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VDO instrument lighting


TomB

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What colour should the instruments illuminate on a 1996 VDO equipped car? Mine is a mixture of white (speedo, fuel tacho) and green (oil Pressure & temp).

Should there be a standard colour, and where would I get coloured bulbs from if for example I decided to go green all round? 

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It's up to you what colour you'd like... but i'd have them all the same.

You can pull one (or all) of the bulbs to check the type and power, and they are available from the usual places such as SVC and CBS and specialist bulb sellers.

Someone found a source of LED lamps a few months ago... should be in the archives. Let us know if you can't find it.

Jonathan

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On the older cars, mine is a '93, all the VDO instrument lighting AFAIK use clear bulbs hence the white light. The only reason it appears green is that each bulb has green rubber cap over it. I suspect your mixture of colours would suggest that one or more of these caps have perished and fallen off. Other colour caps are available on the internet

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