Sunvisors / Instrument Bulb

[Trellis]

Does anyone know which car the Chimaera sun visors are from?

And..

Is it possible to change any of the instrument bulbs without removing the dash?

[Little Nicky]

Not sure - sorry

and

No (Dash top has to be lifted).!!

>> Edited by Little Nicky on Saturday 31st December 12:27

[tvrbob]

The sun visors are TVR made

Yes you can change instrument lamps without removing the dash. You'll need to lift the top off to gain access. Do a search 'remove dash top'.

If you are doing this because the speedo lamp is not as bright as the tacho lamp then think again. That's how they are made.

[victormeldrew]

Trellis said:

Does anyone know which car the Chimaera sun visors are from? And.. Is it possible to change any of the instrument bulbs without removing the dash?

Chimaera, and no.

[Little Nicky]

[chevtrev]

Sorry can't help,but there's NO Way the sun visors will be TVR specific,Can you adjust them,or are they beyound repair?

[tvrbob]

chevtrev said:

Sorry can't help,but there's NO Way the sun visors will be TVR specific,Can you adjust them,or are they beyound repair?

OK but do a search, you'll find that the sun visors are TVR specific.

You could just buy new....

From another thread

snorky said:

new from TVR they are £13.50 for drivers and £18 for passenger I think I'll just replace them....

[chevtrev]

tvrbob said:

chevtrev said: Sorry can't help,but there's NO Way the sun visors will be TVR specific,Can you adjust them,or are they beyound repair? OK but do a search, you'll find that the sun visors are TVR specific. You could just buy new.... From another thread snorky said: new from TVR they are £13.50 for drivers and £18 for passenger I think I'll just replace them....

Agree, but "Sun visors" are something I just can't see TVR having specialy made.

[Trellis]

I don't need to buy new visors mine are fine - I just wanted to 'upgrade' and figure it would help to know the starting point in terms of them being vauxhall/ford or whatever.

I don't reckon TVR would have made them.

[tvrbob]

See here

TVR make many of the interior parts. Mechanicals are mostly sourced from mainstream manufacturers but soft interior parts are made in house

www.ballisticbanana.co.uk/tgpalternativeparts.htm

[Trellis]

oh well bang goes that idea then......!

[snorky]

as my quote above - how cheap did you think Vauxhall ones would be ??? I didn't thnik that for £35 for both it was worth looking..

[Trellis]

Wanting to know 'source vehicle' had nothing to do with cost - purely looking to upgrade to something that can pivot on one hinge to allow use on side windows, a 'donor' vehicle would have been a good starting to point to track down 'same size' upgrades.

[BrianT]

TVRBOB said "If you are doing this because the speedo lamp is not as bright as the tacho lamp then think again. That's how they are made."

Thanks TVRBOB I have always noticed this on mine and thinking it was a problem was going to sort it out. Another job off the list! Cheers, Brian

[TOM500]

Regarding the dash bulbs, does anyone suffer from the full beam indicator light being too bright? I wish it was on hte front of the car as I thinks it's brighter than my head lights! Is it possible to put a smaller bulb in or should I just stick to resting a postcard on top of the steering wheel?!

[snorky]

it's an LED not a bulb, so you may be able to put a resistor in series with it to lower the brightness ???