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The dash instruments on my 65 are difficult, at best, to read at night even with the gain up to full tilt boogie……I know I saw a thread here about replacing the bulbs. Can someone give me some direction?

remove light diffuser and install LED bulbs color of your choice.

Ah, another Wisconsin member! Welcome!
Try watching this.....
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Jim

That’s what I was seeking……Thank you gents!
Can I get some direction as to an LED bulb part number and source?

Racersonly wrote: ↑

Fri Aug 06, 2021 12:02 am

That’s what I was seeking……Thank you gents!
Can I get some direction as to an LED bulb part number and source?

I have purchased quite a bit from:
https://www.superbrightleds.com/
They have a very informative web site.
Jim

Here's the page you're looking for:
https://www.superbrightleds.com/vehicle ... &year=1965

Jim

Sorry to be a bit late to this.

I also used Superbrightleds.com for my 65 Caliente. Their site is remarkably complete - they even had the bulb for the green lighted compass indicator behind the column PNRDL window.

However I ran into a problem on the gauge lights. I wanted to keep my blue cans (the diffusers)... but the bulb they recommend was too long for the diffuser cans. When I pressed the socket I to the hole the bulb would press up against the can... and the bulb would separate from the ground (sometimes even causing a short). I had to use a lower profile shaped bulb I got off Amazon.

Note that I followed the Superbrightleds.com recommendation to use bulbs the same color as their corresponding lenses. So for the gauges with blue diffuser cans I used blue bulbs, for dash signal indicators behind free windows I used green, for front parking/signal lights I used amber, etc. This worked quite well - every thing is nice and bright and my gauges are well lit (could be brighter but much better than original).

Sorry to be a bit late to this.

I also used Superbrightleds.com for my 65 Caliente. Their site is remarkably complete - they even had the bulb for the green lighted compass indicator behind the A/T column PNRDL window.

However I ran into a problem on the gauge lights. I wanted to keep my blue cans (the diffusers)... but the bulb they recommend was too long for the diffuser cans. When I pressed the socket I to the hole the bulb would press up against the can... and the bulb would separate from the ground (sometimes even causing a short). I had to use a lower profile shaped bulb I got off Amazon. That was the only recommendation Superbrightleds.com made that failed to work for me - everything else was correct.

Note that I followed the Superbrightleds.com recommendation to use bulbs the same color as their corresponding lenses. So for the gauges with blue diffuser cans I used blue bulbs, for dash signal indicators behind green windows I used green bulbs, for front parking/signal lights I used amber bulbs, etc. This worked quite well - every thing is nice and bright and my gauges are well lit (could be brighter but much better than original).

I used Mustang Project for my LED backlighting.
10 years later still going strong
https://www.mustangproject.com/Catalog. ... cd65560ffb

Just finished my backlighting project. I’m pleased so far. (Now to go out for an evening cruise)