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Subject:Re: Mood Lighting
From:Andrew Grebneff
Date:Sun, 28 Jan 2001 12:43:16 +1200

>So I got an 83 westy...the lights in the cluster have yellowed...Has anyone
>done, or heard, some way, or any way to jazz up the dash lights?  Maybe try
>to get that cool Blue thing going.
>
>LED's ? Anything?
>
>Rob

Indirect lighting of car instruments is an awful idea. Backlighting is
great; why VW didn't use it in Vanagons (or at least in the later-model
instruments) is beyond me. The only other car I know of which used indirect
lighting was the Australian Holden Kingswood/Belmont/Premier/Monaro series
from 1973 or so. Yuck!!

I guess however it leaves the option of fitting alternative lighting... UV
anyone?

Andrew Grebneff
Dunedin, New Zealand
VW & mollusc nut
1984 VW Type 25 Caravelle (currently SVX engine; waiting for a Porsche trans)
1986 CE80 Toyota Corolla 1.8DX diesel (extaxi)
1989 CE96 Toyota Corolla 1.8DX diesel wagon
1989 CT170 Toyota Corona Select 2.0 diesel (taxi)