Defi Gauge Illumination
16 January 2003, 11:24 PM
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The defi I have in my car is white faced and lights up in green when you turn the cars lights on. Basically like the MY99 dash.
Question is, can I change the colour it lights up by replacing the bulb and if so how easy is it?
Question is, can I change the colour it lights up by replacing the bulb and if so how easy is it?
19 January 2003, 01:32 PM
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The defi's are lit using led's which could be unsoldered and changed (i wanted to do this with mine using blue led's) however the only way to open them up is somehow take off the stainless steel bezel, and I dont think this can be done without damaging it.
If you find a way to do this let me know.
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S
If you find a way to do this let me know.
Cheers
S
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17 March 2003, 03:37 PM
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Ok, We’ve done it!
Between Nito & myself we have managed to take apart a Defi gauge (without damaging it) and replace the standard Defi Green & Red LED’s with Hyperbright Blue & White LED’s
This also involved changing some of the bias resistors to get the desired brightness out of the new LED’s
The results are actually quite stunning – pictures will follow soon!
Cheers,
Rob
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Between Nito & myself we have managed to take apart a Defi gauge (without damaging it) and replace the standard Defi Green & Red LED’s with Hyperbright Blue & White LED’s
This also involved changing some of the bias resistors to get the desired brightness out of the new LED’s
The results are actually quite stunning – pictures will follow soon!
Cheers,
Rob
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19 March 2003, 08:24 PM
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Huxley Strikes again
Blue Dash Conversion
These bulbs would be handy to change the normal bulbs in some guages and could be modifed for other things as well.
Huxley
Blue Dash Conversion
These bulbs would be handy to change the normal bulbs in some guages and could be modifed for other things as well.
Huxley
20 March 2003, 04:55 PM
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Smiler1,
Now that would be telling
Hope to take some pic's tonight or over the weekend, will post as soon as we've done them.
P1JON,
No not as yet.
I haven’t even changed the LED’s in my own set of Defi’s as yet, as I wanted to see how good the results of this mod were first
This mod was done on a spare 52mm Boost Gauge donated by Nitosport
who was interested to see if this could be done.
However, this is not a cheap mod to do as it costs around £10.00 per Gauge in parts alone!
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Now that would be telling
Hope to take some pic's tonight or over the weekend, will post as soon as we've done them.
P1JON,
No not as yet.
I haven’t even changed the LED’s in my own set of Defi’s as yet, as I wanted to see how good the results of this mod were first
This mod was done on a spare 52mm Boost Gauge donated by Nitosport
who was interested to see if this could be done.
However, this is not a cheap mod to do as it costs around £10.00 per Gauge in parts alone!
Cheers,
Rob
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21 March 2003, 01:00 AM
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First preview pic of the Blue Defi Gauge 
Smiler1,
I’m sure you won’t gov, but I’m still not telling
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Rob
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Smiler1,
I’m sure you won’t gov, but I’m still not telling
Cheers,
Rob
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21 March 2003, 01:18 PM
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Rob
Looks great - good luck with doing all yours - be interested to see results.
Anyone know the size of the bulbs in the dash of a P1 - am in contact with Gecko but not sure which size they are!!
Cheers,
John.
Looks great - good luck with doing all yours - be interested to see results.
Anyone know the size of the bulbs in the dash of a P1 - am in contact with Gecko but not sure which size they are!!
Cheers,
John.
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