speedo led upgrade

[adamcain1990]

is it possible to change the green bulbs on the speedo heater controls etc as im not keen on them

[Gambit]

Yes I've done this myself. Heater was super easy straight swap the speedo if you want another colour takes a bit more work though.

 

 

[adamcain1990]

whats involved with the speedo

[Gambit]

Taking the clear plastic front off not big job that, and using nail varnish remover and cotton buds to remove the green film from behind the dials. Not a massive job but a ball ache takes time :(

[ChrisD]

I also want to know about this !

so for the heater what do you do? 

and for the speedo do i just need to take of the film and put a new colour film on?

[ChrisD]

I like mine at night because i have pipped my surround so it reflects all the lights around it :) 

I think blue always looks good but it wouldnt match anything, yellow (gold) would match best but looks a bit odd, red may be best.

 

 

[adamcain1990]

so is the clear flim go back on after and is the film behind the speedo itself

[Gambit]

Hang on I have a speedo here I'll take some pictures. I meant the clear plastic front that stops you touching the needles :) 

[Gambit]

Remove the front about 12 clips be careful not to snap the clips easy to do. More when fitting it back on. 

 

then you have to remove the inner black section, again done with clips like the clear section.

 

then last part to remove the inner base I'll call it :)

 

 

Should now look like this 

 

So now I used cotton buds for cleaning your ears but you might find something else works better. But in the picture it's already been removed but it will look a black and green colour and under that is a green filter stuff. Both the black and the green filter is removed with the ear buds and nail varnish remover. But once removed should look like below. you will need to do that too all the sections of the speedometer. you can slightly see where I haven't removed all the green filter.

 

 

 

Then you can put it all back together again and remove the old bulbs to replace with the new colour bulbs you have chosen. End result should be.

 

[Mystery_Machine]

fairly easy job as stated, i found the hard part finding the correct bulbs :) Just be careful with the needles (do not remove them) or if you want there are plasma dials that fit over the original dials about £50...

 

 

 

 

[supersai101]

Nice write up, what size bulbs is required for the Speedo and climate control dials?

[Gambit]

I bought them as a set mate. Thinl it was a site called something like carmods.co.uk

[AndyXV]

the Heater ones how easy we talking?

[Mystery_Machine]

Piece of cake mate, takes about 5 minutes to do the heater ones...

Sent from my iphone using alien technology...

[AndyXV]

might give it a whirl one weekend, don't think id be confident enough mess with the speedo though

[Gambit]

Yeah heater is so easy it's silly :)

[ChrisD]

Love the purple red line .... or Purple line. 

 

I'm still toying with the idea of this. still unsure on what color to go for.