Blue Dash LEDs

[BAZ 800]

I have heard of people modifying the original orange glow in the dash to a blue one just like in VWs. How do you do this? I thought that the bulbs were normal bulbs with an orange filter in front of them?

Does anyone know how to perform this modification coz it sounds pretty cool, its the one thing i like about volkswagens...

 

[Phil 99]

thats right, ud have to replace the orange filter with a blue one - if u can.

the blubs are white.

ive looked in the back of the pannel, and looks very hard to change, ud have to pull the sticky diral front the dials themselves off.

And for some strange reason, the dials are sometimes prone to not working when re - fitting, even if just white dials are fitted.

The whole plastic panel which the dials sit on are ornage, ud have to swap it.

 

[Daz.]

off topic (ish) but is it the same procedure on mk1s?

 

[David]

i dont know if the dynamique and older clios r the same as i thought about doing this,,

 

[cliosportcraig]

Yes same preocedure on mk1 !! If you can work out what colour can be added to orange to make blue then you could spray the bulbs that colour ??

 

[cliosportcraig]

Can blue be made ?? As its a primary colour !!

 

[Phil 99]

wouldnt have thought so, try asking an artist

 

[Cupped Up]

Can you take out the orange filter and fit blue bulbs or are they orange bulbs???

 

[Tom]

they are leds

 

[turbo man]

I have tried to change the Orange film to blue on my MK1. Now I dont have a fuel guage! Cant do it mate. Bright blue LEDs in the top of the dash board and turn the dash lights down

 

[diamond geezer]

right if you contact the following fella he may be able to help. mailto:colin@dp-motorsport.co.uk">colin@dp-motorsport.co.uk, he had a post up a while ago and he is having a set of dials made up for 16v clios, in whatever backlight you want. im having brushed aliminum with blue lighting. he can have any colour you want made i believe. send him an email. p.s. you can do a search on it, it wasnt posted to long ago.

 

[Weeman]

I had a polo GTi before the 172, and the blue lights is the only thing I miss about it, but after 3 years of blue lights the orange of the Renault was a nice change.