172 Dash White & Blue LED Conversion

[Greeny.]

Hardly a 'track' mod but I dont care really I still use my car on the road and the standard dull orange is nasty.

Before

After

A HUGE thanks to richy22 who did the conversion for me today, it took abit longer than we thought due to the nasty sticky finish on the dial surrounds messing my paint up Ended up with an ok finish on it in gloss black, I originally wanted yellow but im happy enough how its come out.

Went for the white & blue rather than just white as I was orignally wanted just to break it up abit really, think it came out ok

Anyone interested in this for your mk2 or mk3 Clio pm richy22 for prices/options.

 

[Timmay]

i think i may have to speak to the suffolk gayer at some point - looking good dan

 

[RDH]

looks good that mate.

Love the steering wheel aswell

 

[jesus]

Should've taken the SERV bulb out

 

[Greeny.]

Should've taken the SERV bulb out

I would feel lost without it

 

[Whiteley]

White looks way better than all of them being blue.

 

[r_dizzel*]

looks nice.. i need me a black surround

 

[richy22]

Looks nice now hey Dan??!!!

il have a play with the clock I have now and see what I can come up with, il do it at work me thinks as I can play more there

 

[Timmay]

how much would you charge a norfolk gayer?

 

[richy22]

A can of bass shandy, a dib dab, some quarter backs and a packet of jaw breakers!!

il pm you

 

[Timmay]

good stuff sweet cheeks

 

[smok1n]

good work there i like it,dont know why buyt i like orange a alot any, way good work there. =)

 

[CountryBumpkin.]

looks much better than the orange glow.

 

[mickstoke]

question is. how much?

 

[Blighty]

I want this done on mine! Anyone in north east who can do this?

 

[Needster]

I really like that. Looks nice. Love the white, and think the blue breaks it up nicely. :approve: I want.

 

[richy22]

Jaffa182 is in Blackpool iirc and Cunney did his and I think he's up north???

 

[richy22]

I really like that. Looks nice. Love the white, and think the blue breaks it up nicely. :approve: I want.

RB with white and blue get it done!!!

 

[Needster]

LOL. Knows. I want. It's a ned shed inside anyway with my pikey blue interior lights.

 

[Blighty]

Proper up north, Newcastle area . Trip up north Richy? Ha ha!

 

[richy22]

If any mk3 owners could live without the dials for a few days I'd do a postal service, I REALLY want to do a mk3 sport so I can see what's different to the base level mk3's

 

[p@blo]

Looks wicked. Was looking at a guide for doing this a while back-take it you've done similar & had the scuff off the orange plastic from the bulb lens on the C/C yea?

Does the speedo surround come off fairly easily? How is it attached?

 

[richy22]

I made some special filters for this one as I couldn't be arsed to sand the original orange filter for the CC part

I still need to finalise the clock part from Dans one though, ran out of time

 

[richy22]

Oh the speedo surround is plastic weldedin by the way. You could break these welds and glue it back on I suppose.

 

[p@blo]

I made some special filters for this one as I couldn't be arsed to sand the original orange filter for the CC part

I still need to finalise the clock part from Dans one though, ran out of time

Fair play-did look like it'd take a while to clear the orange backing off! :rasp:

Cheers for the heads up on the speedo surround fella

 

[richy22]

You can sand it off with some 200 or 400 grit wet and dry. But then your left with a clear piece of plastic which "could" show the LEDs through them.

I found some White backed plastic at work the other day and had a brainwave.

Some electrostatic bags that resistors come in have a White kind of paint on it, and it worked a treat.

The surround isn't hard I think Dan was a bit rushed today (no offence ment) and it just didn't want to know

 

[p@blo]

You can sand it off with some 200 or 400 grit wet and dry. But then your left with a clear piece of plastic which "could" show the LEDs through them.

I found some White backed plastic at work the other day and had a brainwave.

Some electrostatic bags that resistors come in have a White kind of paint on it, and it worked a treat.

The surround isn't hard I think Dan was a bit rushed today (no offence ment) and it just didn't want to know

Is there much clearance on it? Presumably with the white backed plastic, you could sandwich a layer of stage lighting tint over the top with white LEDs to give you different colour ways?

 

[richy22]

No it don't work like that

 

[Wests Renault]

looks mint mate, another job on the never ending list to do LOL

 

[S23]

Wow! That transforms the dash. Wish I didn't live so far away, would definately get this done though. Looks so much cleaner now. Awesome

 

[brownin]

can this be done to a ph1

 

[Tigger]

^ Yes

Looks mint! :approve:

 

[bullitinhead]

really like that, are the LED's smt's or screw in type.... how easy is it to do, I'm a dab hand with a soldering iron and a set of screw drivers.

any how to's??



bullit

 

[NathJ]

Looks really good Dan , been wanting to do this to mine but im not going to bother did you do it yourself?

 

[richy22]

Bullit,

they are plcc-2 LEDs (surface mount)

there are guides in the guides section.

If you search for my name and LED you should find them

 

[Greeny.]

Looks really good Dan , been wanting to do this to mine but im not going to bother did you do it yourself?

richy22 did them, I dont trust myself with soldering and rich owns electronics