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Omega Help Area => Omega Electrical and Audio Help => Topic started by: bappy on 30 April 2008, 13:29:07
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Hey guys,
I noticed this morning that the light bulb that goes behind the water temperature meter and the rev counter has blown.
If im going to go to all the bother taking the dash to bits (I've read the dashboard howto and it looks too easy to be true lol) I might as well do what I've been wanting to for a while and replace all the bulbs with nice pretty blue ones.
Has anyone else done this already? If so can you please recommend where I can get the bulbs and what type of bulb they are?
cheers!
Ben
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Have a search on ebay for aceparts
They do an omega kit
Costs a bit more, about 20 quid, but thats the complete set for your dials & heater controls & stereo display.
They are the only ones I've seen that the stereo display is visibe in the daylight
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Got blue led's on my car mate ,and they look great at night, i got mine from a guy on ebay, but had a problem with the bulbs behind the heater controls, everytime i put a led in to the centre holder all the other dash lights went out untill i removed the led and switched the ign on and off . I had to find a diff led to make them work. other than that easy enough. :y
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Matter of taste. But I detest this fascination with gay blue leds...
Omega wasn't designed to be illuminated with LEDs, so there are issues.
All gay blue LEDs are ultrabrights. This makes the indicators on the switches (above radio, window switches, etc) distractingly bright. May be able to tone down slightly via resistors. Also, gay blue LEDs have a very narrow angle, which means the light guides for illuminating controls (climate, backlightinging for switches, etc) doesn't really work. Lastly, gay blue LEDs are not so easy to control output, so often you'll find MID/Climate etc unreadable in the day, and too bright at night.
Then you have to start desoldering cliamte panels to fit blue instead of amber for the selected function etc.
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Matter of taste. But I detest this fascination with gay blue leds...
Omega wasn't designed to be illuminated with LEDs, so there are issues.
All gay blue LEDs are ultrabrights. This makes the indicators on the switches (above radio, window switches, etc) distractingly bright. May be able to tone down slightly via resistors. Also, gay blue LEDs have a very narrow angle, which means the light guides for illuminating controls (climate, backlightinging for switches, etc) doesn't really work. Lastly, gay blue LEDs are not so easy to control output, so often you'll find MID/Climate etc unreadable in the day, and too bright at night.
Then you have to start desoldering cliamte panels to fit blue instead of amber for the selected function etc.
So --- you don't like them then ?????? :)
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Lol !! Gay Blue !!
Methinks there is a deeper issue here . . . . . ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Matter of taste. But I detest this fascination with gay blue leds...
Omega wasn't designed to be illuminated with LEDs, so there are issues.
All gay blue LEDs are ultrabrights. This makes the indicators on the switches (above radio, window switches, etc) distractingly bright. May be able to tone down slightly via resistors. Also, gay blue LEDs have a very narrow angle, which means the light guides for illuminating controls (climate, backlightinging for switches, etc) doesn't really work. Lastly, gay blue LEDs are not so easy to control output, so often you'll find MID/Climate etc unreadable in the day, and too bright at night.
Then you have to start desoldering cliamte panels to fit blue instead of amber for the selected function etc.
So --- you don't like them then ?????? :)
Every rather device has them on >:( - its like driving a BMW or having an iPod, so rather gay and so rather pointless. Rant over, I'm calm.....
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Lol !! Gay Blue !!
Methinks there is a deeper issue here . . . . . ;D ;D ;D ;D
lol, one of my friends is that way inclined. He likes blue leds on everything - he says they are sweet.... ....'nuff said really...
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Matter of taste. But I detest this fascination with gay blue leds...
Omega wasn't designed to be illuminated with LEDs, so there are issues.
All gay blue LEDs are ultrabrights. This makes the indicators on the switches (above radio, window switches, etc) distractingly bright. May be able to tone down slightly via resistors. Also, gay blue LEDs have a very narrow angle, which means the light guides for illuminating controls (climate, backlightinging for switches, etc) doesn't really work. Lastly, gay blue LEDs are not so easy to control output, so often you'll find MID/Climate etc unreadable in the day, and too bright at night.
Then you have to start desoldering cliamte panels to fit blue instead of amber for the selected function etc.
So --- you don't like them then ?????? :)
Every rather device has them on >:( - its like driving a BMW or having an iPod, so rather gay and so rather pointless. Rant over, I'm calm.....
Not fussed myself but mines got too mugh cream & wood now the centre panel's fitted, do'nt think the blue would go so i aint gonna bovver!
