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July 10th 2003, 19:58
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LED's for stock speedo?
Does anyone know of an LED swap for the stock VW speedo and VDO gauges. I love the look of my wife's new Jetta dash lighting. I have the stock Speedo, VDO 3 3/8 Tach, oil press, oil temp, volt, and 2 cyl. head temp gauges. Do the slip on diffuser bulb covers work well, or do they look cheezy?
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July 11th 2003, 00:27
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I have the green covers on my 1303 speedo bulbs, it looks okay.
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July 11th 2003, 12:46
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Have you seen the blue or red ones used? Did you buy yours localy?
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July 11th 2003, 16:02
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Mine are the only ones I've ever seen in use. I got them way back in 1990 and had to mail order them. So long ago I don't remember where I got them.
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July 11th 2003, 16:32
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Do you have any pictures of yours?
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July 11th 2003, 19:21
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No sorry I don't but to get a mental picture it's a little darker green than the watercooled VW's speedos.
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July 17th 2003, 19:29
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Well in my quest for Blue back lighting I colored the lamps in my speedo blue with a blue layout Sharpie. the color was cool but they aren't bright enough now. I don't know if I have the 2 watt or 5 watt lamps.
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July 17th 2003, 20:30
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finger nail polish
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July 17th 2003, 21:32
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I Bought a set of gauges from Mooneyes the gauges are made by autometer and they came with little rubber covers I put the green ones on and it looks cool a little darker than without but not so much that you cant read it. Go to any auto parts store that sells good gauges and they should be able to get you some.
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July 20th 2003, 04:10
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On my old 1500 I wanted the blue back light look instrument lighting, so I did just as Superman has suggested, painted the bulbs with blue fingernail polish
 I got this from a $2 shop, so the cost was nothing, and it looked good, I remember the bulbs being a bit dim, but this may also have been that I didn't turn the dimming action on the light on/off switch up either. Cheers Jeremy
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July 20th 2003, 06:00
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Another option is transparent model car paint, such as from Testors.
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December 4th 2006, 12:21
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these
I found these a little while ago, never got around to installing some 914 gauges on the bus, but when i do http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Porsc...spagenameZWDVW Does anyone know if the stock transporter gauges use the same bulbs as the 914's? http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Porsc...spagenameZWDVW
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December 4th 2006, 19:22
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Hi
Years ago I bought some stuff from a speed shop called bulb dye, it was available in a few colours, but it did slightly dim the bulb output, not good when your getting on in years. Some paints may blacken with continued use. Steve
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STI powered 1303 in the works.
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