want to change the colour of the light

**dullbird** · 29th June 2006, 09:53 PM

hey guys

i want to change the colour of the light that lights up the speedo etc in my dash (discovery 96 MY)

you know the one that is the awful green colour........

i would like to make it blue so it matches my stereo.......

i'm assuming that all it is in there is a green filter over a white bulb haven't actually puled the dash off so don't know if i'm wrong please correct me.

so if it is a filter any one know where i might be able to get one!! in blue..

also just so people know i have looked into getting a dash kit.......if you buy from karcraft the kit costs $1250

if you buy from the uk it is £99 for a FULL kit and if you buy from the states i think you can get them for as little as $65 u.s

you might not be interested, but neither would i have been if i thought that all the kits cost $1250 <<< bloody rip offf

ok thanks for any help that might be given

dullbird

**DEFENDERZOOK** · 29th June 2006, 10:34 PM

whats a dash kit.....?

if its simply little condoms over the globes....jaycar should have them......
otherwise.....coloured LEDs may be fitted to do the job you want.....and these wont burn out......

**CraigE** · 29th June 2006, 11:51 PM

I had mine out the other day to replace the globes as they had blown. No green cover over the globes in the Speedo as there are on most VDO gauges. Have not checked the rest but assume these should have the covers as they are standard VDO gauges. If the speedo is a coloured diffuser the back of the speedo would have to come off I think to access it, but I could not see anything. You may find that the speedo card itself may be coloured.

**stevo** · 30th June 2006, 06:29 AM

I have used L.E.d's of different colours in gauges and the good thing about this is they don't blow good for those hard to change ones.

**dullbird** · 1st July 2006, 05:10 PM

in regards to zooks what's a dash kit

it basically means a kit that you can stick on over your excisting dash and heater controls to change the look

i.e my'n is just black at the moment and to cover it you can get wood or simulated carbon, brushed aluminium that sort of thing

**DEFENDERZOOK** · 1st July 2006, 05:24 PM

Originally Posted by dullbird

in regards to zooks what's a dash kit

it basically means a kit that you can stick on over your excisting dash and heater controls to change the look

i.e my'n is just black at the moment and to cover it you can get wood or simulated carbon, brushed aluminium that sort of thing

gotcha......thanks

**Pedro_The_Swift** · 1st July 2006, 07:53 PM

try and keep up Zook---

**DEFENDERZOOK** · 1st July 2006, 08:05 PM

Originally Posted by Pedro_The_Swift

try and keep up Zook---

sorry....i was just being a silly diesel owner......

**Pedro_The_Swift** · 1st July 2006, 08:09 PM

Originally Posted by DEFENDERZOOK

sorry....i was just being a silly diesel owner......

**rick130** · 2nd July 2006, 11:20 AM

Paul/Defender200Tdi bought a blue LED harness/kit for the instrument cluster from the UK a year or two back. Page or PM him for details.

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