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Clock illumination bulbs?
Posted: 27 Mar 2006, 22:23
by Cruz
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?
Posted: 28 Mar 2006, 07:44
by shepster
No!! they come as a unit, less than a pound from VW main dealers i bought some a few weeks ago.
Posted: 28 Mar 2006, 07:50
by Horza
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.
Posted: 28 Mar 2006, 09:59
by Cruz
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
Posted: 28 Mar 2006, 11:59
by Horza
I didn't solder mine
Posted: 28 Mar 2006, 15:55
by Cruz
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
Posted: 28 Mar 2006, 17:11
by Horza
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.
Posted: 28 Mar 2006, 17:22
by Dan Wood
I'm from the dark ages. When did they invent 12V LEDs?
Posted: 28 Mar 2006, 20:56
by Horza
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.
Posted: 28 Mar 2006, 22:23
by Cruz
Cheers Horza your post got me thinking and I've now got them working
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/georgina_s ... h_led.html
Posted: 29 Mar 2006, 10:04
by kathyshack
Shaun, your link is referencing you hard drive. should be :-
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/georgina_s ... h_led.html 
Posted: 29 Mar 2006, 11:30
by Cruz
Such a schoolboy error like that? Never!
Posted: 30 Mar 2006, 20:11
by Blofeld
sounds like fun and I have a dash light out so would be a good mod. how doyou get the dash off?
Posted: 30 Mar 2006, 20:30
by Horza
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.
Posted: 30 Mar 2006, 20:48
by Blofeld
Thanks - someone mentioned the brake fluid reservoir being in there too!
I'll give it a go when it's light!!
