08 gauge led replacement

is it a whole lot of soldering in small places?? (I'm not really good at that stuff)

afraid so, you gotta change out 14 really small surface mount led's. and to get to them you have to de-solder all the pins on the lcd display (about 40 pins)
 
Just a feeler, but if I were to buy the kit and pay shipping is there anyone out there that would put the leds in my guages for me........?
 
Just a feeler, but if I were to buy the kit and pay shipping is there anyone out there that would put the leds in my guages for me........?

this was my first, but if you wanted someone to do it all, i would get with gixxerHP (john) he buys his leds in bulk and does the conversions all the time. hes most likely better at it than me. if he cant then i might be able to source up the time.
 
I did it this week as part of the winter improvement program I absolutely lobe it i think everyone should get rid of the aweful orange. Be waurned you need to remove the lcd display which is a bit painful and be careful when pulling the needles off the guage not to scratch. put tissue below and use 3 spoons to pry them off. The lcd display is tricky to get back in though well worth it. If your not good at solder dont even attempt it, its a lot of work and very small
 
i did mine as well. at least i assised a friend of mine with them. he is better with the soldering. he had already completed his 07 cbr1000, and his fiance's 07 cbr600. he actually did his in white and then went back and used some of my extra blue leds to have a dual look on the cbr. turned out real nice. i must say all three bikes look much better. it was tedious but worth it.
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Just bought some Blue led for my 2008.:thumbsup:
In his ebay add it says to remove old gauge paint, Did you guys do this or did you just replace the led ?
 
no i nevered remove gauge paint. it's pretty straight foward. just a little time and effort. i've been doing gauge lighting for others for years. As for the LCD part it's a little more effort with just a regular soldering sucker but, if you got a soldering station with a electronic solder pump it's really easy and super clean. i use a large tip on my soldering station and it will suck even the DSM LED right off the board without having to remove them manually. any way guage lighting is great and simple and cheap.
 
I posted some step by step instructions alittle while ago. Unfortuneately I cant' find the post......it can be tedious, but with the CORRECT tools and a steady hand.....it should take you about 2 hrs. The hardest thing about doing this is getting the 26 pins from the LCD out and back in. Be careful when desoldering this pins not to dig into the board as there is microwire around the holes!

Feel free to PM me with any Q's
 
Fujitech offered to do it for a price earlier hit him up. I know him personally does an awesome job, maybe get some 1340 stickers as well.
 
I posted some step by step instructions alittle while ago. Unfortuneately I cant' find the post......it can be tedious, but with the CORRECT tools and a steady hand.....it should take you about 2 hrs. The hardest thing about doing this is getting the 26 pins from the LCD out and back in. Be careful when desoldering this pins not to dig into the board as there is microwire around the holes!

Feel free to PM me with any Q's


I FOUND THE THREAD!!!!

https://www.hayabusa.org/forum/gene...installation-walk-through-dashlight-leds.html

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Hope this helps!!!!
 
for you guys in the USA send it to Scott at Bluegauges.com he is the best service. fast too. great quality work. years ago before i found a source for hight quality LEDs i sent him a set to get done and what a fabulous job. he's in Buffalo NY. you get what you pay for. i only offer the service of doing gauges for people near me to save them down time.
 
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