DASHBOARD BULBS!

[MADMAX2]

ok guys everywhere i go they have the 4watt bulbs do i still need the original 2watt bulbs for the dial lights on the dash? where can you get the from? any different coloured ones blue perhaps any ideas welcome!!


cheers


Ian


ps where does everyone get the icons from?????

[chrispitman]

Get some couloured LED ones, best place ebay. Search on here there are a few links to the types you need.

[crispian22]

i changed all my lights for hi intensity blue leds,£4.99 for 4 from maplin's,(2 sets needed)

[thenick]

I did the same but with a set of white ones from ultraleds.co.uk... Search my previous posts for how to do it etc. Looks great I think, very crisp white now!

Edited by thenick on Tuesday 15th July 21:09

[V8 Animal]

MADMAX2 said:

ok guys everywhere i go they have the 4watt bulbs do i still need the original 2watt bulbs for the dial lights on the dash? where can you get the from? any different coloured ones blue perhaps any ideas welcome!!


cheers


Ian


ps where does everyone get the icons from?????

No idea
Sorry

[DavidLScott]

Do the LED's make the speedo easier to read?

[thenick]

Yeah, not sure about others but with white leds they make all of the guages brighter and easier to read. Also it turns them crisp white rather than the standard yellowy colour which looks much better IMHO especially with a SS dash.

[chrispitman]

When I did mine I used 4 Led type bulbs for the dials and an ultra led for the speedo so get even light as the rev counter takes to bulbs the speedo one bulb other wise the speedo looks dimmer compared to the rest.

[thenick]

Yeah good point, the speedo really needs two bulb holders like the rev counter, but I like the brightness of the rest of the gauges with superbrights in so I can live with the speedo being slightly dimmer. I might try and modify it at a later stage to take another one but can't be arsed right now!

[DavidLScott]

I tires finding your topic thenick but maybe didn't look properly.

Is it a dash out job or one for someone with long slim hands (as wives often have )to reach from underneath?

[thenick]

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

Here's the thread in question! Its quite a useful one actually... Someone really should make a sticky with a list of useful threads for the future as most questions asked on Pheads have a pretty good thread to answer them somewhere - always tricky to find them though!

[DavidLScott]

Thanks - I've bookmarked it for later.