Nice to know i'm not the only one prone to the "odd outburst"!!! :D
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Nice to know i'm not the only one prone to the "odd outburst"!!! :D
A little outburst helps keep the blood pressure under control ;)
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heh nice posts guys lol
I redid the entirety of my first car (hyundai lantra) with shiny blue & silver bits on the interior. I thought it looked great as did many of my mates. Did get a surprising high number of 'gay' comments tho. I guess blue LEDs are the new 'salmon pink' shirts eh?
Im not concerned about people thinking things look gay... anyone who knows me knows im straight lol so why worry?
btw thanks cbs2 for your helpful response :D lol
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Since when has blue been a merry colour ???
Gay
noun, adverb
–adjective
1. having or showing a merry, lively mood: gay spirits; gay music.
2. bright or showy: gay colors; gay ornaments.
Synonyms 1. gleeful, jovial, glad, joyous, happy, cheerful, sprightly, blithe, airy, light-hearted; vivacious, frolicsome, sportive, hilarious. Gay, jolly, joyful, merry describe a happy or light-hearted mood. Gay suggests a lightness of heart or liveliness of mood that is openly manifested: when hearts were young and gay. Jolly indicates a good-humored, natural, expansive gaiety of mood or disposition: a jolly crowd at a party. Joyful suggests gladness, happiness, rejoicing: joyful over the good news. Merry is often interchangeable with gay: a merry disposition; a merry party; it suggests, even more than the latter, convivial animated enjoyment.
just thought I'd ask ....... ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Since when has blue been a merry colour ???
Gay
noun, adverb
–adjective
1. having or showing a merry, lively mood: gay spirits; gay music.
2. bright or showy: gay colors; gay ornaments.
Synonyms 1. gleeful, jovial, glad, joyous, happy, cheerful, sprightly, blithe, airy, light-hearted; vivacious, frolicsome, sportive, hilarious. Gay, jolly, joyful, merry describe a happy or light-hearted mood. Gay suggests a lightness of heart or liveliness of mood that is openly manifested: when hearts were young and gay. Jolly indicates a good-humored, natural, expansive gaiety of mood or disposition: a jolly crowd at a party. Joyful suggests gladness, happiness, rejoicing: joyful over the good news. Merry is often interchangeable with gay: a merry disposition; a merry party; it suggests, even more than the latter, convivial animated enjoyment.
just thought I'd ask ....... ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Nought new in 'Gay'; `takes me back to prep-school philosophy lessons and having to discuss Nietzsche [size=9] (Die fröhliche Wissenschaft/The Gay Science, 1882)[/size]....no fits of classroom giggles allowed in those days: 'Gay' was just a happy attitude! ;D
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gay_Science ;)
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it must have been victim to a thread hijacking type of occurence at some point . ;)
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Matter of taste. But I detest this fascination with gay blue leds...
Omega wasn't designed to be illuminated with LEDs, so there are issues.
All gay blue LEDs are ultrabrights. This makes the indicators on the switches (above radio, window switches, etc) distractingly bright. May be able to tone down slightly via resistors. Also, gay blue LEDs have a very narrow angle, which means the light guides for illuminating controls (climate, backlightinging for switches, etc) doesn't really work. Lastly, gay blue LEDs are not so easy to control output, so often you'll find MID/Climate etc unreadable in the day, and too bright at night.
Then you have to start desoldering cliamte panels to fit blue instead of amber for the selected function etc.
i must agree, while py old passat had blue illumination i have seen an omega with blue led and it looked pants, the vw display is designed to accomodate the blueness, but the mig isnt, i like the migs display as its is.tastfull and classy :y :y :y
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They should make pink ones so gay people could buy them for their cars ;D.You would probally see them fitted to convertibles,hate those bloody things
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They should make pink ones so gay people could buy them for their cars ;D.You would probally see them fitted to convertibles,hate those bloody things
Nah --- if they did that my daughter would buy up the entire stock ::)
Must disagree with you on convertibles tho --- I like them .... at least the big yank variety with real back seats 8-)
On that subject my cousin's missus just bought a mazda convertible and paid 1800 smackers for air con option --- cousin went nuts !!!!!
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On that subject my cousin's missus just bought a mazda convertible and paid 1800 smackers for air con option --- cousin went nuts !!!!!
Air Con and Open top - fantastic idea - we should all have that ;)
Cool the world down a bit and prevent global warming ;D
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On that subject my cousin's missus just bought a mazda convertible and paid 1800 smackers for air con option --- cousin went nuts !!!!!
