Paul_J
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You know the bulb covers you can get for the dash/MFD to change the colour of the light from maplins...
How much do they cost and what are they actually called? e.g. can I just go in and go 'I'll have x amount of blue bulb covers please' and they'll give me what I want...
Finally, how many do I need? is it 2 in the dash and 2 in the mfd?
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Paul J
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willay
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applies to Corsa C.
i ordered the RED covers, Part Description Qty.
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YY04E LES Cover Red 10
. the MFD needs 2, one for ciggie light. just order 10 or 20, they are only 19 p each or something silly.
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Paul_J
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Is it the same for the Corsa B?
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5xi
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any pictures of what it lookks like.
Pref. blue...does it suit the white speedo on an SXI?
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C2RL R
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think i used three for the dash and two for the mfd. The blue ones look shit by the way.
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Paul_J
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pics nicked from elsewhere on this board... cough the LED post cough
Paul J
[Edited on 16-02-2003 by Paul_J]
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C2RL R
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they look like cobra148's pictures. if so they are led's not lens covers
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C2RL R
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i wrote that before i saw the mfd pic. that is a corsa c so it cant be cobra but i still think they are leds
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Paul_J
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yeh they're leds... just needed a pic to give an example... as I said I stole the pics from the LED post 
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C2RL R
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when did u say that?
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C2RL R
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think i'm too drunk to understand so dont bother explainin!
So wot colour are u after?
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Paul_J
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quote:
pics nicked from elsewhere on this board... cough the LED post cough
Paul J
there 
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Icy
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blue covers come out limey color 
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Paul_J
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what that greeny sort of colour as seen in your pics?
Oh dear...  Maybe I'll give it a miss hehe... I'd get red but I'm more likely to get other things blue later (e.g. neons, etc)
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Kris TD
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only the red ones look good.
got em in mine and they look brilliant. they cost me something silly like 13p each.
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willay
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i'll take pictures of my interior tonight for best results, i got one neon in each footwell (red) and red covers on some of the bulbs.
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jrsteeve
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just had a go at mine, took sodding ages, lost some skin and i've run out of leds so i've ordered some more. They aren't as bright as the bulbs but looks nice so far. Oh and tried blue bulb paint but it looks shite - came out green as u can see on the parts that aren't blue.
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jrsteeve
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If the pic doesn't work try the link below.
cheers
http://uk.photos.yahoo.com/bc/jrsteeve/lst?&.dir=/New+pics&.src=ph&.begin=17&.view=t&.order=&.done=http%3a//uk.photos.yahoo.com/bc/jrsteeve/lst%3f%26.dir=/New%2bpics%26.src=ph%26.view=t
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Paul_J
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jrsteeve do u have the light turned up to max with those pics? I can't see anything?
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jrsteeve
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thats on full, they look alot brighter than in the pics, but a touch dimmer than the bulbs
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duck
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Maplin on-line says that the covers are discontinued, does anyone know were else to get the covers from ?
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cobra148
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This is what they actually look like..
As said, Maplins have discontinued all but the red and amber covers now.
All the colours worked very well with even lighting with the exception of blue, the blue came out a very pale colour in the dials, and hardly noticable in the mfd, red and green were both very good. If you want blue, I would recommend leds. I have a mix of leds and covers on my own dash.
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willay
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i've now got red glow from my speedos, took fooking ages to take apart the C's dash, but oh so worth it.
top tip, when you get the bulb covers from maplins, there are two rings round them, cause they fit like a bitch (hard to screw back in when attached) i cutt off the first ring at the bottom and poped it back on, fits better this way!
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cobra148
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The rings at the bottom are for mounting on a pcb. You will have a hard job fitting the holders back in the slots with them in place. Cut the rings off so the cover looks like the green one in the pic above.
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