Light bulb and Gauge bulb options

[RandomPhantom]

My low beam bulb died on me and also the lights that illuminate my tach and speedometer is both out as well. What options do i have to replace these? Im looking for those bright white bulbs with a hint of blue in them. Also what parts number would i be looking for?

Thanks in advanced!

[Alex]

Much of that should be in this thread:

https://www.ninjette.org/forums/showthread.php?t=11738

[kennetht]

I have the exact thread you will want to look at, as I just recently changed my dash to LEDs

https://www.ninjette.org/forums/showthread.php?t=169472

I bought my LEDs from here:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/111197894979

[Skullz]

The one thing you do not want to change to LED is the turn signal light as it will only work with one side or the other, keep that one as it is and the rest will look awesome.

[kennetht]

Originally Posted by Skullz

The one thing you do not want to change to LED is the turn signal light as it will only work with one side or the other, keep that one as it is and the rest will look awesome.

That is not true....

My turn signal light is LED and it works both sides.

[InvisiBill]

Originally Posted by kennetht

That is not true....

My turn signal light is LED and it works both sides.

With a diode kit (generally aimed at LED blinker use), it will convert the dash indicator to having specific + and - wires, so an LED will work.

In the stock setup, it's just tied to both sides' + wires, so it's +- when the left blinker is on and -+ when the right blinker is on. An LED bulb with polarity physically cannot work both ways.

[RandomPhantom]

So i found the 12v 55w H7 bulbs for my headlamp do these work? http://www.walmart.com/ip/BulbAmeric...-Bulb/37683386

Now the only problem i have been running into is finding the 12V 3.4W T10 bulbs for my tach and speedo backlights. Can anyone help link me to a sight where i can just buy a pack for cheap?

[Motofool]

Originally Posted by RandomPhantom

.........Now the only problem i have been running into is finding the 12V 3.4W T10 bulbs for my tach and speedo backlights. Can anyone help link me to a sight where i can just buy a pack for cheap?

If those are the same for the pre-gen (#194):
http://www.walmart.com/ip/Sylvania-1...-Bulb/16913641

http://www.autozone.com/autozone/par...entifier=59018

http://faq.ninja250.org/wiki/Replaci..._cluster_bulbs

[kennetht]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/111197894979

[RandomPhantom]

Originally Posted by Motofool

If those are the same for the pre-gen (#194):
http://www.walmart.com/ip/Sylvania-1...-Bulb/16913641

http://www.autozone.com/autozone/par...entifier=59018

http://faq.ninja250.org/wiki/Replaci..._cluster_bulbs

Originally Posted by kennetht

http://www.ebay.com/itm/111197894979

Thank you both very very much

[CZroe]

Originally Posted by InvisiBill

With a diode kit (generally aimed at LED blinker use), it will convert the dash indicator to having specific + and - wires, so an LED will work.

In the stock setup, it's just tied to both sides' + wires, so it's +- when the left blinker is on and -+ when the right blinker is on. An LED bulb with polarity physically cannot work both ways.

But *two* LEDs can.

Connect each anode to a cathode then stuff two in there.

[InvisiBill]

Originally Posted by CZroe

But *two* LEDs can.

Connect each anode to a cathode then stuff two in there.

Yup, then one would work for the left blinker and the other would work for the right blinker. If you positioned them carefully, your single indicator could now actually indicate which side was on even.

If you wire up the green and gray wires at the indicator to the anodes (+) of two LEDs and add another wire to ground the cathodes (-), you would have the same LED-per-side setup, plus the effect of a diode kit. Instead of grounding through to the other side's blinker circuit (and therefore causing your new LED signals to light up on both sides), each side would ground through the added wire and be blocked from hitting the other side by that side's LED (since it's a diode).

I was trying to think up some sort of PnP male-female bulb adapter thingy that could be used to easily replace the stock bulb with LEDs and add the ground wire, but I haven't been able to figure out anything easier/cheaper than Tri's diode kit.