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27th March 2007, 23:15
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needles do light up mystic  im having a go with mine tomorrow, so may turn out purple a dunno
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27th March 2007, 23:23
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Scott, how much was the soldering iron?
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I think it was £19.99, plug operated with a needle end and I got a little stand for it as well  Was well chuffed hehe 
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28th March 2007, 09:10
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Waow, both questions in the 2 following replies. Now thats good service!
Might have to part with some notes for my own soldering iron, cant wait to see the needles pred 
My dads got 2 citreon dispatches amongst his fleet, i think they have orange needles
What ever happened to the lad who could make the rev needle change colour as it progressed round the dial? I'll try find the link!
EDIT: Link - Rev Needle changes colour
Last edited by Mystic; 28th March 2007 at 09:12.
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28th March 2007, 10:13
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Got my led's this morning, could not beleive how small they were.
Will be giving this a shot soon, gota pop out to get some solder firstly though.
Got a electronics soldering iron, so its got a really thin pencil-like tip.
Hope all goes to plan, taking the laptop with me incase i need to refer back to the tutorial.
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28th March 2007, 10:18
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In town today so might nip into maplins and get some LED's looks awesome!
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28th March 2007, 11:48
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So to remove the dash do you have to take the steering wheel off?
Just it seems that way, cause there are for screws you need to access. 2 At the top and 2 at the bottom?
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28th March 2007, 13:24
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So to remove the dash do you have to take the steering wheel off?
Just it seems that way, cause there are for screws you need to access. 2 At the top and 2 at the bottom?
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ok here is how u get the dials out:
disconect one of the battery terminals from under the bonnet,
next go into the car and at the rear of the center console on the floor the airbag control unit is hidden behind a bit of carpet, pull the bit of carpet back and disconnect the big orrange plug
undo the 2 torx screw holding the air bag on
remove the steering wheel bolt and steering wheel
remove the airbag spiral contact unit and then the indicators stalk unit behind it
now u can get to all 4 screws of the plastic surrand thing
finally undo the 3 remaining bolts behind this holding the dials in adn disconect the two wires at the back
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28th March 2007, 13:27
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looks absolutly mint... with the kit you's have bin talking about of ebay.. does it create the same effect also ?
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28th March 2007, 17:09
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#129
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got mine done today will get pics up later
couldnt get to the needles bulbs, got them off but could i hell get into them, so i did the battery, oil, fuel, headlights, engine management, indicators, handbrake and the digital display, overall its really easy to do worst part is holding them in place, you really need a steady hand
cheers steve ill rep you when i can
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28th March 2007, 17:42
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Pics Pics Pics!!
Your existsance is useless without pics!
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28th March 2007, 18:46
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uhere we go, only ones that arent on is the indicators, i might actually buy a load more and do the whole thing lol
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Last edited by Predator_R32; 28th March 2007 at 19:27.
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28th March 2007, 20:24
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i went into maplins today and they said i have to go to citroen? i just wanted to know what to ask for when i go in
thanks
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28th March 2007, 20:37
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think theres some more on ebay mate 2 mins
here we go mate
5 packs of 10 left be quick, there is other colours just make sure they look like the leds in this link
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/10-SMD-SMT-PLC...QQcmdZViewItem
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28th March 2007, 20:47
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cheers mate will i need to buy more than 10?
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28th March 2007, 20:51
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yeah mate i think its 16 you need, unless your wanting to do the whole thing and that would mean about 30
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28th March 2007, 20:54
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what do i ask for from maplins then? lol
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28th March 2007, 21:00
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looks good pred makes ur dials look so much better with the blue display and the blue warning lights, good work mate
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28th March 2007, 21:02
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Quote:
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what do i ask for from maplins then? lol
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not all Maplins stores sell them. If yours doesn't then you can buy from ebay. Citroen don't sell the blue ones, they will only sell standard.
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28th March 2007, 21:02
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#139
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just get them mate there cheap enough and he delivers really fast
but if you ask at maplins ask for SMD SMT PLCC-2 LEDs
cheers for the before and after there steve, think the 1st pic was with the green glow on, i was thinking of taking the plasma ones out but then i thought nah its different
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28th March 2007, 21:02
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Quote:
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what do i ask for from maplins then? lol
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SMD PLCC-2 LEDs but people are having trouble getting them in some maplins so better to get them off egay
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