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Yonuh Adisi FSO
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Colored speedo light
01/13/10 at 19:42:14
Anyone know where I could get red tinted speedo light bulb or if they even make them?
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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
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01/14/10 at 03:37:53
borrow some of your wifes nail polish. Perferably the candy apple (tinted clear) type.
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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:
..and use the rest on your Stylin' Truck!
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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=prd...
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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!
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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?
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01/14/10 at 07:48:27
Oh, I was thinking to paint the bulb, not the cover.
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01/14/10 at 07:57:20
Paint it with a red indelable marker. Works great!
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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.
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Eschew obfuscation.
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01/14/10 at 09:32:08
Painting the bulbs can make them over heat and burnout quick.
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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
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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.
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01/14/10 at 12:01:05
This is the bulb that burned out. I reckon it is actually an L.E.D.
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01/14/10 at 12:17:49
AutoZone has those in different colors. It's just a #194 bulb, not an LED.
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01/14/10 at 12:19:00
RidgeRunner13 wrote
on 01/14/10 at 12:17:49:
AutoZone has those in different colors. It's just a #194 bulb, not an LED.
Thanks, I'll check out autozone as soon as I get a chance.
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