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[Fastorq]

Ive got dashboard out just now so am going to replace all the bulbs
There are 8 in total .. 5 are clear and 3 are orange(capped)
When I ordered from supplier I was told all 8 bulbs should be clear an most likely somebody has replaced clea4 ones with orange.

Is that correct?

Bulbs as they came out are ...

5 top .. orange / clear / clear / clear / orange
3 bottom .. clear / orange / clear

[Dutchdave's25]

yes they should all be white originally. 

[Fastorq]

yes they should all be white originally.

Thanks
The 3 orange capped ones are dial illumination so maybe someone thought that would look better if orange ?

[Bobbins]

My dial illumination bulbs have the orange caps as well ... it was original fitment.

[RedRuby]

Same as Bobbins, mine had the yellow caps on some now all changed for white LED’s except the ignition warning light.

[Steve220]

These are all white LEDs. I wouldn't change the indicator, headlight/oil/charge bulbs - It can cause a few issues with them. I bought 10x 501s and 10x 286 from ebay for £5.

[Dutchdave's25]

I've checked with the magnolia clocks i have and they also have the yellow caps on. sorry for answering before checking!

[brivinci]

I am about to change all my illumination bulbs in my Monte (magnolia clocks) with warm white LEDs and see how that looks. Bright white always seems "too white", a bit harsh, and much too modern for my taste. I'll see if mine are capped. They do seem very yellowish so maybe.

[Bobbins]

Any chance you can post links to the LED bulbs you decide to use.

[brivinci]

Wrong link. Sorry

Edited by brivinci, 17 April 2019 - 04:57 AM.

[brivinci]

After ordering the wrong ones, I finally got the correct bulbs in AND the dash out. Turns out, my 94 SPi Monte, with factory ivory dials, has the bulbs with the yellow caps for the dial illumination. Simply swapping them for non-capped bulbs made a nice difference. Soooo, in the few minutes I had, I did a quick test. From left to right: stock capped, stock uncapped, warm white LED.

A little tricky to see which I like best. The capped always seemed very dim and yellow/orange to me. I’ll take another tomorrow with the uncapped and the led in the speedo and tach as I think that will be a better comparison as they are lit the same way. I really like the idea of LED (less power consumption/heat) but worried these might be too bright!!! As I have said earlier, warm white (be it in this case very bright) gives off a more natural color light vs the blue you get from what most call “white” LEDs.

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Edited by brivinci, 23 April 2019 - 02:17 AM.

[brivinci]

Original capped bulbs vs warm white LEDs.

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[Bobbins]

Warn white LED's look much better, what us the spec of them?

[Pops_Guild]

Original capped bulbs vs warm white LEDs.

 

I discovered that if you put the orange rubber caps that were on the original non-LED bulbs on to the new LED's you get a cool green glow. Old photo but looks great in my humble opinion so I've stuck with it :)

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[brivinci]

These are what I bought:

https://www.classicc...various-colours

That’s a pretty interesting color. If I have time, I’ll try that just to see what mine will look like