whoo boy that was a bit hard to watch.
I don't mean any disrespect foxman, but i'm not sure why you decided to make a video of that. If it's to show others how to do this type of mod, then wouldn't you agree that this is not what you would hope to see inside your radio if you paid someone to do this?
The video seemed to be about trying to make something work regardless of what had to be done to do so.
you ordered the wrong LEDs and then proceeded to make an easy job hard by forcing them to "'work" in your application. the use of electrical tape inside a CB radio is a big no-no because it does not deal with temperature changes well at all.
It's good that you are trying to learn how to fix your own radios and improve them, but if you are going to make a tutorial video, you should probably wait until you know the right ways of doing these types of things. scraping that wire with the xacto knife held on the top of the faceplate had me cringing!
It's your radio, and you can do whatever the heck you want to it, but the right way to do it would have been to get some wide angle LEDs and fit them into the stock rubber holders. then use small gauge stranded wire soldered together and covered with correctly sized heat shrink tubing.
here is a link to some great LEDs to use for meter lights:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/20x-Bright...668865?hash=item21132d7c81:g:QzwAAOSw6WdXiWTn
they come in red, blue, and white, work off of 12vdc, shine a nice wide even light, and are available from the USA for cheap.
hope this helps in your future radio work.
LC