Different color bulbs for the dash
howard_w13
02-06-2002, 02:29 PM
I was thinking of putting either a bright red or bright blue bulbs behind the speedometer/tachometer. Has anyone else done this?
ricecube77
02-06-2002, 08:13 PM
you can't use the blue.....
blue doesn't seem to want to show up against the redline in the tach (ive tried.. hehe)
red works fine for everything.... 5 bulbs of 194 type
Caution though.... the bulbs i bought happened to burn out the red color and turned to smokey crap..... i ended up taking them out and switching back and forth to the regular ones.... very tiring after a while. My advice is to just keep the ones u have in there...... they don't burn out like the red colored ones.
.... and they show up unlike the blue ones.
-Phil
blue doesn't seem to want to show up against the redline in the tach (ive tried.. hehe)
red works fine for everything.... 5 bulbs of 194 type
Caution though.... the bulbs i bought happened to burn out the red color and turned to smokey crap..... i ended up taking them out and switching back and forth to the regular ones.... very tiring after a while. My advice is to just keep the ones u have in there...... they don't burn out like the red colored ones.
.... and they show up unlike the blue ones.
-Phil
95_G20_P10
02-06-2002, 09:47 PM
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check thse out these are mine from a previous post i have a few more pics give me email if u want a some more
howard_w13
02-07-2002, 11:31 AM
Originally posted by ricecube77
you can't use the blue.....
blue doesn't seem to want to show up against the redline in the tach (ive tried.. hehe)
red works fine for everything.... 5 bulbs of 194 type
Caution though.... the bulbs i bought happened to burn out the red color and turned to smokey crap..... i ended up taking them out and switching back and forth to the regular ones.... very tiring after a while. My advice is to just keep the ones u have in there...... they don't burn out like the red colored ones.
.... and they show up unlike the blue ones.
-Phil
I can live with the blue not showing up behind the tachometer redline. In fact, as crazy as this may sound, I might see if I can put some sort of tint or film on the dash. That way I won't have to worry about the colored bulbs.:thinkerg: :thinkerg:
you can't use the blue.....
blue doesn't seem to want to show up against the redline in the tach (ive tried.. hehe)
red works fine for everything.... 5 bulbs of 194 type
Caution though.... the bulbs i bought happened to burn out the red color and turned to smokey crap..... i ended up taking them out and switching back and forth to the regular ones.... very tiring after a while. My advice is to just keep the ones u have in there...... they don't burn out like the red colored ones.
.... and they show up unlike the blue ones.
-Phil
I can live with the blue not showing up behind the tachometer redline. In fact, as crazy as this may sound, I might see if I can put some sort of tint or film on the dash. That way I won't have to worry about the colored bulbs.:thinkerg: :thinkerg:
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