i dont have it i jsut went in and asked for them

so did you just drop the steering coloumn to get to dials steve ??

first time i took my dials out to do the plasma ones, i did it the hard way

top guide mate nice work

that looks awesome mate

very well done

would any colour LED work?

sorry if thats a stupid question but i think some have different resistance, and require different power?

Barney

yes mate any colour will work as long as its the led pictured on the top of page 4 :y:

there a SMD SMT LED :)

looks really good!!! how long it take to do all that??

can anyone tell me if the leds are the same in a mk1 as they are in a mk2?

lou

no mk1s are just a bulb, twist and pull the mk2s have LEDs :y:

any one else done this to theirs yet?

christ that looks lush dude.
Im not being funny, but you are a credit too this site with the amount of stuff you try ^^

Not tried... yet lol bit woried about the needles? is it easy to get them back on as they were? worried that wehn i replcae them they will be diff! I really want to do it, need to practice with a solder iron first me thinks!

That guy has just stuck another 10 sets on ebay (well theres 8 now) ;)

OMG Steve you git! I suppose it serves me right for being so damn lazy. Iv had a spare set of dials at the workshop for like... ever... and been meaning to try and do this. Now not only am i not gonna be the first but i owe you green blob too *sigh*

Awh well, no excuses for me not to get it done now then. Cheers matey, excellent guide as always. Like Ads said, your a credit to the forum :y:

EDIT: bah, love spreading needed. Im sure i owe you ep for something else aswell lol :sad:

thanks soulless and Mystic

its easy to get them back on where they were, just note where there lined up 2 before u take them off then when u put them back on turn the bit the needle goes onto back untill it stops and then push the needle back on lining it up to the place it was before u took them off

make sure u pull the speedo and revs one off with ur fingers and make sure u use plyers to pull the other ones off coz if not u will brake them

Do mk1s have clear needles? Do they light up?

that looks well good! deffeinetly something i'm going to consider doing to my sax! good how-to as well mate!

got my leds today but my god there small lol, i should be having a go tomorrow :y:

Best way to get the needles off is to use two spoons one either side and lever them up at the same time so applying the same pressure either side :y:

Careful if your using cutlary without paying full attention, if i had a dime for every bolt & nut iv eaten... id be able to afford to repace them all again ;)

Im gonna give this a bash as soon as i can get a hold of my mates solderin iron.

Race ya :A:

thats will only work on the speed and rev needles but its a very good method i used it on my punto gt when i did them, i was gona do it with mine but couldnt get a good feel for it so used my fingers to pull it instead so i could feel the resistance etc... the oil, petrol and coolant temp needles will definatly need pulling with plyers as shown in my pics as there is nothing for the spoon to go under apart from the start of the needle which is to easily broken

im seriusly impressed looks complicated to do though but well done

Mine came today, fookin tiny. Might give ti a go on one of the smaller dash compnents before i go hacking away at the dials though

yeah they are small but if u use some tweezers then its not to bad as long as u get a pointed end soldering iron, having a big ended one like mine was a right pain

Yeah ive only got a big jobby, have to see if i can find a cheap one somewhere

yeah i went into a hardware sotere and got one for £3 but he was out of the pointed end ones but said they were the same price

Thats stupid money, cheers again mate will post my results when ive done it. You havent had a crack at the dash ones yet have ya?

not yet as i been to busy but i know the dash one has a bulb not a led so i will have to wire a led with a resister to it instead but i cant remember what the filter is like on the front peice, i will do it when i get time and also do the buttons & cig lighter

Nice one. Ill keep an eye on the thread then.

what kind of bulb and how many???

cheers

alrite steve. I bought my soldering iron from Maplins today but forgot the code for the LEDS so will have to go back tmw lol :P gonna give it a try at the weekend.


Scott

klkl get pics up mate, its very hard to capture the true colour of the dials with the leds on with my digital camera so u might have more luck

also mate, which Maplins did you go to? I'll check the Milton Keynes on but can't really be arsed to buy them off ebay :P


scott

your a legend mate, i have had some of these lying around since i got the vts lol just didnt want to take the dash etc apart and fook something up. will have a bash at doing this sometime ;)

it was maplins in oxford, my mate got them for me as he used to work there

Anyone got info on the bulbs needed etc for mk1s?

i cut my dial faces up to the fuel needle as i was putting plasma ones on so only took the rev needle and speed needle off :p

as for mk1 bulbs am not sure phone citroen up for which ones you need

going to do mine, but still want my light on the dash to say my lights are on to be green! so do i only need 14, as yours is blue :afro:

cheers

yeah jsut need 14 then, i did the light indicator blue coz the green looked odd agsinst the other blue led, i also changed the main beem to red led so i could see it stand out a mile when i have it on so i remmeber to turn it off

ordered two sets of these from ebay today. wahoo blue is all around me. :y:

cheers mate, be doing mine soon.... been wanting to do it since got the car, and looked for someone else who had done it :y:

Hah, smart man. I noticed that too and thought i would just leave it as green so i dont confuse myself but maybe ill make it blue or something too or yellow!


Scott, how much was the soldering iron?

Anyone got any more info on the mk1 dials having clear needles? Do they light up etc?