Air Con and Open top - fantastic idea - we should all have that ;)
Cool the world down a bit and prevent global warming ;D
LOL Dave, I shall get her to try that excuse on him ---- see if it calms him down
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I've never seen the point of air con on a convertible. People look like right breakwits driving round with their roof up when it's sweltering hot. A load of weight and a load of hassle for nothing. ::)
Kevin
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OK, what do people really think about these so-called 'rather blue leds'??
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Voted! :y
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Yep, liked the things when the were new and different,
Novelty soon wore off ;)
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before I vote, can we clarify the definition of Gay Blue ?
Purely for research purposes, I have just watched a Blue Film, I am not Gay and I really really enjoyed it -
My observations, (and I had to watch it several times to be sure) was that throughout the film each scene comprised one man and one woman and they applied various fluids to the bonnet of a Blue Car and had a novel way of polishing it, (turtelwax gives a better shine though)
I`m now utterly confused by the term Gay Blue and will have to confine myself to a muted TV (why do we turn the sound down when on our own?) over the weekend for some more research.
;D ;D
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Since when has blue been a merry colour ???
Gay
noun, adverb
–adjective
1. having or showing a merry, lively mood: gay spirits; gay music.
2. bright or showy: gay colors; gay ornaments.
Synonyms 1. gleeful, jovial, glad, joyous, happy, cheerful, sprightly, blithe, airy, light-hearted; vivacious, frolicsome, sportive, hilarious. Gay, jolly, joyful, merry describe a happy or light-hearted mood. Gay suggests a lightness of heart or liveliness of mood that is openly manifested: when hearts were young and gay. Jolly indicates a good-humored, natural, expansive gaiety of mood or disposition: a jolly crowd at a party. Joyful suggests gladness, happiness, rejoicing: joyful over the good news. Merry is often interchangeable with gay: a merry disposition; a merry party; it suggests, even more than the latter, convivial animated enjoyment.
just thought I'd ask ....... ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Nought new in 'Gay'; `takes me back to prep-school philosophy lessons and having to discuss Nietzsche [size=9] (Die fröhliche Wissenschaft/The Gay Science, 1882)[/size]....no fits of classroom giggles allowed in those days: 'Gay' was just a happy attitude! ;D
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gay_Science ;)
Ah yes! good old Nietzsche who I have been studying on and off for the last two years. He was know not to like most women, although he was assisted greatly by his sister Elisabeth, preferring Ubermensch ('Superman', and we have a few of them on this site! ;D ;D) outside of his constant insanity, and although he was not a fascist, he is considered by some as the father of it and the inspiration behind the rise to power in 1933 of the National Socialist Workers Party (Nazis) movement in Germany, and Italian facism under Musolini 10 years before in 1923.
A very strange character indeed and one who is fun to study....now back to Omega's! ;D ;D ;D ...or was it gays!!...I'm as confused as Nietzsche now! ;D ;D
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before I vote, can we clarify the definition of Gay Blue ?
Purely for research purposes, I have just watched a Blue Film, I am not Gay and I really really enjoyed it -
My observations, (and I had to watch it several times to be sure) was that throughout the film each scene comprised one man and one woman and they applied various fluids to the bonnet of a Blue Car and had a novel way of polishing it, (turtelwax gives a better shine though)
I`m now utterly confused by the term Gay Blue and will have to confine myself to a muted TV (why do we turn the sound down when on our own?) over the weekend for some more research.
;D ;D
I am confused on this point as well!!......are police stations not marked with a BLUE lamp, like Dixon of Dock Green?! Is it being suggested he was gay, or all policemen are? ;D ;D ;D Be careful how you answer as there is no problem with that! ;D ;D :y
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crickey, what have I started ::)
btw, I voted gay.
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crickey, what have I started ::)
btw, I voted gay.
;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Ive promised to rant no more. No opinion on blue lights but satnavs are GAYER than GAY. I know i'm well outnumbered on this one but i wo'nt back down, i ca'nt, i despise the worthless CHAVVIE gimmicks. ::)
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Have s et of those gay blue leds tried installing them, too much hassle took them out again, and just got the dials which light up blue, lot easier bu slightly more in cost.
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Stick with the amber, blue is OK in a car that is set up that way, but isn't as easy on the eye.
I do find it annoying though that you can't seem to buy an aftermarket stereo in amber. I have a Pug 306 too and the standard dash lights are amber whilst the stereo looks really out of place.
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We can supply single and double Din stereos with a fully adjustable range of 728 different color illuminations to match all ranges of Gay, Straight and wierd dash colours.
high end Clarion unts - not the cheesy Eastern imported crap
our most popular ones are
Single Din Clarion DXZ788RUSB £269.99
and
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