well here is your answer..
everybody knows how poor the illumination is on the dash this is why
a stupid bit of yellow plastic that filters the lights from the dash, i discovered this while taking the clocks out to investigate a problem,
sometime ago i tried putting in some blue LED bulbs but had such poor results with them i took them out and put in red ones that were a bit better so i left them in. So now i have found the reason why i set about removing said bit of yellow plastic to see what difference it would make and heres the results,
so if you want a brighter dash (and it makes a massive difference if staying with white light) this is what you do..
follow this guide
here
on how to take the instruments out.. or if you cowel is broken like mine all you need to do is take of the instrument cowel surround then undo the screws on the front that hold the cowel on. this then enable you to see the top of the instrument panel without having to take the whole thing out. the top looks like this
if you look from underneath you can clearly see the filter lens
shocking isnt it.. so from the top undo the two screws that hold it in.. yours will also have a metal strap (support) bracket on that you will need to put back on when done.
lift the panel you just unscrewed
then just pull off the yellow lens so it looks like this
now there wont be anything diffusing your bulbs..
now put it all back together and enjoy the dramatic improvement it truly is 100 times better
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