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Red Honda S2000
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I may well do Nick! Would be interested in having a look at what you have.
Had a rummage through a box of goodies i got from my sister a while back and found a load of 3400k LED 24V regulated strips
Just need to see how brighta they are on 12v which will dictate how thick the mask needs to be and also whether I need to bother with external power or not. They consume .12W per LED and there's 10 LEDS per strip .... run 4 strips per existinf bulb and that's about 4W per bulb - give or take what the existing stuff draws. They can be trimmed down too
Just need the dash to arrive now
Still no sign of the EL sheet however i think i've cracked part of the problem.
When you use an LED in place of the bulb, it's often a LOT taller than the bulb it replaced, with careful checking, you can replace all of the bulbs in the twist fit holders with short 286 ( type 74) LEDS. These are coming in almost the same height as the OEM bulb, they are diffused and frosted.
I've had most of the dash in bits now, just need to take the starter button assembly stuff to bits and have a poke around in there
In total, I reckon about £45 of LEDS to do ALL of the dash area, including fitting colour coded LEDS for things like turn signals, main beam warning light etc.
Hi tech Honda
Ok i CAN get the dials off
The reason for the ginger heater display becomes apparent
Quite a lot of bulbs
When you use an LED in place of the bulb, it's often a LOT taller than the bulb it replaced, with careful checking, you can replace all of the bulbs in the twist fit holders with short 286 ( type 74) LEDS. These are coming in almost the same height as the OEM bulb, they are diffused and frosted.
I've had most of the dash in bits now, just need to take the starter button assembly stuff to bits and have a poke around in there
In total, I reckon about £45 of LEDS to do ALL of the dash area, including fitting colour coded LEDS for things like turn signals, main beam warning light etc.
Hi tech Honda
Ok i CAN get the dials off
The reason for the ginger heater display becomes apparent
Quite a lot of bulbs
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A few piccies of what's in the dash.
Note the blue thing on the top right of the picture, pretty sure that's the piezo buzzer, that will be removed from my dash!
Note the blue thing on the top right of the picture, pretty sure that's the piezo buzzer, that will be removed from my dash!
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Worked but far too dim.
So hacked it to bits and tried this
Worked but still a little too dim
Now this works much better, the connections to the switch illumination are the same size as mini spade terminals. Took the switch to bits, picked out the orange light mask, fitted the LED from inside, reassemble switch and connect it up.
I know it looks pink but it's really RED, stupid iPhone really doesn't capture colour very well.
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You've got some balls to be doing all that lol, I reckon if I attemped that I'd never get my car back together again lol
x2. I'm great at taking things apart, not so great at re assembling them
Kudos for doing this though, will be worth the effort once finished
As above so much for staying standard
That job is looming as soon as the other bits arrive, at least i know how to take the dash to bits having practised on a spare one
I took one look at the work required and knew there was no way i was pulling my own cluster apart from a trial run
Looking forward to AMD too - even if i don't get on the rollers, it's always good to catch up with you all
Yeha his car is looking very very nice of late, then again it's had a lot of time and money spent on it and it shows. Will be looking forward to a poke around that bay
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