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Dashboard lights.

kevin p

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97 4.o sohc
Does anybody know if you can replace the dashboard bulbs with led ones, and would they still be dimmable. If so, what type would they be. Mine has a few that are blown and I would like to replace all of them.
 






I've done this, last year, all working fine, with reverse gauges as well, imported from USA, and they will dim, as LED do so, I've done this myself, having bought a pack of blue LED, and resistors from web, trick is LED doesn't really spread the light as normal bulb, therefore you'd have to play with ones a bit to achieve a correct angle hitting glass diffuser, so it looks good, not that you have spot light inside, on the other hand I have found a new versions of LED on ebay, they do not require resistors and fit existing bulb fitting, didnt have a time to try, but if you're interested, I can let you know when try, so far tested them at home and looks surprisingly good, but look on the table might be deceiving :(

any questions - ask - or pm me, we can chat over the phone as well :)
 






Looking forward to hear how you get on with them.
 












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