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Improving dash light brightness? |
Cuda911 |
Aug 22 2014, 12:21 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,489 Joined: 20-May 14 From: Oceanside (N. San Diego County), CA Member No.: 17,376 Region Association: Southern California |
Hey all,
My one (and only) complaint with my 914 is that the dash lights are very faint and very hard to see at night (speedometer, etc.). Someone told me that brighter LED bulbs are available. Is that correct? If so, can someone provide me with: 1. What bulbs? 2. What source to buy them? 3. How many do I need? 4. Are they direct replacements (i.e. no other modifications need to install them) 5. To replace them, do I take out the 5 or so screws on the dash faceplate to access them? Thanks, guys! |
Dave_Darling |
Aug 22 2014, 12:46 AM
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914 Idiot Group: Members Posts: 14,990 Joined: 9-January 03 From: Silicon Valley / Kailua-Kona Member No.: 121 Region Association: Northern California |
No direct replacements that I know of. You can take the gauges apart and put LED strips inside. You can build a timer circuit to flicker them to make them seem dimer or brighter.
Or, you can: - Clean all ground connections for the gauge lights - Clean all power connections from the battery, to the ignition switch, to the headlight switch, to the dimmer, to the lights - Replace the bulbs with new ones - Clean the glass in the gauge - Re-paint the inside of the gauge to reflect the light around better Each of the above should help a bit. When all done together, you'll have lights that are OK but not super bright. --DD |
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