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Blue Light Dash Converson #197959 24/09/2006 06:15 24/09/2006 06:15
A Anonymous Unregistered
Anonymous Unregistered A	Has anyone done/thought about this on their coupe a la Volkswagen ? Would look really cool me thinks.

Re: Blue Light Dash Converson #197960 24/09/2006 07:28 24/09/2006 07:28
A Anonymous Unregistered
Anonymous Unregistered A	Great idea! There is a brilliant site somewhere for all things LED/dash lights....when i remember i'll post it up.

Re: Blue Light Dash Converson #197961 24/09/2006 07:28 24/09/2006 07:28
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Anonymous Unregistered A	http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v200/blackbeast/Volvo/IMG_0056.jpg and ala Volvo Well ok, they were green but i changed them to a blue led

Re: Blue Light Dash Converson #197962 24/09/2006 07:31 24/09/2006 07:31
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Anonymous Unregistered A	Found it; http://www.ultraleds.co.uk/default.php?cPath=44&osCsid=27ba2be690538b9b96e724267737859f Take a while sifting through the bulbs on the left side of the page, there are thousands! Last edited by Turbo_Tob; 24/09/2006 07:33.

Re: Blue Light Dash Converson #197963 24/09/2006 07:34 24/09/2006 07:34
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Anonymous Unregistered A	Quote: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v200/blackbeast/Volvo/IMG_0056.jpg and ala Volvo Well ok, they were green but i changed them to a blue led Doesn't that just look sooo sexy! I think it will suit some dash strip colours better than others though. Obviously when it's dark it doesn't really matter! I'm thinking about the clocks and all the switches.

Re: Blue Light Dash Converson #197964 24/09/2006 07:35 24/09/2006 07:35
Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 19,937 North wales pinin_prestatyn Forum veteran
pinin_prestatyn Forum veteran Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 19,937 North wales	I would like white and black carbon to match my boostie and EBC No idea how though. Coopless!

Re: Blue Light Dash Converson #197965 24/09/2006 07:38 24/09/2006 07:38
A Anonymous Unregistered
Anonymous Unregistered A	Quote: I would like white and black carbon to match my boostie and EBC No idea how though. Me neither, sounds too complicated. Although almost anything can be done for a price.

Re: Blue Light Dash Converson #197966 24/09/2006 07:41 24/09/2006 07:41
A Anonymous Unregistered
Anonymous Unregistered A	Quote: Great idea! There is a brilliant site somewhere for all things LED/dash lights....when i remember i'll post it up. I've had a look on the net, not much I could find that had the same look/feel as the OE VW lights. Mind you, the switchgear is red on those. Would make the job simpler for us if we just did the clocks - ok ours are more orange than red. Not sure about the needle though, would like that to show up red but not sure if this is possible.

Re: Blue Light Dash Converson #197967 24/09/2006 07:41 24/09/2006 07:41
Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 19,937 North wales pinin_prestatyn Forum veteran
pinin_prestatyn Forum veteran Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 19,937 North wales	That's true. But it's cheaper on Clapham common. Coopless!

Re: Blue Light Dash Converson #197968 24/09/2006 07:44 24/09/2006 07:44
A Anonymous Unregistered
Anonymous Unregistered A	Quote: That's true. But it's cheaper on Clapham common. lol How did you know that? I thought it was a treasured secret shared by a few fellas from South London. Hang on a minute.... I was born in Roehampton.... er scrap that last comment!

Re: Blue Light Dash Converson #197969 24/09/2006 07:45 24/09/2006 07:45
Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 19,937 North wales pinin_prestatyn Forum veteran
pinin_prestatyn Forum veteran Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 19,937 North wales	I've not been "down south" for two years. And not been to London for much longer. Coopless!

Re: Blue Light Dash Converson #197970 24/09/2006 07:49 24/09/2006 07:49
A Anonymous Unregistered
Anonymous Unregistered A	Don't blame you. Sell their Grandmothers down here they would! Anyone found out if this is possible then? The dash conversions that is.

