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Changing Dashboard lights to blue
« on: 12 May 2010, 20:38:47 »
Has anyone done this? Was it easy? Never been a fan of orange really. 8-)
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Re: Changing Dashboard lights to blue
« Reply #1 on: 12 May 2010, 20:48:41 »
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Has anyone done this? Was it easy? Never been a fan of orange really. 8-)

I'm sure The Boy will be able to advise  ::)  ::)  ::)  ::)
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Re: Changing Dashboard lights to blue
« Reply #2 on: 12 May 2010, 20:50:36 »
Easily done but use bulbs not LED's. Still gay though ;D ;D
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Re: Changing Dashboard lights to blue
« Reply #3 on: 12 May 2010, 20:52:40 »
Why not LED's? Just out of interest.
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Re: Changing Dashboard lights to blue
« Reply #4 on: 12 May 2010, 21:10:21 »
Omega was designed for bulbs.  It makes etensive use of lightguides to illuminate the dash and climate panels.  As the lightguides were made for use with bulbs, they cannot deal with the very narrow output angle of LEDs, particularly blue and white 'ultrabrite' types.

The end result is a 'blotchy' backlighting, MIDs you cannot read during the day, and if you use ultrabrites (which all blue are) on switches, they burn your retinas out, and distract like crazy.




As for a desire to have blue LEDs everywhere, I'm saying nothing  :-X. Zilch  :-X.  Anyone even beginning to provoke me into a response, its entrapment, and therefore doesn't count.....
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Re: Changing Dashboard lights to blue
« Reply #5 on: 12 May 2010, 21:13:35 »
Ha! No NO! Dont worry i don't want led's everywhere, but just like the idea of having blue interior dash instead of orange, like my old golf used to be. :y
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Re: Changing Dashboard lights to blue
« Reply #6 on: 12 May 2010, 21:14:53 »
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Ha! No NO! Dont worry i don't want led's everywhere, but just like the idea of having blue interior dash instead of orange, like my old golf used to be. :y
Surely after that VAG, you should be sick of blue?


Blue dash = VAG =  :-X

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Re: Changing Dashboard lights to blue
« Reply #7 on: 12 May 2010, 21:17:22 »
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Ha! No NO! Dont worry i don't want led's everywhere, but just like the idea of having blue interior dash instead of orange, like my old golf used to be. :y
Surely after that VAG, you should be sick of blue?


Blue dash = VAG =  :-X

;D

The Passat that SWMBO had should have been enough to put anyone off a blue dash for life! It was BRIGHT! ;) ;) :y
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Re: Changing Dashboard lights to blue
« Reply #8 on: 12 May 2010, 21:17:52 »
Nope sorry! Just don't like orange....unless it's with vodka! You don't like blue do you! ;D
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Re: Changing Dashboard lights to blue
« Reply #9 on: 12 May 2010, 22:01:06 »
And he don`t like sony or air freshners either....... ::) ::)
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Re: Changing Dashboard lights to blue
« Reply #10 on: 12 May 2010, 22:02:58 »
DON'T DO IT . I did and wished I hadn't wasted my money . You can't see mid during the day.   
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Re: Changing Dashboard lights to blue
« Reply #11 on: 12 May 2010, 22:05:43 »
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And he don`t like sony or air freshners either....... ::) ::)

Not what I heard after his journey home from Newent last year  :-X
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Re: Changing Dashboard lights to blue
« Reply #12 on: 12 May 2010, 22:30:48 »
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And he don`t like sony or air freshners either....... ::) ::)

Not what I heard after his journey home from Newent last year  :-X
and York, where a certain Kilt wearing Admin went radio rental with them....
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Re: Changing Dashboard lights to blue
« Reply #13 on: 12 May 2010, 22:32:38 »
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.....and York, where a certain Kilt wearing Admin went radio rental with them....

No!  :-? Surely not!  ;D  ;D  ;D  ;D
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Re: Changing Dashboard lights to blue
« Reply #14 on: 13 May 2010, 07:41:30 »
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And he don`t like sony or air freshners either....... ::) ::)

Not what I heard after his journey home from Newent last year  :-X
and York, where a certain Kilt wearing Admin went radio rental with them....


Ohhh we did have fun  ;D ;D ;D
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