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Old 25-07-2005, 08:48 PM   #31
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hey champ, yeah im definently interested in the blue lights, ill pm u on thursday to confirm whether or not ill be getting them, thanks for posting this mate
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Old 25-07-2005, 09:39 PM   #32
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I've been wanting to do the blue LED's to my EF for a while but haven't got around to it. I also did it to my EA with red LED's and wasn't too keen on going through and soldering resistors and trying to get it all placed right again. After seeing that pic I really wanna get this done now, nice job.

I'll wait and see with how you go with the A/C panel and let you know when I want a set.
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Old 25-07-2005, 09:41 PM   #33
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Here is a shot of my blue dash (with red odometer) Excuse the poor pic quality, my camera doens't like the dark very well, when using the flash you couldn't see the blue at all :(

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Old 26-07-2005, 07:18 PM   #34
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i assume the colors match better?

camera's dont seem to like blue and red light travels further in the dark
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Old 26-07-2005, 08:58 PM   #35
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is it just the pic or dont you have lighting on 0-100?
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Old 27-07-2005, 10:32 PM   #36
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Has anyone got a picture of Red on a EB/ED Std Cluster?
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Old 16-08-2005, 03:26 PM   #37
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Ordered my LED's in blue, got them literally the next day. Thanks mate!

As far as difficulty - 2/10. Its a direct swap, globes for led's. The only extra thing I did was scraped the orange backing off the needles to give it a frosted look. The dash came up looking amazingly good.
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Old 16-08-2005, 03:33 PM   #38
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i pulled my dash apart not long ago and thought bout doing the same thing
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Old 16-08-2005, 03:34 PM   #39
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No worries mate! Glad to hear you're happy with them.
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Old 16-08-2005, 03:36 PM   #40
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i mite do it to my eb2 one day
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Old 16-08-2005, 04:07 PM   #41
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I got mine delivered on Friday (Thanks Daniel) so maybe this weekend I'll change them over and see how they look.
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Sorry yours took a while Sagerian, there was a bit of a delay out of the supplier.
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No worries mate, I had more pressing things needing done on the car last weekend anyway.
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BTW Dan, I did actually order red, and I got blue... might be something to keep an eye on; its all good though, I love the blue. I might have to grab a white set off you at some stage too.
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Old 16-08-2005, 09:54 PM   #45
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i have done my dash with the green bulb covers, it looks almost like the LED look. cant really tell the difference.
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Old 16-08-2005, 10:49 PM   #46
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BTW Dan, I did actually order red, and I got blue... might be something to keep an eye on; its all good though, I love the blue. I might have to grab a white set off you at some stage too.
Sorry mate!!! I'm more than happy to swap them over. It's no hassles at all. Let me know if you want to. Sorry!
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Old 17-08-2005, 01:51 AM   #47
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Pully, can you take a pic of your dash so I can check it out ?

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Pully, can you take a pic of your dash so I can check it out ?
I would if I could get a decent pic mate. Its bloody hard. Still, I'll give it another crack tonight for ya.

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Sorry mate!!! I'm more than happy to swap them over. It's no hassles at all. Let me know if you want to. Sorry!
All good mate, don't apologise! I'm happy with the blue
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I finally got around to installing these on the weekend. I had to actually bend the pins around the other way (I assume I'm not the only one who had to do that for it to work).

Is it normal that now all the other dashlights have gone dim to the point that I can't see them? For eample the econ light, odometer, etc. I can't see them. :(

The blue looks really nice though.
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Is it normal that now all the other dashlights have gone dim to the point that I can't see them? For eample the econ light, odometer, etc. I can't see them. :(
Thats not normal... Is your dimming function working correctly?
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Has anyone tried the LED's to light up the Odometer part?
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I finally got around to installing these on the weekend. I had to actually bend the pins around the other way (I assume I'm not the only one who had to do that for it to work).

Is it normal that now all the other dashlights have gone dim to the point that I can't see them? For eample the econ light, odometer, etc. I can't see them. :(

The blue looks really nice though.
You probably changed some of the warning light globes instead of the instrument lighting. Is your's an EF or an EL??

Sometimes if they are too long, the extend past the plastic reflector that carries the light to the guage. Try pulling the LED out and shortening it a bit as I described in the PM and see if that helps.

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Thats not normal... Is your dimming function working correctly?
Yup, dimmer function works fine.

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You probably changed some of the warning light globes instead of the instrument lighting. Is your's an EF or an EL??

Sometimes if they are too long, the extend past the plastic reflector that carries the light to the guage. Try pulling the LED out and shortening it a bit as I described in the PM and see if that helps.

If you have any more issues, don't hesitate to contact me!
EF, high range cluster if that makes a difference. I think I did change the correct ones considering the only thing that lights up is the instrument lights. I changed two at the top, two on the side and two down the bottom. All white surrounds. As far as I can tell, the warning lights all have a blue surrounds, and I didn't touch those, just the 6 I'm supposed to.

The instrument cluster does look nice but I can't go without my warning lights (blinker and high beam indicators still work). I'll pull it all apart this weekend and see what's up.
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Old 06-09-2005, 10:07 AM   #54
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Its possible youve cooked some bulbs - they're every easy to kill! I kille 1 or 2 even just putting a new one in - I have no idea how or why, but they just died.
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It's deffinately strange, the intrument lighting shouldn't affect the warning lights at all. Mine is only a low series cluster, but everything else works fine.
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Ok, so it wouldn't be overloading the rest of the lights or anything like that? It seems to be on some sort of shared powerboard. When I get time I'll put the originals back in and see if the other lights work again. If not, I guess they are cooked. If they do work though, that's just odd.

If they are dead that's probably good news as I have 6 spare sitting around at the moment. ;)

Er, ok so the indicator and high beam lights work, smartlock and handbrake lights work. Also the light that comes on when you switch the engine off but still have lights on works, so perhaps it's just econ and odometer that have blown (wouldn't have a clue if the warning lights worked or not)
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Old 19-08-2021, 08:35 PM   #57
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hey guys, i have an el gli and recently changed the 7 dash globes in the cluster to white led, i have made sure they are facing the right direction in the holders and tested them numerous times but once i plug it all in they don't seem to work, any suggestions why?
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Have you checked the dimmer on the headlight switch is turned up first?
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