Audin, yes those 'Neo Wedge Based LED Bulbs' look pretty good, and at $2.50 each are a lot more cost effective than buggering around in the workshop :)
I also like the festoon lights, the pop top lighting (as well as replacing the existing incandescent festoons). Alistair
'82 westy, diesel converted to gas in '94 http://www.members.shaw.ca/albell/
On 28-Feb-06, at 4:26 PM, Audin Malmin wrote: The LEDs from autolumination.com are drop-in replacements for the instrument cluster lighting. Twist-in lights: 'Neo Wedge Based LED Bulbs' (but note!!! flatten out the contacts on them before trying to install, as the stock shape will slice into the VW plastic circuit material stuff) http://autolumination.com/74.htm little bulbs for the heater controls: '#74 bulbs' (these fit in the sockets you can get from gowesty or similar places) http://autolumination.com/74.htm They will dim, but do not do so to the extent that the stock bulbs do. I replaced all the bulbs on my dash with leds from these people. I put 'super white' ones over the two gauges, blue ones behind the idiot light icons and clock (i used masking tape behind the LED to smooth out the idiot light icon illumination, otherwise only the bottom icons end up illuminated well), and blue ones behind the heater controls. I have also used 'fastoon' led bulbs from this site to replace the dome and map lights. I have a writeup on those bulbs here: |
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