Changing Instrumentation light colour on NB30P3

RG.net · Postby **RG.net** » Thu Jul 24, 2008 11:01 pm

Okibi wrote:Looks good, glad someone else confirmed there's a green gel on the dials.

the needles are a bit of a pain to realign, how are the mazdaspeed gauges? did they have a gel behind them?

Postby **Okibi** » Thu Jul 24, 2008 11:41 pm

Nope they're perfect. :mrgreen:

tuned_to_fly · Postby **tuned_to_fly** » Wed Aug 27, 2008 11:34 am

I'm ordering my bulbs today hopefully...

So its T10 for the main gauges.
T5 for the trip meter.
And anyone know what the HVAC Unit globes are?

MXcrazy · Postby **MXcrazy** » Mon Oct 27, 2008 10:40 pm

There's an LED dash kit on ebay by ZPE for $20, which is pretty good value. It consists of 4 T10 wide-angle wedge bulbs, and a t5 bulb for the speedo/trip display..

ma64rk · Postby **ma64rk** » Fri Oct 31, 2008 11:42 am

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Regie · Postby **Regie** » Tue Nov 04, 2008 8:19 pm

mx5boi wrote:

I am happy

Hey MX5boi... how did you make the background blue while still having the needles red.. this looks great. i have some blue LEDs on their way.

Cheers mate

crzymx · Postby **crzymx** » Fri Nov 07, 2008 10:40 pm

I am so frustrated right now, i have used 2 different types of led's, including a flood and cluster, i have bought condoms to use on the lights, and nothing has come up bright. Only one figure will light up and the rest will be dim apart from the needles which do illuminate. I dont know hwo other people have had success using the same cluster type led's as me!. Anyone got any ideas?

Hammer · Postby **Hammer** » Fri Nov 07, 2008 10:50 pm

crzymx wrote:I am so frustrated right now, i have used 2 different types of led's, including a flood and cluster, i have bought condoms to use on the lights, and nothing has come up bright. Only one figure will light up and the rest will be dim apart from the needles which do illuminate. I dont know hwo other people have had success using the same cluster type led's as me!. Anyone got any ideas?

Check out Page 3 of this thread as it shows the bulbs that most of the guys here have bought from eBay that was bright enough the illuminate the dash properly.

As this thread also suggested, using condoms does not work. It just dulls the light.

Also check this other thread within this forum of someone using a different LED bulb (also purchased from eBay) that someone has recently used that also did the trick.

crzymx · Postby **crzymx** » Fri Nov 07, 2008 10:58 pm

Yeah i saw those. Im a few steps away from buying those refractor LED's from ebay. However im just scared that they will not work as i have already had powerfull led's and they didnt work, let alone produce hotspots, something im not worried about. Im saying this because another forumite had purchased similar globes to me (cluster of 3 led's, i bought a cluster of 4) and he produced outstanding results (refer to mxhevn's picture) where as i had an led with more power and my dash was dim. So for some reason im doubting its the led...

crzymx · Postby **crzymx** » Sat Nov 08, 2008 11:51 pm

To be completely honest i think you got ripped off. You could have done it yourself in under ten minutes and just payed for the bulbs. All you need to do is pull the little cover off the top of the steering column. Then pull forward on the part of the dash that surrounds the instrument cluster. It pops off with a bit of coaxing and then your left with the cluster to unscrew and replace the blown bulbs. Easy!

Regie · Postby **Regie** » Sun Nov 09, 2008 3:55 pm

yep i just replaced my globes with LEDs and it took under 5 mins...cheers for the guide a few pages back

happy days

crzymx · Postby **crzymx** » Sun Nov 09, 2008 7:14 pm

Regie wrote:yep i just replaced my globes with LEDs and it took under 5 mins...cheers for the guide a few pages back happy days

What led's did you use? And what result did you get.

Also what model 5 do you have?

Regie · Postby **Regie** » Mon Nov 10, 2008 9:35 am

crzymx wrote:
Regie wrote:yep i just replaced my globes with LEDs and it took under 5 mins...cheers for the guide a few pages back happy days

What led's did you use? And what result did you get.

Also what model 5 do you have?

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll ... 0305472919

they are the ones i got. the result was quite good im happy with it.. no light/dark spots anywhere.
BTW i have a NB8B

crzymx · Postby **crzymx** » Mon Nov 10, 2008 2:07 pm

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*