Dash illumination change
10 September 2008, 01:04 PM
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Dash illumination change
I have seen a few threads on changing the dash illumination colour on a pre-98 classic with LEDS but nothing about doing it on a 99-00 MY car with the white dials.
Can it be done?
Can it be done?
10 September 2008, 06:47 PM
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should be ok on your car but i know it doesnt work on newages, found out the hard way as the lights, light up a plastic part that shines the display and they are green or red pending your type of scooby and if you put other colour bules is you can hardly see them light up or they go a totaly diff colour to what you wanted.
11 September 2008, 12:55 PM
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should be ok on your car but i know it doesnt work on newages, found out the hard way as the lights, light up a plastic part that shines the display and they are green or red pending your type of scooby and if you put other colour bules is you can hardly see them light up or they go a totaly diff colour to what you wanted.
Anyone else got any input?
11 September 2008, 01:03 PM
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I have two words for you. Dont Bother
Seriously mate, I have tinkered and fettled with my bloody dash illumination for years. If you search hard enough you will find various posts of mine on the subject. I have tried every kind of LED's you can imagine from complete sets, to bright ones, to bloody ultra bright ones, all the colours from all the manufacturers and the simple answer is they dont work as well as the factory ones.
(BTW this is all done on a MY00 )
I wanted mine blue in keeping with the car colour and many other blue items in the interior and it has cost me a small fortune in time, efforts, bodged parts and all for no improvement. Yes it does work, but it does not work as well as you imagine and at some times, I had to use the SatNav to get a proper accurate reading as the clocks were near useless.
(newage ones are slightly different as tyou have to open up the dash and remove the clocks and scrape off the film they have in there)
Got a replacerment set of clocks and they now work fine with factory green in there.
Just a bit of advice
Seriously mate, I have tinkered and fettled with my bloody dash illumination for years. If you search hard enough you will find various posts of mine on the subject. I have tried every kind of LED's you can imagine from complete sets, to bright ones, to bloody ultra bright ones, all the colours from all the manufacturers and the simple answer is they dont work as well as the factory ones.
(BTW this is all done on a MY00 )
I wanted mine blue in keeping with the car colour and many other blue items in the interior and it has cost me a small fortune in time, efforts, bodged parts and all for no improvement. Yes it does work, but it does not work as well as you imagine and at some times, I had to use the SatNav to get a proper accurate reading as the clocks were near useless.
(newage ones are slightly different as tyou have to open up the dash and remove the clocks and scrape off the film they have in there)
Got a replacerment set of clocks and they now work fine with factory green in there.
Just a bit of advice
11 September 2008, 01:18 PM
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I have two words for you. Dont Bother
Seriously mate, I have tinkered and fettled with my bloody dash illumination for years. If you search hard enough you will find various posts of mine on the subject. I have tried every kind of LED's you can imagine from complete sets, to bright ones, to bloody ultra bright ones, all the colours from all the manufacturers and the simple answer is they dont work as well as the factory ones.
(BTW this is all done on a MY00 )
I wanted mine blue in keeping with the car colour and many other blue items in the interior and it has cost me a small fortune in time, efforts, bodged parts and all for no improvement. Yes it does work, but it does not work as well as you imagine and at some times, I had to use the SatNav to get a proper accurate reading as the clocks were near useless.
(newage ones are slightly different as tyou have to open up the dash and remove the clocks and scrape off the film they have in there)
Got a replacerment set of clocks and they now work fine with factory green in there.
Just a bit of advice
Seriously mate, I have tinkered and fettled with my bloody dash illumination for years. If you search hard enough you will find various posts of mine on the subject. I have tried every kind of LED's you can imagine from complete sets, to bright ones, to bloody ultra bright ones, all the colours from all the manufacturers and the simple answer is they dont work as well as the factory ones.
(BTW this is all done on a MY00 )
I wanted mine blue in keeping with the car colour and many other blue items in the interior and it has cost me a small fortune in time, efforts, bodged parts and all for no improvement. Yes it does work, but it does not work as well as you imagine and at some times, I had to use the SatNav to get a proper accurate reading as the clocks were near useless.
(newage ones are slightly different as tyou have to open up the dash and remove the clocks and scrape off the film they have in there)
Got a replacerment set of clocks and they now work fine with factory green in there.
Just a bit of advice
So what stops them working as well? Not doubting you, just interested.
I did search but didn't come up with anything for a MY99 or 00
Found a thread now, can't work out why it didn't come up before.
https://www.scoobynet.com/members-ga...-not-easy.html
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11 September 2008, 01:45 PM
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God that was an old thread of mine !!
The reason is because the clocks have got a certain film or something similar on them which reacts better or illuminates brighter with a certain bulb. You cant seem to remove this or alter it in any way, so the only option is to try and find a really really bright LED that can shine through or get a combination of led/film atht seems to work. As yet I never found it and in the process buggered up a set of clocks, dials etc, wasted money on bulbs and never achieved the aim. A shame really because the newage clocks are nice and bright
The reason is because the clocks have got a certain film or something similar on them which reacts better or illuminates brighter with a certain bulb. You cant seem to remove this or alter it in any way, so the only option is to try and find a really really bright LED that can shine through or get a combination of led/film atht seems to work. As yet I never found it and in the process buggered up a set of clocks, dials etc, wasted money on bulbs and never achieved the aim. A shame really because the newage clocks are nice and bright
11 September 2008, 01:56 PM
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God that was an old thread of mine !!
The reason is because the clocks have got a certain film or something similar on them which reacts better or illuminates brighter with a certain bulb. You cant seem to remove this or alter it in any way, so the only option is to try and find a really really bright LED that can shine through or get a combination of led/film atht seems to work. As yet I never found it and in the process buggered up a set of clocks, dials etc, wasted money on bulbs and never achieved the aim. A shame really because the newage clocks are nice and bright
The reason is because the clocks have got a certain film or something similar on them which reacts better or illuminates brighter with a certain bulb. You cant seem to remove this or alter it in any way, so the only option is to try and find a really really bright LED that can shine through or get a combination of led/film atht seems to work. As yet I never found it and in the process buggered up a set of clocks, dials etc, wasted money on bulbs and never achieved the aim. A shame really because the newage clocks are nice and bright
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