Re: Blue Light Dash Converson #197971 24/09/2006 07:53 24/09/2006 07:53
A Anonymous Unregistered
Anonymous Unregistered A	Quote: Found it; http://www.ultraleds.co.uk/default.php?cPath=44&osCsid=27ba2be690538b9b96e724267737859f Take a while sifting through the bulbs on the left side of the page, there are thousands! Oh eck, could be a while looking for the right ones. Don't think it mentions which ones are for our clocks in the handbook. Would probably say go visit a Fiat Dealer or something in the handbook. Anyone have a workshop manual that tells us?

Re: Blue Light Dash Converson #197972 24/09/2006 07:59 24/09/2006 07:59
Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 13,200 england C came2dance I AM a Coop
came2dance I AM a Coop C Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 13,200 england	Wahts wrong with Orange. The future is orange. well it was in the past www.chrisdoyle-photography.co.uk

Re: Blue Light Dash Converson #197973 24/09/2006 08:05 24/09/2006 08:05
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Anonymous Unregistered A	Human nature to change/improve things, that's all. Some may argue is isn't an improvement, but I like to be different! Not in a Clapham Comon type of way you understand My company logo is orange as apparently "orange sells" Prefer a blue dash though.

Re: Blue Light Dash Converson #197974 24/09/2006 08:29 24/09/2006 08:29
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Anonymous Unregistered A	If anyone has a spare couple of hours, go poking about behind your dash and see if you can find out anything about the bulbs in there. Fiat may be able to help too, i guess. Just imagine...a sprint blue with blue dash bulbs - how friggin' cool?!

Re: Blue Light Dash Converson #197975 24/09/2006 15:29 24/09/2006 15:29
Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 4,080 Dumfriesshire, Scotland Baz76 Forum is my job
Baz76 Forum is my job Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 4,080 Dumfriesshire, Scotland	Personally the VW blue dash lights give me a sore head when i have to sit in one for a while . They were cool at first when they brought them out but now a few of my friends have put blue LED`s in for their dash lights and i imagine it`s just going to be another Lexarse lights situation where to be the original one is to stay original IMHO. Baz Project LE+

Re: Blue Light Dash Converson #197976 24/09/2006 15:43 24/09/2006 15:43
Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 9,706 Gone J Jimbo Je suis un Coupé
Jimbo Je suis un Coupé J Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 9,706 Gone	Im not sure you will be able to do this ? The dash bulbs are just a clear white light so the actual orange colour we get is from the plastic behind the dash that the light shines through. If you were to fit blue bulbs then you'd get a combination of blue and orange light, Im no light expert but that would probably shine a nice shade of brown !!! Good luck trying though.

Re: Blue Light Dash Converson #197977 24/09/2006 16:15 24/09/2006 16:15
Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 23,300 North Wales Theresa Former Presidentessa Club member 58
Theresa Former Presidentessa Club member 58 Forum Fossil Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 23,300 North Wales	Quote: Im not sure you will be able to do this ? The dash bulbs are just a clear white light so the actual orange colour we get is from the plastic behind the dash that the light shines through. If you were to fit blue bulbs then you'd get a combination of blue and orange light, Im no light expert but that would probably shine a nice shade of brown !!! Good luck trying though. You should be able to do it. On my Fiesta, the bulbs are white, but have a green filter at the top of the clocks, which make the clocks light up green. I took out the green filter and put in the blue bulbs from Ultraled's and now I have lovely blue lights shining on my clocks. Also looks good, because I put in silver Lockwood dials too, so they aren't trying to light up a black dash. I haven't looked at the bulbs or layout behind a Coupe, but should imagine the same thing could be done. I agree with Turbosprintey, the blue bulbs would look cool on a Sprint Blue Coupe and will be next on my list to do or try to do when I get my Coupe back

Re: Blue Light Dash Converson #197978 24/09/2006 16:19 24/09/2006 16:19
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Anonymous Unregistered A	I think what Jimbo is getting at is our dials don't have a filter so to speak, the dials themselves are orange. So IMHO the only way would be to get new dials made...

