LED\\Dash lights

[a.tapos]

Just curious to see if anybody else has led dash lights,mine come with a seperate button to trigger them and they light up brilliantly.
quite temperamental though.

[FDAsh]

Had them on my first car, were ok sometimes, bitch to see others.

Red\'s about the best colour, blue the worst tbh. And the light is more focused with LEDs than bulbs so you get brightspots.

[ashc]

i had leds and indiglow dials but the speedo gave up the ghost a few months back so i put a new set of 97 clocks in, without the indiglo dials. They will be put on ebay soon.
You can get wide angle diffuse 12v leds specifically for dials that reduce hotspots, check out ebay sellers.

[a.tapos]

Ill have to post a pic of mine working there very odd they litterally transform the clocks,ive seen led bulb kits but they all look the same these look like actual guage covers or something,ill try to get pics up.

[MarkoFu]

hi mate,
Any luck with the pics? I\'m quite keen to do something to brighten up my dash while it\'s off. Does anyone have a link for the wide angle LEDs?

Cheers,
Mark

[ashc]

http://stores.shop.ebay.co.uk/Sylvia-biz-Store__W0QQ_armrsZ1

i have used this ebay seller three or four times, always has the newest wierd leds. Very rapid delivery, but you might be able to find them cheaper. If you want red ones, i have a load you can buy off me if you want? I\'ve gone green!

same as these but red
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/2x-161-158-168-194-T10-White-LED-W5W-25mm-Wedge-Bulbs_W0QQitemZ280316997629QQcmdZViewItemQQptZMotors_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories?hash=item280316997629&_trksid=p4634.c0.m14.l1262


The 1W wedge jobs are super-bright, great for replacing the interior lights (and exterior ones!!)but might get a bit warm for the dash i think

[MarkoFu]

So do the red ones actually illuminate the dash alright? Red sounds good but i don\'t know if it will be bright enough tbh. And will it have \'hotspots\' if it\'s not wide angled?
Is it just the 4 x main wedge LEDs that you replace?

[a.tapos]

went to get pics tonight but the bugger aint playing ball,gona give the terminals a clean then try again,i will post them though

[MarkoFu]

The camera won\'t work, or the LEDs?? lol :Giggle

[ashc]

So do the red ones actually illuminate the dash alright? Red sounds good but i don\'t know if it will be bright enough tbh. And will it have \'hotspots\' if it\'s not wide angled?
Is it just the 4 x main wedge LEDs that you replace?

i replaced the main four with those red ones and it was better, but still not super-bright, thats why i put the indiglo dials in instead. I was a definite cheap improvement though

[a.tapos]

Haha oh yeah,the damned dials were dead,i will try again tommorow its really annoying me:mad:
ashrc you put yourself down as a cheap improvement,dont be so negative

[a.tapos]

Right ive finally got pics of the dials apart,the feed and earth go directly into the face of the dials,how cool is this,think an aussie ebay company does a similar thing
 
Any body got any more info?
It has a small relay/resistor pack with it i think that may be the reason they dont work:3Confused
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You can sort of see the connector going into the facia

[a.tapos]

oh and im after a standard cluster if anybodies got one

[ashc]

your indiglos look like the same as mine i think.
i have a cluster spare but the speedo is broken and the rev counter is a bit intermittent. i was going to use it for a project replacing the dials with defi eqivalents but don\'t want to spend the money on it at the mo, is that sort of what you\'re after?

[a.tapos]

Yes i think thats them,do you know where there from?
well i just want the black covers which are easy to change,it would save me mucking about,would you want to sell the covers or the cluster im quite happy to have either if you still want to keep the guages themselves id only throw the rest anyway,it would be easier to post the covers too,thanks,andy