Brighter Inst Pnl Bulbs?

[laffin_boy]

Even at it's brightest level the instrument panel illumination on my '05 Baja Sport is much too dim for me (forget about Global Warming - it's Global Dimming that scares me!)

Does anyone know if there are panel illumination bulbs available that are significantly brighter than the original ones?

[greymud]

LED swap - go with the brightest at superbrightLEDs.com

[laffin_boy]

Thanks for replying.

I haven't pulled the inst cluster yet and, in fact, hope to have the replacement bulbs on hand before pulling the panel. But, so far, I haven't been able to find any description of the bulb / holder type or number. Nor do I even know how many bulbs I need to replace all the illumination bulbs.

So what i'm looking for is a bulb number or description and how many I need.

[greymud]

Me, too.

I've seen lists on the instruction posts, but then there's always a comment about something didn't quite fit or the parts linked are dead links.

[laffin_boy]

OK I found the info I need on this post:
https://sl-i.net/FORUM/showthread.php?8 ... anel+bulbs

Yes, it's for a Legacy but most of it will be the same as Baja.

Most every bulb in the car - great resource!

[greymud]

I went through that thread and came up with this list. The links prefixed with * may be incorrect or discontinued part numbers.

DASH
- odometer & time/temp T1.5-xHP (2)
https://www.superbrightleds.com/pc74-le ... -panel-led
- illumination bulb WLED-x4 (4)
* https://www.superbrightleds.com/194-led ... color-Blue


HVAC
- NEO-4x (2) and NEO4-xHP (1)
* https://www.superbrightleds.com/neox-le ... estore-4mm
NeoWedge 4mm, led or smd #NEO-4x (3) for the hvac, one of the bulbs is shorter in length so i used 2 regular NEO-4x and 1 NEO4-xHP - which is an smd led

ASHTRAY/ACC RING/KEY RING - 74-xHP3 (3)


DOME/MAP 3022-CWHP2 (white) (5)
https://www.superbrightleds.com/de3175- ... -62-lumens
= #DE3175 / door lights = #DE3021 - 5 bulbs in total #3022-x9 or # - i used the #3022-CWHP2 for my dome lights

GLOVE/VANITY 74xHP3 (3)
https://www.superbrightleds.com/74-led- ... wedge-base

* the glove box light and the vanity lights for the sunvisors use the # 74xHP3 bulbs

FOG/CRUISE # RL3-W3030 & #RL3-B2030 (4)
* https://www.superbrightleds.com/catalog ... rl3-w3030/
OR
* https://www.superbrightleds.com/moreinf ... l-led/220/