led dash conversion

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[m3coupe]

That looks really good, big improvement from standard.

[pmessling]

Thats a big improvement. I went blue, but the speedo and rev counter are not much better. Mine only have the one bulb in compared to some of the earlier ones with the two.

[gerradiuk]

This looks great but of no use to me...I'm far to scared-focused to look at the dials when pressing on

[Jhonno]

What bulbs did you use?

[dswiscrazy]

501 three in the rev counter one in the oil pressure gauge 233 one in the clock and fuel gauge. One in the Speedo one in cigarette lighter. And 2
286 for the ignition and oil pressure light. I wood check yours could be different Cost me less than a tenner from eBay

[Byker28i]

I went red (or rather the previous owner did)

[Harrytsg]

I've installed white LED's in my Chimaera, they look very much like the second photo, bright and clear.
The only criticism I have is they can be too bright, most of the time they are fine, but long journeys on roads without street lighting can make them a bit distracting, although it just might be me.
In those circumstances I can just turn them off, which I do, and on balance am not going to return them to the original lamps.
My solution may be to install a dimmer as opposed to a switch.

[PGNTuscan]

Byker28i said:

I went red (or rather the previous owner did)

That is very cool

[steviejasp]

Is their a thread anywhere showing how to change the bulbs?

[Byker28i]

White LEDs in the interior lights make a huge difference...

[Tarmacshredder]

One of the first things I hunted for after buying my cerbera and driving it at night was a dimmer for the instrument lighting as with standard bulbs I could read a'll of the gauges in the driver's window whilst trying to look in the driver's mirror. I can understand wanting to change the colour but why would you want to make them brighter?

[Vee8ight]

steviejasp said:

Is their a thread anywhere showing how to change the bulbs?

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&f=6&t=236517&mid=356835&i=20&nmt=Dash+Bulbs+-&mid=356835

[Lee704]

This is something I'd like to do, is there anywhere that does a full set of white lights??

[RichV6]

went blue a few years back, (missing allen screws in wheel have been replaced)

[Englishman]

Anyone done green? I'm tempted too, maybe buy a few LEDs in different colours to see which matches best.

[gruffalo]

Any one found a way of lighting up the black faced dials so you can see them at night?

[Mr Cerbera]

gruffalo said:

Any one found a way of lighting up the black faced dials so you can see them at night?

+ 1

Tarmacshredder said:

.....why would you want to make them brighter?

Rule 1 in Cerbera world: Don't tar everyone with the same brush

[robsco]

gruffalo said:

Any one found a way of lighting up the black faced dials so you can see them at night?

Never had a problem with my first Cerbera, which had black dials. The thing that has always wound me up is having a brighter rev counter bulb than speedo, it drives me mad.