Re: Blue Light Dash Converson #197979 25/09/2006 06:00 25/09/2006 06:00
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Anonymous Unregistered A	It can be done depending on the make up of our instrument packs and will hopefully mean a different approach, thats all. Link below to "reverse" the LCD display, I know, not applicable to us, bus shows the way to tackle the filter. http://www.oichan.org/mods/lcd/lcd2.htm http://www.corrado-club.ca/mods/LCD.html So who's going to be the first to start this new trend?

Re: Blue Light Dash Converson #197980 25/09/2006 06:04 25/09/2006 06:04
Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 19,937 North wales pinin_prestatyn Forum veteran
pinin_prestatyn Forum veteran Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 19,937 North wales	Looking at those instructions, You first mate Coopless!

Re: Blue Light Dash Converson #197981 25/09/2006 06:10 25/09/2006 06:10
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Anonymous Unregistered A	Quote: http://www.oichan.org/mods/lcd/lcd2.htm i hope that is Kilometers

Re: Blue Light Dash Converson #197982 25/09/2006 06:15 25/09/2006 06:15
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Anonymous Unregistered A	Cheers! It's the old story.... busy life, wife, kids, work, coupe with oil leak and a damaged exhaust, I also really want to buy and install a HID kit too. I will have a crack at it and let you know, unless someone beats me to it of course Being realistic I really don't know when I will get around to doing it with all of the above to deal with! Just wanted to check if anyone has done this or thought about doing this on a coup. Why try and re-invent the wheel?

Re: Blue Light Dash Converson #197983 25/09/2006 06:16 25/09/2006 06:16
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Anonymous Unregistered A	Quote: Quote: http://www.oichan.org/mods/lcd/lcd2.htm i hope that is Kilometers Apparently those VR6's are damn quick you know

Re: Blue Light Dash Converson #197984 25/09/2006 06:18 25/09/2006 06:18
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Anonymous Unregistered A	i was talking about the odometer sorry to wee on your bonfire

Re: Blue Light Dash Converson #197985 25/09/2006 06:25 25/09/2006 06:25
A Anonymous Unregistered
Anonymous Unregistered A	Quote: i was talking about the odometer sorry to wee on your bonfire They can take twice the mileage we can I'm afraid. Their engine tolerances are so tight when new. Used to be a VW nut and it is common to see many VW/Audi with 160k plus on the original engine. Seen a couple in my time allegedly 220k + without a re-build. Just regular servicing and no smoke coming out of the back.

Re: Blue Light Dash Converson #197986 25/09/2006 06:32 25/09/2006 06:32
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Anonymous Unregistered A	Doesn't have to be blue either! How about ultra crisp white with red needles?

Re: Blue Light Dash Converson #197987 25/09/2006 06:34 25/09/2006 06:34
Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 9,706 Gone J Jimbo Je suis un Coupé
Jimbo Je suis un Coupé J Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 9,706 Gone	Jayzee, This idea of blue dash lights has been knocking about on here for as long as I have, no one that I know of has actually managed to do the conversion, the whole backing to the speedo is the clear orange plastic material that the light shines through. Its not just a case of changing the filter, it would be changing the speedo face. As I said earlier, good luck

Re: Blue Light Dash Converson #197988 25/09/2006 06:43 25/09/2006 06:43
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Anonymous Unregistered A	Thanks for warning me about this Jimbo. Apparently, you have to sand this coating off with wet & dry (sme as Sagem instrument pack) so that it is completely white.

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
A Anonymous Unregistered
Anonymous Unregistered A	Anyone heard of plasma bulbs? Apparently they can be used with the rheostat (spelling?)

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