Dash Red Led's But Green Filter

[zorgman]

just read all 32 pages and searched but some one on here once changed the dash to blue leds im wanting red but no details. isnt there a green filter plastic for lights in on clocks. anyone done this mod if so can the green be took off as red will filter out thru the green. dont want to pull clocks to bits to find out so anyone got a mk1 clock set to have a look at tell me where the green stuff is ie on the clock rear or paint please.

[MadBaz]

I changed my mk1 to blue using leds in place of the bulbs, it looked okay, the bulbs sent the light via a clear perspex backplate. I honestly can't remember how the green was put on but it looked a bitch to remove, iirc it was on the back of the clock dials, to remove it would involve complete disassembly, and it was a bitch to get the needles back into the correct position, I had to do that 'live' Edited February 25, 2012 by MadBaz

[zorgman]

what does it look like with the blue thru the green, yes the green is on the back of clock, why you take the needles off for outa interest please

[MadBaz]

what does it look like with the blue thru the green, yes the green is on the back of clock, why you take the needles off for outa interest please

 

It was okay but not stunning, the problem was getting enough light through and getting it even, i used 12v 5mm clear super bright leds, I'm struggling to remember but I think the dial was stuck to the front of the perspex, withthe dial motor screwed to the back of the perspex, to remove dials from the perspex the needles had to come off. Then it was a case of positioning the leds on the perspex and a bit of sanding to get enough refraction/diffusion to get the light in the right place, as I said a right pita, I even sanded the LEDs lightly to diffuse them. I guess others on here did it differently. The switches, door led and digi clock were really easy in comparison. I even got to the point where I was seriously thinking about having some dials made up in vinyl. For the lcd display I got a decent result by making a light tube, I stuck a 5mm led at either end of lightly sanded fishtank air pipe, without it the light was very uneven.

 

The clock had just a loose thin plastic green filter, I replaced that with 100gsm white paper and stuck the led where the bulb went.

 

The door Led was easy, remove the existing led and housing, drill the panel mount out to fit the 5mm panel mount. I was well pleased with the result and the strobing blue light was easy to see from a distance, handy if your not sure if you'd locked the carhttp://www.fordgalaxy.org.uk/ford/public/style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif

Edited February 26, 2012 by MadBaz

[zorgman]

hmm, well ill not be doing this mod then far too much slaver on just for a different colour. thanks for info saved me a lot of time