Anyone ever changed their Inst lights to the led bulbs? Mine are not as bright as I'd like. Maybe it's just my eyes! Any thoughts?

I haven't done it, but have seen post members have made about changing them out to LED before. Did you try doing a search for it?

didn't have to on my 69....but on my Alfa Romeo, I recently changed bulbs from 3 W to 4 W and its lots better...maybe try finding a stronger bulb?

Thank you for your replys. I have heard of the led option but have not looked into them. I do like staying close to original so maybe the bulbs are the way to go. Do you know how many Watts they came stock with in 69?

Might be more work than you want, but I repainted the interior of the instrument panel "can" bright white over the factory duck egg blue and that really brightened up my instrument panel at night.

Wish I'd thought of that when it was out. Your right, it is a ton of work! I'd rather change a tyranny on my back!! LOL!

I don't recall stock wattage on Firebird dash bulbs...sorry...

The only "regular" bulbs that will fit the dash are 194's and 168's. The 168's are slightly brighter but not a lot, but those are your only options other than going to something like LED's.

I put in some cheap LED replacements I found on ebay.
They're much brighter, and produce a "whiter" light that takes some getting used to, as opposed to the very dim yellow light that my stock bulbs produced.
Problem though: one of them has started to blink on and off slowly. No idea why, but I've noticed some LED bulbs in my house do the same thing.

Thanks for all the replies. If 168s are only a bit brighter then maybe led is the way to go. If they are too bright won't the dimmer take care of it? Do they use the same twist in socket or come with their own?

I installed some green led bulbs in my dash and some red ones for the brake and alt lights those don't seem to work I might have installed those backwards polarity wise
But they are a lot brighter the cigarette lighter light and ash tray light even work

This is where I ordered the leds super bright led they even have a vehicle finder

https://www.superbrightleds.com/vehicle

That's cool! Thanks James. Do the led lights have certain polarities? I hadn't thought of that. Do they use the same socket?

Yes they do use the same sockets and hence the name led Light emitting diode.
A diode is a electronic component that will only flow current in one direction .
When I did mine I used the schematic diagrams for the wires to to the dash circuit board
the instrument lights all have a common + and a common - ground those are easy, the idiot lights are a little tougher because they
are feed 12v in an then they are grounded by there respective switches (brake switch alt and oil switch )
the brake is activated by grounding at the proportioning valve and the emergency brake .
Well I hope that's as clear as mud lol anyhow here is a picture that will help .
This is for a camaro but almost the same .

Thanks againJames, the illumination are the only ones I think are too dim so that will make it easier. Now just have to decide what color!