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Re: Blue Light Dash Converson #197989 25/09/2006 06:45 25/09/2006 06:45
Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 17,917 J JimO Forum veteran
JimO Forum veteran J Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 17,917	He has been knocking around for a long time as well John But jimbos right, its an old age question, but just because no-one has tried it, doesn't mean it won't work. It might be worth seeing how much a set of 2nd hand dials from carlt would cost and test on them, as you don't want to sod your proper set up. But go on push the boudaries and try it

Re: Blue Light Dash Converson #197990 25/09/2006 06:49 25/09/2006 06:49
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Anonymous Unregistered A	Quote: He has been knocking around for a long time as well John But jimbos right, its an old age question, but just because no-one has tried it, doesn't mean it won't work. It might be worth seeing how much a set of 2nd hand dials from carlt would cost and test on them, as you don't want to sod your proper set up. But go on push the boudaries and try it Good morning sir! My thoughts exactly, I wouldn't entertain attacking the ones on the car without first having a play on another set.

Re: Blue Light Dash Converson #197991 25/09/2006 06:54 25/09/2006 06:54
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Anonymous Unregistered A	Also have to do the centre console & the rotary controls for headlamp level & dash brightness, look odd if you didn't.

Re: Blue Light Dash Converson #197992 25/09/2006 06:56 25/09/2006 06:56
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Anonymous Unregistered A	If the clocks are a goer then yes, you are right. Looks like a long-term project then!

Re: Blue Light Dash Converson #197993 25/09/2006 12:38 25/09/2006 12:38
Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 33,553 Berlin barnacle Club Member 18 - ex-Minister without Portfolio
barnacle Club Member 18 - ex-Minister without Portfolio Forum Demigod Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 33,553 Berlin	But... it's blue It's gonna look just exactly as bad as the damn VW dash does... Neil aka mr originality Don't get no respect! Coupe Fiat 1994-2000 - an owner's guide <-- clicky!

Re: Blue Light Dash Converson #197994 25/09/2006 16:30 25/09/2006 16:30
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Anonymous Unregistered A	"lurvely shade of blue" Some might be a bit young to remenmber that one!

Re: Blue Light Dash Converson #197995 25/09/2006 18:33 25/09/2006 18:33
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Anonymous Unregistered A	Id like to try this. If i got some spare time i'd hunt out somespare clocks and hack them apart.

Re: Blue Light Dash Converson #197996 26/09/2006 19:33 26/09/2006 19:33
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Anonymous Unregistered A	Green lights?

Re: Blue Light Dash Converson #197997 26/09/2006 20:06 26/09/2006 20:06
Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 928 Wimbledon paddy Enjoying the ride
paddy Enjoying the ride Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 928 Wimbledon	I have an old set of clocks. The oil presure, and petrol gauges are less than accurate , but appart from that it works OK.

Re: Blue Light Dash Converson #197998 27/09/2006 05:31 27/09/2006 05:31
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Anonymous Unregistered A	Quote: I have an old set of clocks. The oil presure, and petrol gauges are less than accurate , but appart from that it works OK. What year 20VT are they from? PM me with what you want for them

Re: Blue Light Dash Converson #197999 27/09/2006 18:21 27/09/2006 18:21
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Anonymous Unregistered A	For me, turning the lights on and seeing that red/orange glow is one of the nicest design touches on the interior of the car. Most cars have green. VW's had green, and then went blue. And the only other car that I can think of with red lighting is the Seat's (Leon and Ibiza). But they're really bright red, and a bit OTT IMO. Personally, I'd leave the interior as Pininfarina intended.

Re: Blue Light Dash Converson #198000 27/09/2006 18:49 27/09/2006 18:49
Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 928 Wimbledon paddy Enjoying the ride
paddy Enjoying the ride Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 928 Wimbledon	They are from a 98 20vt. As the petrol and oil gauges don't work properly, I would only want to cover what it costs me to post them... cheers

Re: Blue Light Dash Converson #198001 27/09/2006 22:49 27/09/2006 22:49
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Anonymous Unregistered A	Quote: For me, turning the lights on and seeing that red/orange glow is one of the nicest design touches on the interior of the car. Most cars have green. VW's had green, and then went blue. And the only other car that I can think of with red lighting is the Seat's (Leon and Ibiza). But they're really bright red, and a bit OTT IMO. Personally, I'd leave the interior as Pininfarina intended. My metro dash lights up a reddy orange, just like the coops. 'Nuff said?!

Re: Blue Light Dash Converson #198002 28/09/2006 02:11 28/09/2006 02:11
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Anonymous Unregistered A	Are beamers not red too ???

