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Offline bomp

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Re: dash lights.. how long and how hard??
« Reply #10 on: 23 December 2006, 20:54 »
When replacing the bulbs, can they be replaced with LED equivalents?

I've been thinking about doing this myself, but I might mess about with some fluorescent paints (On the dials) and Ultraviolet LED's. But I can only get 4v UV LED's so I might use 3x 4v UV LED's in series with a resistor, or use a 12v black cold cathode tube. If you look inside the casing of the clocks, there's a little shelf at the top about 5mm in depth where the original bulbs shine through, well thats where I'll be putting them.

I'm not sure of the value of the resistor to use yet though, my son has bought me some LED's with resistors on them allready for my dash switches (Christmas prezy) as per this thread http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=51448.0
He's got me the LED's that Adam_C ponted to here http://www.ultraleds.co.uk/product_info.php?products_id=869&osCsid=e64d116ba8dc64c2a6e554667652b9b6

The speedo, Tacho, Fuel and battery level needles are gonna get fluorescent paint on them for sure anyways, because they're a pain to see in the dark.

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Re: dash lights.. how long and how hard??
« Reply #11 on: 27 December 2006, 10:15 »
Why not check out the MK2 maintenance + info sectionm, theres a nice how2 I put together ;)
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