Thread: Dash Light Dimmer Controls

Originally Posted by Bohica

LIGHTING 86.65.37

Part number AMR2745


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Another look at this. This is a left hand drive model, USA or Europe.

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Here is the dimmer. Also a simple way to connect the centre diff lock.


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Originally Posted by maxperformance

Your dash lights come together with parking lights around the cars (2 on front headlight, 2 on the bull bar if you have a bull bar, 2 on rear tailight which in fact they come as what people call Taillight and will stay together with the brake light in one single bulb with dual filaments, and 2 for the number plate light), which actually needs you to turn on the left tab on the steering wheel, one step before you go two steps for the main headlight.


In my experience, the most effective way to adjust the light on your dash, or whatever light you want to show off, would be changing your dash light bulbs to LED, then you install one of 12V dimmer switch right on the power wire before it goes to the dash light. This means you can simply adjust the power going into the dash light system. And because LED will response very sensitive with low power, you will see them a lot dimmer or brighter on your turn of switch.

I do believe that the original halogen dash light would response quite well to the dimmer switch as well.

Something like this would work.

E67B 12V 8A LED Strip Light Switch Dimmer Brightness Lighting Controller Tool 691006106393 | eBay

(Please correct me if I am wrong).

You're kind of correct.

Right in that a PWM controller as linked is needed to "dim" LED - led don't actually dim, they are pulsed to produce less light - less on, more off time appears dimmer.

There seems to be lots on USA ebay for about $40 or so.
I wonder if the wiring is there to plug into?
Regards PhilipA

Originally Posted by Tombie

You're kind of correct.

Right in that a PWM controller as linked is needed to "dim" LED - led don't actually dim, they are pulsed to produce less light - less on, more off time appears dimmer.

Maybe for some LEDs, but the generic LED bulbs that fit into D1 and D2 dash lighting work fine with the AMR resistor thingie(as I fitted).

I was worried that it may not work, with the PWM/LED dimmer theory in mind, but it worked fine for me.

Originally Posted by PhilipA

There seems to be lots on USA ebay for about $40 or so.
I wonder if the wiring is there to plug into?
Regards PhilipA

In the early part of this thread ie back to about #17, Sierafery outlines the answers

In the early part of this thread ie back to about #17, Sierafery outlines the answers

I was hoping more for a 3pin socket to plug the 3 pin plug into.

Seeing LR leaves redundant wires all over the place, some of which wear through the fuel manifold, the least they could do is leave a 3 pin socket in place for the dimmer.
Regards PhilipA

Originally Posted by PhilipA

I was hoping more for a 3pin socket to plug the 3 pin plug into.

Seeing LR leaves redundant wires all over the place, some of which wear through the fuel manifold, the least they could do is leave a 3 pin socket in place for the dimmer.
Regards PhilipA

You might find it hidden there between wires if you search for it