Re: Blue Light Dash Converson #198003 28/09/2006 04:24 28/09/2006 04:24
Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 928 Wimbledon paddy Enjoying the ride
paddy Enjoying the ride Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 928 Wimbledon	More orange than the coupes on the ones i've seen. I like the way the coupes dials look almost two dimensional you have the lights on at night.

Re: Blue Light Dash Converson #198004 28/09/2006 11:41 28/09/2006 11:41
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Anonymous Unregistered A	some very high-end motors heve red and green for sure, but has anyone changed the colour of their dash lights? Looks like no.

Re: Blue Light Dash Converson #198005 28/09/2006 11:45 28/09/2006 11:45
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Anonymous Unregistered A	Quote: They are from a 98 20vt. As the petrol and oil gauges don't work properly, I would only want to cover what it costs me to post them... cheers Paddy, as I still have to pick up some bits from JimO in Epsom, could drop by and pick these up I guess. Don't know when I will be in the area though. Is this any good for you?

Re: Blue Light Dash Converson #198006 28/09/2006 12:09 28/09/2006 12:09
Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 928 Wimbledon paddy Enjoying the ride
paddy Enjoying the ride Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 928 Wimbledon	Yeah, no problem. Let me know a day and we can arange it. If i'm not in, I could just leave the dials in my porch. Cheers Paddy

Re: Blue Light Dash Converson #198007 28/09/2006 14:55 28/09/2006 14:55
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Anonymous Unregistered A	[quoteMy metro dash lights up a reddy orange, just like the coops. 'Nuff said?! Ah. But the metro also had collapsing suspension, rust in every panel, and styling based on a bathtub. Keep it red/orange - thats what I say anyway.

Re: Blue Light Dash Converson #198008 29/09/2006 16:04 29/09/2006 16:04
Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 5,988 Sunny Darlo Wishy Forum is my life
Wishy Forum is my life Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 5,988 Sunny Darlo	LOL, my old one had all those features but was also the limited edition 3 cylinder version. At least that's how it ended up. Up yours Photobucket.

Re: Blue Light Dash Converson #198009 08/10/2006 14:37 08/10/2006 14:37
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Anonymous Unregistered A	Well, I picked up the old set of clocks from Paddy yesterday. Thanks mate, really appreciated and it was good to meet you. Maybe see you at one of the meets? I took the units apart last night only to find that the graphics have the orange "built in" on the back of the mumbers/letters. These are in turn stuck to clear polycarbonate and difficult to remove wihout damaging them. So in short, Jimbo was right, this means replacing the graphics completely with a different colour background which will be a very expensive excercise! Maybe a job for another time? Shame really as it would have looked very nice IMO.

Re: Blue Light Dash Converson #198010 08/10/2006 22:48 08/10/2006 22:48
Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 3,300 Paddock Wood, Kent A adder58 I need some sleep
adder58 I need some sleep A Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 3,300 Paddock Wood, Kent	At least you found that out without pulling your own dashboard apart.... that would have really pee'd you off was Elec blue + owner now use of a mini cooper S 25y independent Mortgage-Financial adviser

Re: Blue Light Dash Converson #198011 09/10/2006 03:04 09/10/2006 03:04
Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 928 Wimbledon paddy Enjoying the ride
paddy Enjoying the ride Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 928 Wimbledon	Good to meet you as well mate. Sorry was particularly chatty - was hung over, and my brain wasn't working On an old car I had, it used a green dash filter similar to the coupes. I put some really bright blue led's in there (I think you can get them of ebay - see the link below) and it did come through well and looked a nice shade of blue, although not quite as bright as I wanted. May be worth a try though if poeple are intrested in a blue dash - its just a case of how much light the filter cuts out and weather it is bright enough. Another point with these blue LED's is that they seemed to be quite insensative to the brightness adjuster, so it hardly made any diffrerence. Personaly I really like the OE orangy red back light http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/BLUE-LED-SPEEDO-DA...1QQcmdZViewItem

Re: Blue Light Dash Converson #198012 09/10/2006 14:19 09/10/2006 14:19
Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 33,553 Berlin barnacle Club Member 18 - ex-Minister without Portfolio
barnacle Club Member 18 - ex-Minister without Portfolio Forum Demigod Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 33,553 Berlin	Any LED lamp will be insenstive to the brightness adjuster. Did a post with the technical reason a couple of weeks ago, can't be bothered to write it again Neil Don't get no respect! Coupe Fiat 1994-2000 - an owner's guide <-- clicky!

Re: Blue Light Dash Converson #198013 11/10/2006 03:45 11/10/2006 03:45
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Anonymous Unregistered A	Anyone heard of plasma bulbs? Apparently they can be used with the rheostat (spelling?)

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