Ok guys...here's a tough one (I think...). Is there any way to increase the brightness of my speedometer on these old 78 Marquis'? Any of you who have one of these cars knows exactly what I'm talking about...2 candles would be brighter! I'm not sure what the 79s and up have but our 04 Town Car is absolutely brilliant while the old Marquis is absolutely horrendous. And believe it or not there are like 8 or 10 bulbs in there! I've checked with sites like Sylvania & they say that LEDS are not brighter in such uses! Any "bright" ideas... (sorry...I couldn't resist... )
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I have no idea how your cluster looks like but I am sure there would be plenty of room to drill some holes and add in some leds all around the cluster. They would remain hidden because they are tiny enough and would definitely help illuminate things.
You can also take out the cluster and clean everything real good...and LEDs in the stock locations definitely make things brighter...plenty of us here know this first hand.~David~
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my car starts and it has AC. Yours doesn't start and it has no AC. Seems obvious to me.
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you might even benifit from brand new lamps. Bulbs tend to yellow and dim over time. LEDs would also be a big improvement, though you'd lose the original coloring. In stock form, the yellow lamp plus a blue filter makes for that green effect. There aren't any LEDs that I know of that exactly duplicate the color temperature of a regular bulb.86 Lincoln Town Car (Galactica).
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I drive a Lincoln. I can't be bothered to shift like the peasants and rabble rousers
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here are bulbs from ebay that will allow the original look... get the multiple LED setup and not the cheap single LED bulbs... you can also look for other colors... blue isnt as bright as say red or green or yellow LEDs
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Originally posted by gadget73 View Postyou might even benifit from brand new lamps. Bulbs tend to yellow and dim over time. LEDs would also be a big improvement, though you'd lose the original coloring. In stock form, the yellow lamp plus a blue filter makes for that green effect. There aren't any LEDs that I know of that exactly duplicate the color temperature of a regular bulb.
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i have white leds in my 87 mgm and its retarded bright comparded to the candle powered ones proir , i got mine threw superbrightled.com
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Which LEDs did you get... suprebrightleds has tons (even for the same base)
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these ones in white
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87 mercury grand marquis
88 crown vic lx
89 mercury colony park ls (sold)
89 mercury grand marquis (sold)
00 ford crown vic lx hpp
03 mercury marauder aka punisher (sold )
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