Changing Instrumentation light colour on NB30P3

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Changing Instrumentation light colour on NB30P3

Postby Regie » Tue Nov 11, 2008 10:01 am

sliq wrote:regie have you got any photos of what your dash now looks like?


ill grab some when its darker
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Changing Instrumentation light colour on NB30P3

Postby Regie » Wed Nov 12, 2008 1:22 pm

crzymx wrote:Oh yeah ive been emailing the guy who sells, we came to a conclusion if they didnt work i could send em back. I dont doubt that they dont work, but i think its the green gel on the back of the dials that stops the blue from coming through. Anyone used these l.e.d's on an 8A?? If so how did you find the brightness with the green gel? Any sanding required.. *hint hint tutorial*



have u ordered yours yet? im thinking of going white. i think it would look cool with white numbers and the standard red needles.. so ill be offloading my blue ones soon :)
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Changing Instrumentation light colour on NB30P3

Postby crzymx » Wed Nov 12, 2008 2:32 pm

yeah i have unfortunately. Should have told me earlier :P

Its ok, when i get them ill see how they look. If no good ill give you a bell ;)

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Changing Instrumentation light colour on NB30P3

Postby crzymx » Tue Nov 25, 2008 9:44 pm

Well here is the outcome of my purchase on ebay.

These are the 6 led wedge bulbs and they completely surprised me!

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Re: Changing Instrumentation light colour on NB30P3

Postby crzymx » Wed Aug 04, 2010 12:16 am

No, read back a bit and you should see the bit about what globes i used. After testing a few different globes i found the only significant effect was if you use multi-directional led globes that you can find on ebay. You will find that changing the sleeves gives you little colour change, and using blue flood globes leaves dull spots.
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Re: Changing Instrumentation light colour on NB30P3

Postby Shambler » Thu Oct 14, 2010 7:17 pm

Just did this to mine, seems to be a little dim... mostly around the oil and fuel gauges. Kinda annoying, but I can't fiddle with it till tomorrow. Are 4 bulbs enough to make it light up the whole panel?


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