Tas
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Registered: 11th Dec 05
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1 - How Do I Change The Bulb Behind The Dials??
2 - What Size Is This Bulb? ( Links Would Be Helpful )
3 - How Easy Is It To Change The Heater Bulbs?
4 - What Bulbs Do These Take? ( Links Would Be Helpful )
5 - What Colour Would Look Best?
6 - Anyone Got Any Pictures?
[Edited on 06-01-2006 by Tas]
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Ally
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Tutorial here -
Tutorial
3 - I wouldnt say its easy, can be fiddely
4 - Bulbs can be bought from Cobra148
5 - Depends on the colour of your car
Pictures -
White
Blue
Pink
Multicoloured
Green
Red
Hope this is useful 
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Ally
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Id say
Blue for Silver/black/blue cars
Red for red cars
Green for green/black cars
White/blue/green for white cars
Pink/purple for pink of purple cars
Depends on what you want, multicoloured does look cool but borderline tacky...
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Tas
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well i have a blue interior bulb so think i will go blue
but that tutorial doesnt tell me how to change the bulbs behind the speed dials tho any ideas on how to do that?
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Wrighty
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how old is your,depends one what clocks it has you see
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Ally
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Ah sorry 
Try searching the site, or U2U Richie he will tell you
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Tas
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erm its 97 its the 1 without a rev counter
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Wrighty
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in the non rev counter clocks they have 2 501 sidelight bulbs,but if you get hold of some rev counter clocks (depending on the model of your car) they have 3 bulbs that can easily be replaced with LED bulbs for a coupla quid,not sure on the number/model of these l.e.d ones though,osram or something maybe
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Tas
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could u do me a quik guide on how to take the clocks off to replace the bulbs??
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Wrighty
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unscrew the plastic bits surrounding steering column,undo plastic round clock surround,under 2 screws holding clocks in,push the retaining clip in at the top and the clocks come forward.if theyre electric they will just pull away,if theyre cable its a ballache to undo the cable from the clocks,theres a little clip that needs pushing inwards towards the back of the clocks and you need tp pull the clocks towards you at the same time
and on the back of the clocks there will be 2 black holders,unscrew them and there are the bulbs you need to replace if you want coloured non rev counter clocks
[Edited on 06-01-2006 by Wrighty]
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RKS
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quote:
Originally posted by Wrighty
how old is your,depends one what clocks it has you see
its the model of the car not ages that determins the clocks.
anyway you need to remove the shrouds around the steering colum first, there is 3 screws in the bottom, and 2 screws in the front, (the 2 screws may not be there on air bag models
then there is 3 screws holding the dial surround in,
there is then 2 screws holding the clocks in, after you have removed these screws there is a metal clip at the top that you need to unclip from the top of the clocks (push metal clip upwards)
Depending on if you have electronic or manual speedo then the clocks may come straight out, if not then the you will need to disconnect the speedo cable, (alltho I changed mine without disconnected the speedo cable it was VERY fiddly)
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RKS
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OOPs wrighty beat me to it!
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Wrighty
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yea but to be fair your explaination was better
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gavin18787
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that looks quite nice i have those dials in my car so can i just my replacement coloured bulbs to put in im thinking blue and white 
[Edited on 07-01-2006 by gavin18787]
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