blue led dash lights

[chrispie123]

hi i just installed blue led dash lights now im having trouble seeing the needles any suggestions

[bodes-sh]

put a couple of clear globes back in, also do a search this has been covered before

[chrispie123]

couldnt find anything in search which ones would you put back in

[FGII-XR6]

blue globes are no good for the AU you need a blue backing on the facia trimed to couve only the gague backs and not the indicator lights looks awesome

[bodes-sh]

http://fordforums.com.au/showthread....highlight=dash
this should help a bit

[chrispie123]

where do i get one of these facias trimmed to suit a forte dash

[Riksta]

ebay have heaps, just do a search for "AU falcon dash" or something. Usually you can get them in whatever colour tickles your fancy from memory.

[FGII-XR6]

Originally Posted by Riksta

ebay have heaps, just do a search for "AU falcon dash" or something. Usually you can get them in whatever colour tickles your fancy from memory.

i was not talking about the coloured facias on ebay these will not give you blue illumination I used the blue plastic sheeting they use to colour stage lights you trim it so it only covers the gauge areas and put it on the back of the facia

[bodes-sh]

^^in simple terms, cellophane

[JC]

Replace the middle blue LED with a red one and she'll be apples. your lights then go blue/purple/red/purple/blue, and you get to see your needles.

If it's an AU1, IIRC the red/orange strip on the back of the needle can be scraped off so it's clear, and then you can see it easily with the blue lights.

[aye you]

picsorban

[Bucknaked]

I had this done to my cluster. But In the end I decided to buy a silver fascia and replace the blue one, buy factory bulbs again to take advantage of the dimmer function which I lost when going to the blue LED's. It was a bit more work and extra cost, but I think I prefer to have it all original and the needles displaying correctly. I found at night it was too hard to see those needles. Maybe the easy fix would have been red LED's over the needles, but I just reverted back.

[JC]

Originally Posted by aye you

picsorban

search or ban. pics of this have been posted plenty of times.

[ST]

Originally Posted by au3xr6

i was not talking about the coloured facias on ebay these will not give you blue illumination I used the blue plastic sheeting they use to colour stage lights you trim it so it only covers the gauge areas and put it on the back of the facia

Got pictures? How did you stick it on without it having the glue looking messy and such?

[FGII-XR6]

Originally Posted by bodes-sh

^^in simple terms, cellophane

not quite you get far better results from lighting gels used for stage lighting they are only a couple of dollars and give far better colour

[FGII-XR6]

Originally Posted by JC

Replace the middle blue LED with a red one and she'll be apples. your lights then go blue/purple/red/purple/blue, and you get to see your needles.

If it's an AU1, IIRC the red/orange strip on the back of the needle can be scraped off so it's clear, and then you can see it easily with the blue lights.

this won't work with the outer needles

[ST]

Originally Posted by au3xr6

not quite you get far better results from lighting gels used for stage lighting they are only a couple of dollars and give far better colour

Lighting gels? Care to enlighten me?

[chrispie123]

ok i just put one globe in on the side of speddo that is most important and upon driving tonight the dash cluster is at least functional and still blue just a duller blue in half the speddo will replace with red once one comes in stock

[wazza69]

Originally Posted by RTSW

Lighting gels? Care to enlighten me?

http://www.leefilters.com/home.asp

can buy them online at:

http://www.cannononline.com.au/catalogue/c14/c92/c266

they're good guys.

[JC]

Originally Posted by au3xr6

this won't work with the outer needles

Is that right? I beg to differ - I can see all my needles fine, and just run the one red globe.