Date:         Tue, 28 Feb 2006 17:07:30 -0800
Reply-To:     Alistair Bell <albell@UVIC.CA>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Alistair Bell <albell@UVIC.CA>
Subject:      Re: more dashlight led musings
Comments: To: Audin Malmin <amalmin@OKB-1.ORG>
In-Reply-To:  <20060301002649.GA22630@okb-1.org>
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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:

http://jupiter.okb-1.org/vanagon/LED_cabin_lights.html