LED's for stock speedo?

[NO_H2O]

Does anyone know of an LED swap for the stock VW speedo and VDO gauges. I love the look of my wife's new Jetta dash lighting. I have the stock Speedo, VDO 3 3/8 Tach, oil press, oil temp, volt, and 2 cyl. head temp gauges. Do the slip on diffuser bulb covers work well, or do they look cheezy?:rolleyes:

[Superman]

I have the green covers on my 1303 speedo bulbs, it looks okay.

[NO_H2O]

Have you seen the blue or red ones used? Did you buy yours localy?

[Superman]

Mine are the only ones I've ever seen in use. I got them way back in 1990 and had to mail order them. So long ago I don't remember where I got them.

[Vincent]

Do you have any pictures of yours?

[Superman]

No sorry I don't but to get a mental picture it's a little darker green than the watercooled VW's speedos.

[NO_H2O]

Well in my quest for Blue back lighting I colored the lamps in my speedo blue with a blue layout Sharpie. the color was cool but they aren't bright enough now. I don't know if I have the 2 watt or 5 watt lamps.

[Superman]

finger nail polish :D

[BeerRocket]

I Bought a set of gauges from Mooneyes the gauges are made by autometer and they came with little rubber covers I put the green ones on and it looks cool a little darker than without but not so much that you cant read it. Go to any auto parts store that sells good gauges and they should be able to get you some.

[Bullyboy]

Go to the local craft store and buy the glass paint. Lots of colors, normally used for the fake stained glass. Dip it and you're done.

[Jeza]

On my old 1500 I wanted the blue back light look instrument lighting, so I did just as Superman has suggested, painted the bulbs with blue fingernail polish ;)

I got this from a $2 shop, so the cost was nothing, and it looked good, I remember the bulbs being a bit dim, but this may also have been that I didn't turn the dimming action on the light on/off switch up either.

Cheers
Jeremy

[Superman]

Another option is transparent model car paint, such as from Testors.

[kra710]

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I found these a little while ago, never got around to installing some 914 gauges on the bus, but when i do

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Porsche-911-914-VW-Instrument-Panel-Led-Gauge-Kit-Blue_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ33711QQihZ003QQite mZ130053495920QQrdZ1QQsspagenameZWDVW (http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Porsche-911-914-VW-Instrument-Panel-Led-Gauge-Kit-Blue_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ33711QQihZ003QQite mZ130053495920QQrdZ1QQsspagenameZWDVW)

Does anyone know if the stock transporter gauges use the same bulbs as the 914's?

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[Bullyboy]

Does anyone know if the stock transporter gauges use the same bulbs as the 914's

Yup they all (VW's) have the same gauge light bulbs

[Steve C]

Hi

Years ago I bought some stuff from a speed shop called bulb dye, it was available in a few colours, but it did slightly dim the bulb output, not good when your getting on in years. Some paints may blacken with continued use.

Steve

[EvilAngel]

Well i got rid of the bulbs and instead placed some blue leds, and for the gauge needle i placed a red led above the speedo. ended up looking like this

http://img241.imageshack.us/img241/2444/velov21pe0.th.jpg (http://img241.imageshack.us/my.php?image=velov21pe0.jpg)

Pic is blurry since it was taken a while ago with an old cell phone, and it really doesn't reflect the look. if you like it i could take a better pic.

[wrenchnride247]

Looks good from here :agree: