Clock illumination bulbs?

Post by **Cruz** » 27 Mar 2006, 22:23

Is it possible to get bulb holders that allow you to just replace the bulbs?

My holders look like

but I can't for the life of me find any that don't have the damn bulb soldered into them

The only holders that seem to be available with removable bulbs are these which probably don't fit

Any help peeps?

Post by **shepster** » 28 Mar 2006, 07:44

No!! they come as a unit, less than a pound from VW main dealers i bought some a few weeks ago.

Post by **Horza** » 28 Mar 2006, 07:50

If you are replacing with something "special" you can just plock them out of the old holders, that's how I ended up doing my LEDs as the ones they sent me were the wrong holder type.

Post by **Cruz** » 28 Mar 2006, 09:59

shepster wrote:No!! they come as a unit, less than a pound from VW main dealers i bought some a few weeks ago.

I know, but I'm after some that will let me put led's in.

Looks like I'm going to have to solder after all

Post by **Horza** » 28 Mar 2006, 11:59

I didn't solder mine

Post by **Cruz** » 28 Mar 2006, 15:55

Horza wrote:I didn't solder mine

Well the holders I have shown above have the bulbs soldered in and I can't find the same holders without soldered bulbs

Post by **Horza** » 28 Mar 2006, 17:11

My lamps were barely soldered in. Most of the work was done by the springy bit on the holder holding the wire against the glass of the lamp which is pretty much how I inserted the LEDs back in, with one wire folded up each side.

Post by **Dan Wood** » 28 Mar 2006, 17:22

I'm from the dark ages. When did they invent 12V LEDs?

Post by **Horza** » 28 Mar 2006, 20:56

Don't they just have the resistor built in? They are all over ebay, flashing ones and everything. There was a guy in Scotland selling "ultrabright" ones with a "T25" ready twist thing but his were expensive.

I purchased mine from a place Steve 80-90 linked on here and they were sold as direct replacements for the dash lights. I mucked up the order and got the wrong fitting.

Post by **Cruz** » 28 Mar 2006, 22:23

Cheers Horza your post got me thinking and I've now got them working

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/georgina_s ... h_led.html

Post by **kathyshack** » 29 Mar 2006, 10:04

Shaun, your link is referencing you hard drive. should be :-

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/georgina_s ... h_led.html

Post by **Cruz** » 29 Mar 2006, 11:30

Such a schoolboy error like that? Never!

Post by **Blofeld** » 30 Mar 2006, 20:11

sounds like fun and I have a dash light out so would be a good mod. how doyou get the dash off?

Post by **Horza** » 30 Mar 2006, 20:30

Sit in the driver seat, reach over the pod with both hads and you will find places for your fingers at the very "front". Grip and pull up and back.

You will then be able to untwist the lamps.

Post by **Blofeld** » 30 Mar 2006, 20:48

Thanks - someone mentioned the brake fluid reservoir being in there too!

I'll give it a go when it's light!!