to review them for those that may end up modifying their lights to LED, plus, I plan on selling my bulk lights in pairs and wanted some photos and footage of them in action.
Here we go:
The LEDs are white, which was the brightest available next to green. They will have a slight blue tint to them when viewed through the green gauge faces.
Fresh from China.
You can see the LED bulb is slightly taller, but the base is the same and the tallness doesn’t produce any ill effects, it easily fits in all the bulb receptacles.
They fit perfectly and do a nice job of illuminating the gauge faces. Check out the videos below.
hey man 1st i have to say love your sight very helpful to a beginner wrencher like me.i have a 77 550 and been starting some work on it.have just purchased some led turnsingles to replace the stock and i read what you had done but i am still not clear how you came to the end result.i have plugged mine in also look amazing i might add what ended up working for you to get the as you say blinky blink??again great sight i seem to be looking at it daily..
Hey Matt,
I too am a little unclear on how I got them to eventually work, but they no longer do. Shortly after they were working perfectly they abruptly stopped. I can’t explain why, but I suspect it is a ground wire issue. Don’t worry, I plan on revisiting this issue in an upcoming post and getting to the bottom of it. Stay tuned!