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08-20-2013, 11:06 PM | #113 |
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Yes but so will the whole gauge face.
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08-21-2013, 01:13 AM | #114 |
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Yes , you are right I did not consider that is what is lighting whole area around :/ damn... I guess I will go for full white look rather than play with coloring my dials.Maybe to put a piece of red vinyl or something else .
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08-23-2013, 01:26 PM | #116 |
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You're welcome. Even colored vinyl won't work. You'd need to male a new gauge face and attach it to the diffusor if you wanted to change the gauge color independent of the needles
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02-11-2014, 01:33 AM | #118 |
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I posted a link in post 16 on the first page of what I used.
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02-22-2014, 06:42 PM | #122 |
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So, I completed the DIY. Picture below. I think it looks great in car, and I painted my needles Red as you can see.
1. From my experience, this was way longer then an hour. Took me about 4-5 hours. Reason being, I have never soldered a day in my life, but at least that lets you guys know who have never either that its very doable. I was just extremely nerviness around the board, + trying to figure how to solder as I went. 2. The DIY is great, other then learning the soldering part. 3. I had a lot of lights that wouldn't light up at first. Getting the OLD ones off, was extremely easy. Getting the news one on, is what took the longest. however, once I figured out why the lights weren't coming on (my bad soldering) I got all of them work. 4. Now that I have done it, I think it looks great and glad I did it! 5. Does anyone know how I can replace the little LCD screen thing where I have the "run lines" showing? That would be great to get that fixed now that I got my new look going on. Last edited by rkspeck33; 02-22-2014 at 06:47 PM.. |
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02-22-2014, 07:34 PM | #123 |
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Looks great! You just have to get another LCD screen from a used cluster. It'll plug right in.
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04-12-2014, 04:42 AM | #125 |
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I tried this last night, to start with I only removed the two fuel LEDs. I replaced them with new white ones but they won't work. I removed and re-soldered them a few times and they look to be have a good connection. Is there any chance I could have damaged the circuit board? All the others light up, just the two I replaced. I marked the - side when I removed them so they are on the correct way. Is there a way of checking they have a good connection with my multimeter? Also is each dial wired in series? So if one doesn't work they both don't? Any help/advice would be greatly appreciated Thanks |
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04-12-2014, 05:46 PM | #126 | |
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04-19-2014, 04:54 AM | #127 |
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I seem to also have a bad connection/faulty harness on the rear of my cluster, I keep getting -40°C outside temp warning and my mpg, range, etc is just blank. If I fiddle with the wire then my cluster ranges from fully working to 'electronics failure' or nothing at all. Managed to get it in half working so I haven't messed again since. I have Approved Used BMW warranty but with the fuel LEDs out I don't want them to go rooting then blame me for the fault
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09-04-2014, 10:40 PM | #129 |
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Thanks for the tutorial, it was used in conjunction with others threads to help me complete my cluster mod. The color scheme I chose is slightly different than most I have seen and I wanted to share so future modders can use it as a reference.
Where most people go with the white face/rings and red needles, I really wanted to maintain the needle visibility during the day. I also darkened the inner KPH markings and painted secondary gauges and some markings red while leaving the important items like the main MPH markings and needles white. I am happy with it except for the needle LEDs, I swapped them to 450mcd 1206 SMD LEDs and the light output is below par IMO, the LEDs I chose have a diffused lens and are not perfectly aligned to shine into the needles (my own fault). I will remedy this down the road hopefully with some 1,000+mcd dome top LEDs that are small enough to fit under the needle motors. Until then, this is what it looks like in the day and at night. Evan |
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09-04-2014, 10:46 PM | #130 |
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Looks great! Did you peel the overlay off and paint the backside or did you paint the diffuser?
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10-27-2014, 10:33 AM | #132 |
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anybody bought these http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/3104028226...%3AMEBIDX%3AIT
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