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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>If you’re using LED bulbs and find your gauges are a bit too bright, or you simply feel a dimmer is necessary, it is possible to replace your OEM dimmers with ones that work with LEDs. I’m not talking about a box that you stuff behind the dash, that’s hard to get to; I’m talking about dimmers that are controlled by OEM style knobs mounted in the OEM locations. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><a href="http://www3.telus.net/public/danunn/Speedo%20&%20Tach%20LED%20Illumination%20-%20final.jpg">http://www3.telus.net/public/danunn/Speedo%20&%20Tach%20LED%20Illumination%20-%20final.jpg</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><a href="http://www3.telus.net/public/danunn/LED%20Dimmer%20-%20Installed.jpg">http://www3.telus.net/public/danunn/LED%20Dimmer%20-%20Installed.jpg</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>All you need to do is find a dimmer that you like, open it up so you can get to the circuit board, desolder the pot and re-mount a big one that fits in the Pantera’s dashboard, via a short harness. At first I tried to do this with Autometer’s LED dimmer but it didn’t work with my LED’s due to its <u>extremely</u> small wattage rating. I wound-up using a PWM LED dimmer kit and mounted the PCB in a small enclosure. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><a href="http://www3.telus.net/public/danunn/LED%20Dimmer%20V2%20-a.JPG">http://www3.telus.net/public/danunn/LED%20Dimmer%20V2%20-a.JPG</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>The knob I used is made from aluminum billet and is almost exactly the same size as the plastic, new style OEM rheostat knob. Other than the dimmer kit ( <a href="http://www.dalewheat.com/store/">http://www.dalewheat.com/store/</a> ), I bought everything from Digikey. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><a href="http://www3.telus.net/public/danunn/LED%20Dimmer%20for%20Pantera.jpg">http://www3.telus.net/public/danunn/LED%20Dimmer%20for%20Pantera.jpg</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>If anyone wants part numbers, etc., just e-mail me.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Dave<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>