odometer hotspots?

[silverbullet99]

A little less than a year ago I did a blue LED gauge conversion to my EX using the high power LEDs. I used a regular LED on my clock & removed the filter. The clock is fine, but my odometer screen has these "hotspots" (if thats what they are).

WTF causes these? just LEDs in general or was it cuz I used the high power LED? Is there any trick to fix these? maybe shake the cluster? and watch them disappear like an etch a sketch haha.
I really don't care about how the EX looks, because its my high mileage daily driver, BUT now I'm converting the gauges in my LX to red. My LX is mint, inside and out, and everythings gotta be perfect in it. If I put an LED behind the odometer and it ruins the screen forever, I'm gunna be really fukin pist lol. Is the same thing going to happen even if I use a regular LED? because I really don't want to take any chances. I'd rather leave the original bulb in there, OR maybe try a red bulb......

 

[Sketch o5]

thats just how leds work in there. the bulb/led is located centrally directly behind the odo, so that why theres a hotspot when a led is used. your best bet is a red bulb, but you have to find one that small. i have bulbs for most of my cluster because i didnt want any hotspots.

 

[inv4zn]

Are you talking about how its brighter in the middle than in the sides? That's what I thought hotspots were...

Or are you talking about that messedup scratch looking thing between the 6 and 7 on your mileage?

 

[Sketch o5]

Are you talking about how its brighter in the middle than in the sides? That's what I thought hotspots were...

yes, and yes, thats what they are.

 

[inv4zn]

ok, I was just clarifying because OP mentioned he wanted to shake the cluster...and common sense dictates bright light isn't solved through shaking lol

Maybe the 'hotspots' he mentioned are something else? dunno haha

 

[inspired1]

oh yeah, it's totally like an etch a sketch, since we wall know etch a sketches are made of LCDs.

 

[Devil-V]

That's an easy one to resolve. Just buy one of these:
http://ledautomotive.com/product.php?id_product=17

I have one of these fitted in my cluster, and lights up the entire odometer with no hotspots. They are very bright tho (which also means you can probably do a reverse polarisation job if you wanted to).

 

[RedRyder]

Those small marks look like scratches to me, what did you use to remove the blue film?

 

[silverbullet99]

Are you talking about how its brighter in the middle than in the sides? That's what I thought hotspots were...

Or are you talking about that messedup scratch looking thing between the 6 and 7 on your mileage?

my bad, I thought the scratch thing WAS what you all called "hotspots". That scratch wasn't there until I replaced the regular bulb with an LED.

Those small marks look like scratches to me, what did you use to remove the blue film?

I didn't remove the blue film or "light filter" as they call it.

 

[RedRyder]

I used a regular LED on my clock & removed the filter.

Ah alright, read this and thought you removed the blue filter from your odometer.