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Yonuh Adisi FSO Serious Thumper Offline Savage Jedi (Knight) Posts: 3622 Pilot Valley NV, aka Tatooine Gender:	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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Rocco Serious Thumper Offline addicted 2 riding TcB Posts: 1049 south florida Gender:	Re: Colored speedo light Reply #1 - 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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T Mack 1 - FSO Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline sold 2001 LS650 for a 1986 XLH1100 Posts: 2919 Emmaus,Pa Gender:	Re: Colored speedo light Reply #2 - 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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Boule’tard Serious Thumper ModSquad Offline Master of the Obvious Posts: 1620 Austin TX Gender:	Re: Colored speedo light Reply #3 - 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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babyhog Serious Thumper Offline Find a Cure for Breast Cancer! NOW!! Posts: 3802 WV Gender:	Re: Colored speedo light Reply #4 - 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... )) 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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Rocco Serious Thumper Offline addicted 2 riding TcB Posts: 1049 south florida Gender:	Re: Colored speedo light Reply #5 - 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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babyhog Serious Thumper Offline Find a Cure for Breast Cancer! NOW!! Posts: 3802 WV Gender:	Re: Colored speedo light Reply #6 - 01/14/10 at 07:48:27 Oh, I was thinking to paint the bulb, not the cover.
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Oldnewguy Senior Member Offline thumpin' along! Posts: 369 Upstate NY Gender:	Re: Colored speedo light Reply #7 - 01/14/10 at 07:57:20 Paint it with a red indelable marker. Works great!
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Charon Serious Thumper Offline Posts: 1811 Harvard, NE Gender:	Re: Colored speedo light Reply #8 - 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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bill67 Serious Thumper Offline old tired Posts: 8517 genoa city wisconsin Gender:	Re: Colored speedo light Reply #9 - 01/14/10 at 09:32:08 Painting the bulbs can make them over heat and burnout quick.
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thumperclone Serious Thumper Alliance Member Online PGR rider riding with respect Posts: 6047 Grand Junction Colorado Gender:	Re: Colored speedo light Reply #10 - 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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Yonuh Adisi FSO Serious Thumper Offline Savage Jedi (Knight) Posts: 3622 Pilot Valley NV, aka Tatooine Gender:	Re: Colored speedo light Reply #11 - 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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Yonuh Adisi FSO Serious Thumper Offline Savage Jedi (Knight) Posts: 3622 Pilot Valley NV, aka Tatooine Gender:	Re: Colored speedo light Reply #12 - 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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RidgeRunner13 Serious Thumper Offline haulin' the groceries! Posts: 649 Mustang Island, Texas Gender:	Re: Colored speedo light Reply #13 - 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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Yonuh Adisi FSO Serious Thumper Offline Savage Jedi (Knight) Posts: 3622 Pilot Valley NV, aka Tatooine Gender:	Re: Colored speedo light Reply #14 - 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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