dial leds!

[riche]

tried searchin but i cant find it!

im lookin 4 the post where someone changed their dials blue??

dink i think u also done this? do u have the name or part no of the leds used??

goin down maplin now 2 get some so need 2 know which 1s??

 

[Dink]

im not sure if maplins sell them.

i got mine from http://www.rapidelectronics.co.uk/rkmain.asp?PAGEID=80010&CTL_CAT_CODE=30316&STK_PROD_CODE=M29417&XPAGENO=2here

i used white ones on mine which made the display to come out like http://homepage.ntlworld.com/jonathan.thomas4/pics/1107961111__mpg.jpgthis

 

[riche]

rite so white 1s!

did they make the speedo and rev counter come out blue 2???

 

[riche]

also shall i jus ask 4 surface mount leds or anything else i should say??

 

[Dink]

there are loads of different surface mount leds you need one that are PLCC-2 standard.

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/jonathan.thomas4/pics/1107969585__white.jpgthis is what they look like all together

 

[riche]

sorry im bein a pain now!! lol

but did the needles change colour because u changed the leds or did they have their own led that u changed white??

 

[Dink]

yeah ive got mike172sport to thank for the white needles

you might be able to sand off the orange off the back of the needles with some fine grade wet and dry(1200 grit)

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/jonathan.thomas4/pics/1107526382__4.jpgthese are where the leds are placed on the circuit board



[Edited by Dink on 4/2/2005 4:24:50 PM]

 

[riche]

no i wanna keep them orange and have the speedo and the rest of it blue

sort of like a vw dash!!

so jus leave the needles as they are should be ok for that???

 

[Dink]

hmmm well the same leds light up both the dial and te needles together.

so if you use blue leds and the orange of the needles you may get a sh*tty brown colour needles

 

[riche]

yeah true!!

i cant find the post where the guy done this!! im sure he had blue dials with orange/ red needles!! ill keep lookin

cheers bud! by the way im south wales aswell mate!!

 

[Hart]

hi just seen this, i take it u have to muck around unsolderin the old ones and re solderin the knew ones, sounds like a recipe for disaster, i wanna change mine aswell, all blue.

dan