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Model specific boards => Golf mk3 => Topic started by: spear on 10 March 2010, 19:41
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right finally got round to taking some pics, not that pleased with them tbh honest as they dont so the dials any justice at all.
Basically i've put a strip of uv leds in the slot that the old green filter used to sit in and changed the needles to anni orange/red ones. Also sprayed the dial surround matt black to reduce the light reflection.
Trust me there is so much glow off the needles that i have to turn the brightness down or i keep looking at them when i'm driving!!! the pictures dont really show this well enough :sad:
and here they are..
full brightness
(http://i789.photobucket.com/albums/yy180/spear765/car/10March2010260.jpg)
minimum brightness
(http://i789.photobucket.com/albums/yy180/spear765/car/10March2010264.jpg)
and another
(http://i789.photobucket.com/albums/yy180/spear765/car/10March2010265.jpg)
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awsome................ :cool:
makes me wanna go out ravin....pmsl :grin:
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*Looks for Kells*
I think we have competition :grin: :grin: :grin:
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*Looks for Kells*
I think we have competition :grin: :grin: :grin:
but the original is the best of course... and the green is a clash = needs to be red or blue :cool:
mine are so bright i cant even focus on them
these are the clocks with SMDs behind the screens so no filters, this is the real deal
(http://img118.imageshack.us/img118/7716/sv202769.jpg) (http://img118.imageshack.us/i/sv202769.jpg/)
(http://img97.imageshack.us/img97/4449/sv202772.jpg) (http://img97.imageshack.us/i/sv202772.jpg/)
(http://img202.imageshack.us/img202/8166/clocks.jpg) (http://img202.imageshack.us/i/clocks.jpg/)
(http://img696.imageshack.us/img696/3104/dials1.jpg) (http://img696.imageshack.us/i/dials1.jpg/)
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Yea boiiiii!!!!!
Hopefully mine will be just as gooood
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well ya got the fancy switches so thats a start :wink: :cool:
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*Looks for Kells*
I think we have competition :grin: :grin: :grin:
but the original is the best of course... and the green is a clash = needs to be red or blue :cool:
mine are so bright i cant even focus on them
these are the clocks with SMDs behind the screens so no filters, this is the real deal
(http://img118.imageshack.us/img118/7716/sv202769.jpg) (http://img118.imageshack.us/i/sv202769.jpg/)
(http://img97.imageshack.us/img97/4449/sv202772.jpg) (http://img97.imageshack.us/i/sv202772.jpg/)
(http://img202.imageshack.us/img202/8166/clocks.jpg) (http://img202.imageshack.us/i/clocks.jpg/)
(http://img696.imageshack.us/img696/3104/dials1.jpg) (http://img696.imageshack.us/i/dials1.jpg/)
yeah but are they PROPA hella smds?????? :laugh: :grin:
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well they were robbed from mk4 clocks so as close as haha :-)
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Sorry for poor pics, my camera is useless.
The screens are going red once the leds turn up!
(http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa29/GCL731Y/Mk3Project/leds2.jpg)
Switches will remain secret until they're ALL done :wink:
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hehehe, need good pics of them matey :wink: :cool:
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I've already tried, failed miserably because the LED's are waaaay too bright
Hold on I could dim them.. duhh never thought of that
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i had same problem :grin: but i dint have the camera witrh me at the time just my phone
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Kells, yours do look good i have to admit. Thought I'd try going down a diff route and just get the white numbers to show up rather than the whole dials. they dont glow quite as much as i hoped but the needles are awesome. just a shame that the uv glow doesnt show too well in the pics.
It was a bit of an experiment having tried green leds etc but i'm well pleased with them and actually quite like the green, i had to keep something green as it a green car after all :smiley:
i haven't done any other lights/switches, but might do something with the heater dials one day.