i replaced all my boulbs in my 280z with red wedge bulbs. the stock bulbs are 53's and i put in 194 wedge bulbs and took the gauges apart to pop out the green caps. you just have to bend the conacts down and stick them through the slots in the bulb socket, then splice the wires and i extended them a little to make it easier. run them to the connectors and then wrap thm up with some electrical tape for security. a little brighter, but probably not as bright as leds would be. i would like to see that if you could get a picture, but i dont know if you could unless you have a digital camera where you can adjust the shutter speed to pick up the light.

When I get ready to start the bulb replacement project, I will take before and after pictures, both in the car and on the bench. I will take them at the same settings with the same camera, at the same angle so that the differences in the leds and the bulbs will be easily seen.

Will

if any of you 260z guys are interested, i took a bunch of photos of the process I went through to change the globes in my old 260z to higher watt brighter globes with red covers on em.. looked pretty nice but i wouldn't bother with those rubber covers.. even when matched with the appropriate wattage bulb they seem to expand with the heat and the color gets pale.. colored bulbs or nothing from my experience..

anyways.. if anyone is interested PM me and I can email them to you