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10 Years ago I decided to upgrade my (Jewel Green) Supra interior lighting to LEDs. At first I did those poorly using bare LEDs strung across the button rows. They had a tendency to burn out quickly due to vibration, etc. So then I experimented in making my own discrete circuit boards. This took forever to make as I had to lay all the circuit paths and then Etch them.
Then I decided to have them professionally made. But the issue with these were I had to individually cut each item out with hole saws. Again, this took forever. So I asked my son, Marshall, to see if there C&C machine at his work could possibly cut them out. So this was a huge time saver. Like 50% less time.

Here is a video of them being cut out: http://97supraturbo.com/LEDs/20131127_100747.mp4. This video is showing the HVAC round boards and all the Instrument micro needle LED boards being cut.
Here are the pictures of all of the induvial boards. (newer versions in green)

Needle Circuit Boards
Assembled Circuit Boards
Circuit Boards

I have added a complete “How-To” for installing my HVAC LED Kits. This will help for anyone wanting to tackle this. HVAC Install

After solving all of the Instrument cluster and HVAC boards I needed to get custom made faces. At first I used a UK company, but I never really liked how they were made. They “punched” them out which left slashes through the “0” “8” “6” etc. So I eventually sourced a new company to make vinyl ones without the slashes. I have over 100 different styles for all LHD, RHD, Series1 and Series2 units.

Next step was coming up with an internal shift light. I didn’t like those huge gauges that get screwed to the dash so I designed an internal shift light underneath the tach face. There are 2 styles, one that flashes red at shift point and another that flashes alternately red/white (only when lights are on)

(With white strobe) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikv19hlKWuU&feature=youtu.be
(W/O white strobe) REV: Shift Light –II https://youtu.be/YEbYSBBk5i4

If a Supra has a standalone, you can have your tach “sweep” at Ign ‘on’ if set up. This is performed as the tach sweeps it will kick in the shift set point and then flash.

Supra Cluster Gallery

BC-Style2
BC-Styl2-220
BC-With-TRD
Style2-Auto
Blue-Needle-TRD-OEM
Full Lit TRD Needles
Style2-Supra MPH
OEM-10kTRD
Custom-Supra-Speedo-Large
OEM-Auto
OEM 6sp
Style2-Supra Logos
Custom-300KMH
Supra Exclamation
Supra Tach-
New TRD Speedo
Custom-RHD
JDM-Style2
TRD-RHD-320kmh
RHD-180MPH-Custom
RHD-HVAC-1
Standard-HVAC-Yellow-LED
All-White-HVAC
Design3-300kmh
Series2-Supra-Large
Sard 340 Style2 RHD
Series2-Full-TRD
Series2-NA-Custom-1

Custom Designs

Desing3-320kmh
Design2-Supra 340
Design3-200MPH
Black Witch
Style2-RedLogo-Custom
Red-Logo-Custom
Custom-Red
White-needles
Custom-Supra-2
Custom-Yellow-Tach-2
Custom-KMH
Custom-Blue-Needles-2
Style2-kmh
Custom-Yellow-Tach-
Custom-Blue-Auto-1
Custom-Speedo
Design2-Red-LHD
Design2-RHD-RedSupra
BCStyle2-Blue-Needles
Green Needles
RHD TRD Meter
RHD 320-SupraW
Greece-Custom
Design2 Red Tach
Design3-RHD-Blue
RHD-320-TRD
RHD-320W-Supra
RHD-Custom

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