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Message started by Yonuh Adisi on 01/13/10 at 19:42:14

Title: Colored speedo light
Post by Yonuh Adisi on 01/13/10 at 19:42:14

Anyone know where I could get red tinted speedo light bulb or if they even make them?

Title: Re: Colored speedo light
Post by Rocco on 01/13/10 at 20:47:05

hmmm that would be sweeeet! maybe tint the plastic that u look through? or change out the bulb like u said, it would have to be a tough light bulb though

let me know what u do because i'd love to have a red or purple speedometer!!

u wanted me to say red speedo didn't u :-X

Title: Re: Colored speedo light
Post by T Mack 1 - FSO on 01/14/10 at 03:37:53

borrow some of your wifes nail polish. Perferably the candy apple (tinted clear) type.

Title: Re: Colored speedo light
Post by Boule’tard on 01/14/10 at 07:11:47

You could always put some car tint film on the glass (plastic?)

Buy some of this stuff from stylintrucks.com:
http://www.stylintrucks.com/handlers/dynamicimage.ashx?~YT0zOTgmYj0zNTAmYz0wJmQ9MCZlPTAuMjUmZj0wJmc9MCZoPVNwb3J0VHJ1Y2tcR2lsYVdpbmRvd1RpbnRfb3B0LmpwZyZuPTEmaT03MCZqPTE1MCZrPTE3NSZsPTEmbT0xMyZvPTA=
..and use the rest on your Stylin' Truck! :D

Title: Re: Colored speedo light
Post by babyhog on 01/14/10 at 07:30:52

You can buy glass paint at a craft store (( http://www.joann.com/joann/catalog/productdetail.jsp?CATID=cat2987&PRODID=prd33875 ))
Or you can buy one of those little paint-your-own glass suncatcher/wind chime kits that includes red paint! They usually have those cheaper than the paint kits!

Title: Re: Colored speedo light
Post by Rocco on 01/14/10 at 07:46:42

so you guys are saying paint the whole glass?

would the paint hold up to weather?

and how do the plastic "window" come off?

Title: Re: Colored speedo light
Post by babyhog on 01/14/10 at 07:48:27

Oh, I was thinking to paint the bulb, not the cover.

Title: Re: Colored speedo light
Post by Oldnewguy on 01/14/10 at 07:57:20

Paint it with a red indelable marker. Works great! :)

Title: Re: Colored speedo light
Post by Charon on 01/14/10 at 09:16:36

Pull the bulb out and figure a way to mount a red LED in its place. Painting the bulb will work, too, but the paint absorbs some of the light and will result in a dimmer speedometer.

Title: Re: Colored speedo light
Post by bill67 on 01/14/10 at 09:32:08

Painting the bulbs can make them over heat and burnout quick.

Title: Re: Colored speedo light
Post by thumperclone on 01/14/10 at 09:36:25

you need to pull the lamp and match the base to an led type like @
superbrightleds.com
if its a #194 the local auto zone may have them also

Title: Re: Colored speedo light
Post by Yonuh Adisi on 01/14/10 at 11:32:26

The reason I ask is that my original speedometer bulb has gone out and I figure why not replace it with a tinted one if they have them.

Title: Re: Colored speedo light
Post by Yonuh Adisi on 01/14/10 at 12:01:05

This is the bulb that burned out. I reckon it is actually an L.E.D.

http://c4.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/113/l_3173b72122a748d6aed19b6616aa08d7.jpg

Title: Re: Colored speedo light
Post by RidgeRunner13 on 01/14/10 at 12:17:49

AutoZone has those in different colors. It's just a #194 bulb, not an LED. 8-)

Title: Re: Colored speedo light
Post by Yonuh Adisi on 01/14/10 at 12:19:00

5C676A696B5C7B60606B7C3F3D0E0 wrote:

AutoZone has those in different colors. It's just a #194 bulb, not an LED. 8-)

Thanks, I'll check out autozone as soon as I get a chance.

Title: Re: Colored speedo light
Post by Rocco on 01/14/10 at 13:09:52

did the bulb come out of the bottom of the speedo?

and it's the bulb that's kinda green yellow right, not the speedo itself?

Title: Re: Colored speedo light
Post by Yonuh Adisi on 01/14/10 at 13:29:00

Looking at the bottom of the speedo you will see the wires that go into the unit. Those wires hold the bulbs that are just pushed into the speedo. To remove the bulb you pull the wires gently from the speedo then just gently pull the bulb out of the connector.

The color of the light such as high beam indicator and neutral is the color of the lens the light is shining through. The bulbs themselves are normal white light.

Stand by and I will get a pic of the bottom of the speedo.

These are the wires the bulbs go into. They just push in. (I know, I am showing more wires than there are spaces in the speedo. That is because the other wires are turn signal indicators and I do not use them because I have done away with the black plastic housing that houses the turn signal indicator area. I don't need it since my turn signals reflect rather well off of my head light bucket so I use that as my indicators. And my neutral light is still installed in my speedo so that is why you only see four wires in the pic.)
http://c3.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/131/l_c60d904324114440add0353183d6ab12.jpg

This is the bottom of the speedo. The large hole on top and the two holes on bottom are where the bulbs push into. The top hole is the main back light for the speedo face. The two bottom holes are neutral and high beam indicators.
http://c2.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/134/l_3520e6a1ce494960a76f532b4fa1bbb1.jpg

Title: Re: Colored speedo light
Post by thumperclone on 01/14/10 at 14:03:26

that looks like a #194 bayonett base you can get incadencent or led in colors

Title: Re: Colored speedo light
Post by Yonuh Adisi on 01/14/10 at 14:05:47

3E223F273A2F38292625242F4A0 wrote:

that looks like a #194 bayonett base you can get incadencent or led in colors

You're the second person who has told me it is a #194 bulb. I reckon that is what it is then. ;) ;) So I shouldn't have difficulty in getting what I would like then. Thanks Thumperclone.