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Model specific boards => Golf mk3 => Topic started by: boneybradley on 26 February 2008, 21:21
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here's a link to the ebay site for led switches that are ready made...for lazy people like me!
http://stores.ebay.de/LED-Beleuchtungsumbau (http://stores.ebay.de/LED-Beleuchtungsumbau)
just remember the prices are in euro and post is about £9 to blighty (so they state in e-mailed....)
unless anybody fances making some cash soldering led's to our switches?
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Im guna give it a go soon, and if it goes ok, yeah cool..
But these are a definite back up plan :laugh:
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they look the dogs danglies....i like the way he's combined red and blue on some of the switches......looks like headlight switch is left hand drive tho cos it's opposite way around..??
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hahaha wow, i thought about setting something similar up
cant believe how much some things are going for :shocked:
your better off (and cheeper) doing it yourself, and remember some of these are for left hookers which are different to our RHD cars
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your better off (and cheeper) doing it yourself
Not when i melt everyting with the solder gun it isn't!! :embarassed:
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where can u get blue leds from?
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your better off (and cheeper) doing it yourself
Not when i melt everyting with the solder gun it isn't!! :embarassed:
haha trick is take ur time, and use a good quality solder iron
blue leds are all over ebay, u need 3mm 5v with resistors, or 12v without resistors
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and to add... it takes no more than 10 mins a switch when u know what u are doing
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take it if you got the 5v with resisters ud have to fanny around solderin the resisters in as well?
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I'm going to check this out tomorrow, I want to have all red back-lighting. Nice tips too keels! ;)
LL
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Soldering is pretty easy, just be very careful.
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thats a good site to know about saved in favorites -cant beat the germans
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I have some led's and resistors oh and some spare switches! haven't got a solder gun tho! Should i ever have time I might have a go??
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i got a solder gun kit (has a tripod, magnify glass, some kind of sucker/syringe thingy) just dunno how to use the friggin thing.... :grin:
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i got a solder gun kit (has a tripod, magnify glass, some kind of sucker/syringe thingy) just dunno how to use the friggin thing.... :grin:
you turn it on.... wait 5 minutes ...and then burn your self shortly before throwing it out the window! or is that just me?
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i got a solder gun kit (has a tripod, magnify glass, some kind of sucker/syringe thingy) just dunno how to use the friggin thing.... :grin:
you turn it on.... wait 5 minutes ...and then burn your self shortly before throwing it out the window! or is that just me?
I left it on in the workshop when i was at college and burnt a whole load of bits!
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Finding good LED's on eBay is the hard bit :)
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Finding good LED's on eBay is the hard bit :)
maplin?
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Finding good LED's on eBay is the hard bit :)
maplin?
They don't do 3mm 12v LED's in blue, just every other colour.
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Finding good LED's on eBay is the hard bit :)
maplin?
They don't do 3mm 12v LED's in blue, just every other colour.
DOH!. ebay it is then.
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maplin leds are wack...very dim
loads on the bay
boney if i get some free time i could maybe do some of your switches.....
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boney if i get some free time i could maybe do some of your switches.....
you don't need to ask, just let us know and we'll arrange something... :smiley:
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hahaha
what switches you need doing out of interest?
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hahaha
what switches you need doing out of interest?
hmmm headlight, mirror switch, window switches, sunroof switch.... :rolleyes: any switches will be fine as it saves me bodging them!! My sterio is blue faced with orange buttons, so my idea is orange seat dials and blue switches.. i have some led bulbs for the cig lighter and heater panel to fit...gonna try them and see (worth trying for £3)
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well i can easy help out, the only one u will have a prob with is the headlight switch, to get it blue u have to remove the green paint, not easy and the green still shows, its quite a involved job, iv done it so i know, i guarentee those in germany wont look as good as they do in the pic,
your best getting the 3.5 cab switch for this one but its expensive and its red of course not blue
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i am sure i can sort something for the headlight?? I have a good spare that i will dismantle and have a look
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We could have a big meet, where we all watch kells do out switches........ :rolleyes:
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We could have a big meet, where we all watch kells do out switches........ :rolleyes:
I don't mind but its a hell of a drive for you!!
I'm about 15 miles from kells area (or do you still come round this way kells?...gee i'm a nosey bstard!)
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i am SO up for getting this done or having a go myself... just need to sort a few other bits and then it is at the top of the list! :laugh:
now all i need is to work out what a soldering iron and resistors are? :laugh:
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i do come around your way still yes, not so oftern lately as my weekends have been pretty mad
if we are doing some switch meet, it would need to be pretty soon a sim getting ready to hopefully do the engine swap at some point so alot of my (very rare) free time will be going into that and i have a whole host of events coming up im working on which again takes a big wedge of time up
i can do the switch's easy tho.. its not hard, can be a fiddle but thats it, theirs a few tricks on a few of the switches that can vary from early and late spec cars... but iv done them both so i know hte crack
late type (3 button) sunroof switch used special leds, hard to come by but i can get them, and if anyone would need the late type maf/mileage screens doing like my aniversary ones are, well that is a very involved job but do able
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I was also going to do some to sell.. just not got the time though :(
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yeah they look wicked! Would look great in red with a set of reverse red lcd's from DDI.
For the light panel though, being the oposite way round to ours, I'm sure if you took out the dials and dropped them into our correct way round panel they'd still work a treat. good find ;)
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Would these work even if you dont have lighted buttons? like heater dials? plus do they come with intructions?
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Wizzkidd just emailed me regarding leds i replied this:
would you want it done as soon as? i am a bit busy but could fit it in bit by bit and you will obviousely have to pay for the return postage. just to let you know i am not an expert at this mod but i am the electronic and tech repair engineer for hawkwoods.com so have a good bit of knowledge of that side of it and also have carried all work on my cars by myself so i am mechanical also. the leds and wire wont cost much few quid from farnel or rs (component suppliers) will be a couple hours work though which i dont mind. you want to post it over and il get it apart, i will also show you some leds for you to choose from once i have looked at it and decided what leds to use.
Offers open there mate could do this together and you'd have a sick dial mod if any damage is caused i will sort you out so theres no worries. I have been looking into doing this myself but never got round to buyin dials
dan