Speedo Light Swap To Blue LED

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googleeyes07

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Took 10 mins of work and $13.89 on eBay.



Simply undo all the screws holding the speedo cover and behind it in, then pull the glass out and then pull the rest out which is holding the spedo and stuff in (Pulling the spedo and rest out needs a bit of force as it is docked into pugs behind it, which means when you pull it out it will disconnect and then when you put it back in later you will have to push it in until it clicks back into the plugs (which is easy peasy) and then getting the spedo and plastic past the steering wheel requires some awkward positioning haha.)
Once the spedo and lot are out turn it around which shows the lights and board which they are all connected to. Locate the ones which light up the spedo, RPM, Fuel, and Temp. Simply twist the globes to unlock them and pull them out and replace with ones you bought (the one on the spedo is a globe to the others as it needs to be wide spread.)
When you put the new globes in make sure the positive and negative are the right way around otherwise they wont work (I did this through trying them all one way and plugging the spedo back in and the ones that didn't work I pulled out and turned around.)
Once all the lights work put it all back together and put it back into the dash and make sure the spedo clicks into the plugs behind by pushing hard and then turning the car lights on to check and make sure they turn on.
Put the spedo cover back on and put all the screws back in and your finished.
Here is the ones I bought: http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/ZPE-Blue-das ... 3f25bc91df
There is one spare globe that comes as you only need 4 for the job,well at least my CC Lancer only needed the 4.

anyone like the looks? Hope this helps some people :)


They aren't as over brightening as the photo shows haha :)



They look awesome at night time!
 
If you are using LED's don't ever pull out the light for the 'low fuel' light. LED's have a positive and negative end and you'll never know if the LED is in the right way unless your fuel light was already on to start with. Then when your fuel gets low, you have a 50/50 chance of the light not coming on because the LED is around the wrong way and you might end up on the side of the road with a long walk to get some petrol.

That being said, looks good man. There should be 5 bulbs in total that you need to completely light up the dash (excluding the fuel light), they are 3 t10 bulbs and 2 t5 bulbs. The t5's should be behind the 8 of the tacho and another to light up the fuel/petrol gauges. If you take out the light for the low fuel, I imagine there would be a dull spot around there, that's where the t5 comes in, will light up the gauges in its place.

Here's my cluster: http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=313 ... =3&theater

I have 3 flashing rainbow t10's and two pink t5's (can't find t5's in rainbow).
 
Good job, would look good on my Twilight Blue Lancer.

Just one question, did you disconnect the earth on the battery? I have a Haynes manual and they say to do it.

Oh 2nd question/clarification the whole cluster comes out but the speedo cable stays in the car, sorry to sound dumb as I've never done this before and I need to get it out to remove the cover and clean behind the clear plastic. 20 years of dust!
 
I know on the CE the cluster receives an electronic signal from the speed sensor on the g/box, pretty sure it's the same on CC? Someone correct me if I'm wrong :)
 
Checking my Haynes manual and I think the CC has a cable, but I'm not sure as it looks like they are describing the CB dash.
 
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