Topic: Omega LED Dash (Read 5176 times)

Elite Pete · « **on:** 13 October 2006, 19:35:16 »

Sorry about the quality of the pic

Bo Bo · « **Reply #1 on:** 13 October 2006, 20:03:35 »

Maybe get to see it in the flesh tomorrow (so to speak), although depending on the amount of [smiley=beer.gif] it might look like that anyway!

matt_mph · « **Reply #2 on:** 13 October 2006, 20:33:07 »

That looks ace 8-)

Elite Pete · « **Reply #3 on:** 13 October 2006, 22:57:37 »

I will try and get some better pictures when I get back on Sunday

jonny2112 · « **Reply #4 on:** 14 October 2006, 18:44:25 »

It looks really well Pete. I've seen the blue units on fleabay - nice to see them in a motor. Top job [smiley=thumbsup.gif]

STMO123 · « **Reply #5 on:** 14 October 2006, 19:06:28 »

Wonder what the MID would look like in blue?

matt_mph · « **Reply #6 on:** 15 October 2006, 10:26:23 »

did you do them yourseld or did u order them?

Elite Pete · « **Reply #7 on:** 15 October 2006, 18:07:05 »

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Wonder what the MID would look like in blue?

I changed from blue to red hoping you could see it better in daylight but its only made a slight difference

Elite Pete · « **Reply #8 on:** 15 October 2006, 18:08:48 »

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did you do them yourseld or did u order them?

I got most of them off Ebay. The blue one are rubbish but I got the red off a different bloke and they are much better. I will find there Email addresses if anyones interested

Del Boy · « **Reply #9 on:** 15 October 2006, 18:14:51 »

Nice lookin pete

Jim · « **Reply #10 on:** 15 October 2006, 19:06:15 »

Looks Good Mate 8-)

Elite Pete · « **Reply #11 on:** 15 October 2006, 21:58:45 »

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Nice lookin pete

arrr cheers mate

oh the dash

Marks DTM Calib · « **Reply #12 on:** 16 October 2006, 09:32:33 »

So, has anybody spotted the obvious problem with LEDs and the climate panel.......

...they don't light the switches as the light from a LED is emitted at a 30-40Deg angel (and thats a good one!) and the switches require the light to be emitted from the side (i.e. a filament) into a light pipe.

supermop · « **Reply #13 on:** 16 October 2006, 11:08:45 »

I really like the look they give, specially in that colour. Only problem is they're too bright. If you'd known about that would happen, I guess you could have soldered resistors to each LED before fitting them! Not that you could have forseen these things.

bob.dent · « **Reply #14 on:** 16 October 2006, 11:15:59 »

Yep, saw them in the flesh at Santa Pod - very cool 8-)

Marks DTM Calib · « **Reply #15 on:** 16 October 2006, 12:22:14 »

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I really like the look they give, specially in that colour. Only problem is they're too bright. If you'd known about that would happen, I guess you could have soldered resistors to each LED before fitting them! Not that you could have forseen these things.

If they didn't have resistors they would have gone pop ages ago.....Blue LED's have a forward voltage of 3V and current of about 20-30mA.....Reds are about 1.8V with 20mA forward current....at 12V both types would have many amps passing through them for a VERY short period of time.

I am surprised that the light dimmer function on the headlight switch does nothing to the brightness of them

supermop · « **Reply #16 on:** 16 October 2006, 13:43:09 »

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I really like the look they give, specially in that colour. Only problem is they're too bright. If you'd known about that would happen, I guess you could have soldered resistors to each LED before fitting them! Not that you could have forseen these things.

If they didn't have resistors they would have gone pop ages ago.....Blue LED's have a forward voltage of 3V and current of about 20-30mA.....Reds are about 1.8V with 20mA forward current....at 12V both types would have many amps passing through them for a VERY short period of time.

I am surprised that the light dimmer function on the headlight switch does nothing to the brightness of them

Use bigger resistors then!

Bo Bo · « **Reply #17 on:** 16 October 2006, 15:05:30 »

They do look good, having now seen them, although the light switch panel is a bit too bright.

TheBoy · « **Reply #18 on:** 16 October 2006, 15:41:37 »

Personally, I dislike anything with blue LEDs.

However, these didn't look too bad at all, though blindingly bright at night

Elite Pete · « **Reply #19 on:** 16 October 2006, 19:07:58 »

Thanks fellas

The dimmer switch does dim the LEDs just not enough or the light switch which is the brightest one

Jimbob · « **Reply #20 on:** 18 October 2006, 15:13:09 »

Could you not wire in a bigger dimmer switch, should be room to hide it somewhere, they tend to be set and forget (until you nudge em anyway)

Jim · « **Reply #21 on:** 18 October 2006, 18:12:42 »

Hello, I have a quick question, I fitted blue led's to my mid display and climate control but during the day I couldn't see anything on the display so my question is can you see your digital display's during the day.
Cheers Jim

Elite Pete · « **Reply #22 on:** 19 October 2006, 22:24:44 »

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Hello, I have a quick question, I fitted blue led's to my mid display and climate control but during the day I couldn't see anything on the display so my question is can you see your digital display's during the day.
Cheers Jim

There's not much difference between the blue or red Jim both difficult to see in daylight

nixoro · « **Reply #23 on:** 20 October 2006, 13:03:17 »

Looks smart Elite Pete its a shame though they are not all that during daylight

Jim · « **Reply #24 on:** 21 October 2006, 01:34:12 »

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Hello, I have a quick question, I fitted blue led's to my mid display and climate control but during the day I couldn't see anything on the display so my question is can you see your digital display's during the day.
Cheers Jim
There's not much difference between the blue or red Jim both difficult to see in daylight

Cheers Mate 8-)

zealious · « **Reply #25 on:** 21 October 2006, 08:23:06 »

looks cool pete.

I wouldnt enjoy driving with those blairing into my eyeballs though...

Its bad enought that they have those ultra bright led tail lights and HID headlights all over the road to blind your ass when your driving at night.

I acutaly turn the indash lights all the way down most of the time... it lets me focus on the road more.

The Barge Captain · « **Reply #26 on:** 30 October 2006, 14:32:58 »

I tend to have my dash lighting down a bit from max as it makes the bulbs last longer

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