Another question that come up a lot here and as I had to replace a couple of DUD LED's I thought a how to would be in order.

 

I had to go into Melbourne last week and came home in the dark, something I don't too often these days. Well the dash lights were so dim (even though I had upgraded to LED which was marginally better than the OEM) I could not read the speed.

I have had the LED strip lights for some time now, just haven't done anything with them until yesterday. I cut them into lengths to fit around the gauges and glued them in with contact cement. They are wired to the back of one of the globe carriers. WOW I can see the speedo now at night.

 

 

The LED's will dim but only to a point when they turn off.

I'll need to replace the dimmer pot now, I never used it because the dash lights were always too dim and I ran it full.

 

Warrjon
Did you put the strips only along the top, as shown in your photo, or along the bottom too (where you cannot see in the photo ?
Thanks
Greg

 

They are along the bottom under the speedo and tacho only.

 

where did you buy your led strip light ?

 

eBay...... I bought them years ago and put them behind the AC controls as my optical fibres had broken. I used the leftover ones in the instrument cluster. AC ones have been in there about 6-7 years now.

 

Good source for LEDs. This is in the facelift cars.

https://www.superbrightleds.com/cat/...ype,B8.5D,1,28

 

Very helpful, my dash lights went dead so I might do this but blue LED is bad for the eyes, red would cause less strain.

 

After living with the blue now for a couple of years I don't like them. Luckily I very rarely drive at night these days.