1988 MK1 Cabriolet - Dash Board Bulbs - Grrrrrrr
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I have purchased multiple different bulbs to have my dashboard / clocks lit up in the dark. Be it LED or normal bulbs.
Nothing seems to work and or fit. Fuses, check. Wiring, check. Connectors, check. All have power and an auto electrician has checked everything.
Can someone please let me know, and do talk to me as if I am 5 years old, which bulbs I need and where they 'fit' for my dashboard to light up and glow….??????
Thank you.
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1988 MK1 Cabriolet - Dash Board Bulbs - Grrrrrrr
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Now for the light bulbs you can get either Super Brite LEDS, or what I did was to get the Bulb Sockets from a Honda, or Isuzu dash. Go to the parts store and look up
the WARNING lamps for the same car you removed them from. Why? Instrument lamps are 2 watt usually, the Warnings are 3-4 Watt so you get more light, the bulbs will last 6-7 years or more….
Then they are also plug and play sockets not the all inclusive ones that VW used.
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Everything has been checked and double checked, or replaced.
Simply put I keep buying the wrong bulbs and or sent the wrong bulbs.
I literally need a list of part numbers and where in the dash these bulbs fit, be it instrument cluster, heater controls etc.
Beyond annoyed now, my own fault, being too particular and OCD.
Thank you!
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1988 MK1 Cabriolet - Dash Board Bulbs - Grrrrrrr
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Have placed my order and await the items and light in my dashboard….
Fingers crossed
Appreciate the help, THANK YOU…!
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Wires had been chopped, joined incorrectly, stereo wired incorrectly and a general BIG mess.
All sorted with lovely new bulbs, wiring back to factory and everything works, even the handbrake light and heated rear window, as it should when it left Karman many moons ago.
HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY
MOT later today…
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