Dash lights gone!

[vr6mike]

I was last weekend, but nah I live in Sydney

[shammy]

hi

Have been driving around with only the tacho side dashlights working so have been guessing my speed but now the right hand side dashlight is out aswell so i'm in the dark! are these things easy to replace or is it hard to get the dash out to change the globes?
Cheers,
mike

hey man try slaping the dash were the lights are off, it works most of the time. before you start stipping the dash !!!!!!!

[Johnny]

hey quick question...
does any1 know how hard it would be to change all lights to the colours of the mk4 dash?? Is it possible??? i think it looks way betta than...green.
!!

[Mrk_Mickey]

Whilst i do like my green, i too think it deserves a facelift for something newer..

[The_Hawk]

OK, so more pictures will explain this.

I will assume everyone can pull their cluster out and end up with this:


Turn it around:


This is where the TWO bulbs go for the lights on the speedo and tachometer:


You can carefully work the clips off and hinge the white part back:


Underneath you will find a green piece of plastic which diffuses and colours the white light of the globes:


Using a knife or a fien screw driver you can pull this off:


To re colour your cluster you can either replace this plastic bit with another plastic bit in the colour or your choice (Chellophane stuck to a heavier plastic?) Or you could use model paints on plastic (or the bulbs themselves)... well at least for red and orange since I know you can get "clear" coloured paint for painting tail lights in models

I have seen mods where people have drilled lots of holes across the white section and hot glued in a number of LED's (in the colour of your choice) then wired them all back to the two steel rails. Your only limted by your imagination!

Any more questions?

[Pullstarter]

Tamiya clear orange FTW!! I think you'd want to retain the plastic strip and re-colour it rather than rely on different bulb colours as the plastic strip diffuses the light as well as colours it.

[Johnny]

OK, so more pictures will explain this.

Using a knife or a fien screw driver you can pull this off:


To re colour your cluster you can either replace this plastic bit with another plastic bit in the colour or your choice (Chellophane stuck to a heavier plastic?) Or you could use model paints on plastic (or the bulbs themselves)... well at least for red and orange since I know you can get "clear" coloured paint for painting tail lights in models

Any more questions?

Have u got a measurement for this piece of green plastic? Also, do u know the setup for the mk 4 GTi lights? Im really liking my bruvs dash... makes mine look outdated!