Dim Dash Lights - LEDs any better?
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Dim Dash Lights - LEDs any better?
I'm fed up with dim dash lights on my tintop - even with 2w bulbs they're a bit poo, and much more feeble than the bulbs in my VDO gauges ( ex Audi )
I know this has been dealt with, but has anyone got a decent improvement in their dash lights? Are LED's any better?
Has anyone tried wiring in extra bulbs, or putting better reflector behind existing bulbs?
…my eyes are dim, I cannot see….
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be a bad contact. If extra gauges and bulbs have been added it
can also burn out. There is not much point in it as inst panel lights
are dim anyway so shorting it out will ensure full volts to the
panel lights.
Keep smiling J.
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16v MK2. (Oak green) Now on a Clipper (to keep). Audi A8 4.2 Quattro sport and a BMW R65 bike.
16v MK2. (Oak green) Now on a Clipper (to keep). Audi A8 4.2 Quattro sport and a BMW R65 bike.
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I'll try checking and cleaning all my contacts again. I must admit I never noticed this as a problem when I drove Mk1's years ago….wonder whether I've got used to 'modern' standards of dashboard lights, where you can actually read the mileometer after dark!!!
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Result…absolute poo…no brighter than the 2w bulbs I had in place already!
I'm really fed up…thank God Tian's put his picture back…
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Tian said
I tried LEDS but didn't see any difference at all to be honest.
Tian
I hate to say it but…. Never mind at least you tried.
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