Mfd colour change, (carnt be done!!)

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Whats with the spooon s video :? :lol:

Right er, the Dopey mfd and dash colour change didnt Go to well, :roll: :cry:
so its Back to the Tango colour,

the Blue Halfords Bulb paint Just Burns/fades off and looks proper minging so in other terms its ABag o Shite dont buy any of it you might as well spend the £10 on beer and piss it away, :)

arr well it was worth a try a spose :(
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isnt there anywhere that sell that type of bulb in a differnt coulor???
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"Understeer" is when you hit the fence with the front of the car.
"Oversteer" is when you hit the fence with the rear of the car.
"Horsepower" is how fast you hit the fence.
"Torque" is how far you take the fence with you.
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jamjar1383 wrote:isnt there anywhere that sell that type of bulb in a differnt coulor???
ithink theres Blue or purple mate,
But Dont buy it,, its Shite :( its just to thin,

too me it just looks like Indian ink it even smells like it ,

Btw mate iwill have to let you down on buying them rims,
iGot stopped at one of the Checkpoint charlies (Vosa) they Made me go and buy 3 new tyres at a Garage they escorted me too cost me £63 a tyre so it looks like iwillbe staying with wheel trims for abit longer :(
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Gary406 wrote:bastards
yup thats what itold them :lol:

they even dipped my deisel to see if iwas running on Cherry ..
theyd stopped over 15 cars in an hour all deisels
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lozz wrote:
jamjar1383 wrote:isnt there anywhere that sell that type of bulb in a differnt coulor???
ithink theres Blue or purple mate,
But Dont buy it,, its Shite :( its just to thin,

too me it just looks like Indian ink it even smells like it ,

Btw mate iwill have to let you down on buying them rims,
iGot stopped at one of the Checkpoint charlies (Vosa) they Made me go and buy 3 new tyres at a Garage they escorted me too cost me £63 a tyre so it looks like iwillbe staying with wheel trims for abit longer :(
thats ok lozz im sure somone will buy them.
d9 hdi 90 rapier estate

"Understeer" is when you hit the fence with the front of the car.
"Oversteer" is when you hit the fence with the rear of the car.
"Horsepower" is how fast you hit the fence.
"Torque" is how far you take the fence with you.
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Sorted!
took all the blue Halfords bulb paint off by using after shave,
re coverd the Glass part of the Mfd with dark blue Insulation tape 10p a roll,

put them back to gether and back in the car they look perfec,
a nice subltle Aqua blue glow much better than the tango colour,

ive just got the rest of them to do now, 8)
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lozz wrote:Sorted!
took all the blue Halfords bulb paint off by using after shave,
re coverd the Glass part of the Mfd with dark blue Insulation tape 10p a roll,

put them back to gether and back in the car they look perfec,
a nice subltle Aqua blue glow much better than the tango colour,

ive just got the rest of them to do now, 8)
pics????
d9 hdi 90 rapier estate

"Understeer" is when you hit the fence with the front of the car.
"Oversteer" is when you hit the fence with the rear of the car.
"Horsepower" is how fast you hit the fence.
"Torque" is how far you take the fence with you.
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jamjar1383 wrote:
lozz wrote:Sorted!
took all the blue Halfords bulb paint off by using after shave,
re coverd the Glass part of the Mfd with dark blue Insulation tape 10p a roll,

put them back to gether and back in the car they look perfec,
a nice subltle Aqua blue glow much better than the tango colour,

ive just got the rest of them to do now, 8)
pics????
iwill get some pics up as soon as there all finished :wink:
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all as gone back to orange Now!
the Climate control colour cannot be changed,

they dont have ordinary bulbs there on little Smds and there orange and the paint doesnt come off them,
speedo clocks are the same there on smds so it wouid involve alot of soldering to change the colour of them its just not worth it, :(
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Re: Mfd colour change, (carnt be done!!)

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Know this may saound daft, but would it not be possible to put some very carefully & precisely cut blue film over the displays? Not too sure about the instrument cluster though. To be honest though, it's probably just as well because if you'd managed to get those done, your attention would then be drawn to the orange glow on the window switches too...
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waue1978 wrote:Know this may saound daft, but would it not be possible to put some very carefully & precisely cut blue film over the displays? Not too sure about the instrument cluster though. To be honest though, it's probably just as well because if you'd managed to get those done, your attention would then be drawn to the orange glow on the window switches too...
Tbh mate ive tried putting film over the displays the Mfd looks perfect,
The problem is the climate control screen if its coverd with blue film it displays Green and its very dim,
the screen on the Climate control sits on Legs not a Ribbon and is Awkward to get behind it, they have very tiny smd bulbs solderd onto the board which are Bright orange,

the only way round this is to un solder all the bulbs and add all new white ones its an awkward job and couid result in many climate control screens getting destroyed to get it right .. its not worth it
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I was thinking more along the lines of putting the film on the outside of the MFD & climate.
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waue1978 wrote:I was thinking more along the lines of putting the film on the outside of the MFD & climate.
it dosent work mate,
if its on the outside it just dulls it off and it looks crap,
the film /tape as to be behind the Glass on the mfd ive tried it all ways,
the mfd is not a problem its the Climate control it is been desighned to Glow orange it as orange bulbs and film, :(
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