Has anyone played around with changing the colour of their dash gauge lights ?
I'm thinking of getting some replacement gauge globes and painting them with red glass paint from a craft shop.
On that note... I USED to have a red light installed out on my front porch...one night round 11PM there was a knock on the front door. I opened the door thinking who the hell would be lobbing round this late and was greeted by a clean cut young looking dude who blurted out "Is this the rub and tug"...... I cracked up laughing, replied "No" and shut the door. My girlfriend and I were in stitches for ages !!
[Edited on 6-5-2005 by shaginwagin]
[Edited on 6-5-2005 by shaginwagin]
So is that the theme for the shaginwagen then?
Mobile rub-n-tug?
:thumb
i have played with the colour of my vdo gauges by using the little colour caps they give you for the lights. i think my temp gauge is red and my voltmeter is green
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Ruckus,
Yeah, we kinda reckon the poor bugga saw the number plates on my car and in combination with the red light lept to an incorrect assumption 😉 I didn't even think about changing the interior courtesy light to red....you gots me thinking...
Barls, Thats interesting regarding the globes being supplied with caps - where would I purchase this type of globe ?(suitable for Type3)
they came with the guages mate but ill have a look at the old mans catalogues next time im up there and get a part number
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Cheers Barls
vdo part number 240.070 10mm red cap btw t if you talk to some one who distributes like repco they can get just the little caps for you. also avalible in 5mm
[Edited on 6/5/2005 by barls]
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Thanks crap loads barls :thumb
not a problem its amazing what i have on this computer. turns out i had the vdo instrument catalogue
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Mate , I tried to go blue in my stock speedo (beetle) using similar caps to what barls is using only they were autometer (from autobahn) and all I got was a dull green.vdo might work better.
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yeah done the color change thing. repco has a narva catalouge that has a range of different sizes & colours. P/No 49952BL "silicon sleeve" I've got a pack here that suits 8.5 mm, but these were for an aftermarket guage, the next size down were the ones i used for standard VW dash bulbs. $3.00 for 1/2 dozen, dirt cheap!!
Thanks all,
As suggested I went to Rip Every Poor C*** Off and purchased new 5mm globes and 5mm Silicon covers. I tried the blue ones and they are indeed Craptacular. The red ones are pretty groovy (more of an orange) and my mate Davo did the deed for me and I now have all red/orange guages.
Cheers dudes
[Edited on 8-5-2005 by shaginwagin]
glad you got it sorted mated
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Easiest way is to got to the hobby shop and buy Tamiya clear paint. Comes in red / green /blue /orange and yellow . Best stuff I have ever used. Lasts for ages and you usually only need one coat. Heaps cheaper than glass paint from the craft shop or lens paint from the car parts places.
Cheaper and Easier than a $1.99 for a 5 pack of Silicon lenses that slip straight over in 3 seconds flat and give you a consistent result for each globe?
Me not think so 😉
I took out the direction indicator bulb and put 2 red LEDs in there to show which way I'm turning
a bit more work but I'm very happy with the result!
speeding is bad!
relax - god's in charge
Anyone got any ideas on how to increase the brightness of dash lights? Lights in my 74 kombi need some help.
