FTO dash backlighing mod

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FTO dash backlighing mod

Postby Sebastian » Tue Jul 24, 2007 11:54 pm

a bit of more free time lately made me apply some DIY on the FTO

so LED's on my clock's :

by day :
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by night :
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*what you need :
4 of these (maplin,halfords,motor-factors) + soldering iron
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*how to :
easy - take out the dash console - remove the light bulbs and sold the LED's insted of them.You might need to adjust a bit the LED beam .

The AIR Cond unit is next .then i'll try something at the DIALS
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Postby miss-enzo » Wed Jul 25, 2007 2:38 pm

wicked one of the polish lads i work with is gettin me the stuff in poland this week to do my own ones! im gon for a light blue/bright white colour
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Postby DirtyLopez » Wed Jul 25, 2007 8:02 pm

Seb, could you take a pic of the original bulbs? I found some in the net but dont know if they fit. I know i can do the job just with leds but wanted to check
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Postby Muad_dib77 » Thu Jul 26, 2007 10:48 am

*Split*
remainder moved to "Different Dials"
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Postby Sebastian » Fri Jul 27, 2007 10:36 am

DirtyLopez wrote:Seb, could you take a pic of the original bulbs?

there you go :

2 small ones for the watch
the big one is for the voltmeter

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the last pic (the very small bulb) is the one that you find in your hazard button & in your mirror swich button
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Postby DirtyLopez » Fri Jul 27, 2007 11:39 am

Thanks Sebo :smt023
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