First of all I would like to say I hope no one else has posted this topic as it is my first post..so here goes:

 

 

I have a wonderful little green ke30 that i got for free (thanks granny) anyway i was curious about changing the lights in my dash to leds,

could someone please tell me whether i can get a special type of LED that will fit straight into the normal bulb holder, or if i need to modify a normal dicksmith Led to fit, if so what resistors e.t.c should i use.. by the way I live in New Zealand.

 

p.s. i have already removed the gauge cluster twice to install a 2" tacho in the clock hole, so I'm a little familiar with it

Yes you can get them... the housing fits right into the bulb holder and the 'lens' is shaped to disperse the light in a more omnidirectional way. I had blue ones in a KE70 and they look quite good... I found mine in japan, but I have seen them on ebay and on the shelf in auto accessory shops too. Few bucks per LED.

I've also had blue ones in my KE55, with white faced guages....They provided very good light, and looked fully hektik uleh

cheers guys, i will have a look for them just as soon as i get back from Germany, I'm really keen for some super bright blue ones with white face gauges,

 

Jono

While you're in Germany, grab a packet of "Gletscher Eis"

 

They'll ruck your sucks cuzzy bro

I did mine a long time ago... :hmm:

 

http://www.rollaclub.com/board/index.php?s...pic=995&hl=

 

http://www.rollaclub.com/board/index.php?s...ic=4900&hl=

 

 

I did have pictures up but i dunno where they went.....I found the blue ones i bought not bright enough, now i have white ones in the dash and its nice and easy to read.

friend of mine has a full LED dash. don't know how he does it but his name on here is KJ's rollas or something. he can prolly tell you how.

 

i have an image of what they look like somewhere. ill find it and edit it in here =]

good luck

I did mine a long time ago... :hmm:

 

http://www.rollaclub.com/board/index.php?s...pic=995&hl=

 

http://www.rollaclub.com/board/index.php?s...ic=4900&hl=

 

 

I did have pictures up but i dunno where they went.....I found the blue ones i bought not bright enough, now i have white ones in the dash and its nice and easy to read.

oh that looks awsome, i want them in my black dash

I did mine a long time ago... :hmm:

 

http://www.rollaclub.com/board/index.php?s...pic=995&hl=

 

http://www.rollaclub.com/board/index.php?s...ic=4900&hl=

 

 

I did have pictures up but i dunno where they went.....I found the blue ones i bought not bright enough, now i have white ones in the dash and its nice and easy to read.

 

Buy better LED's...my blue ones were so bright they used to light up the entire cabin...

First of all, whats 'gletcher eis'??

 

and to xany, with the white faces on your gauges did u scan, then photoshop, then make them into stickers??, also how do i get the needles off?? sorry bwt questions, still not back home from germany, and missing my rolla very much lol..

 

Jono :hmm:

These, my boy, are the most fantastic confectionery ever produced by man, without the aid of reverse-engineered alien technology.

 

 

Buy them. Be amazed.

 

I Lived in Germany for a while, down south in a little village near the Schwarzwald. Where abouts are you?

Edited January 29, 200818 yr by 7shades

First of all, whats 'gletcher eis'??

 

and to xany, with the white faces on your gauges did u scan, then photoshop, then make them into stickers??, also how do i get the needles off?? sorry bwt questions, still not back home from germany, and missing my rolla very much lol..

 

Jono :hmm:

 

The needles will just pull off, just remember to have them facing 0 when you pull them off.

 

As for how i did them, its all in the thread.....Paint everything white, then use cigarette filters to dab the black paint on the raised numbers.

These, my boy, are the most fantastic confectionery ever produced by man, without the aid of reverse-engineered alien technology.

 

 

Buy them. Be amazed.

 

I Lived in Germany for a while, down south in a little village near the Schwarzwald. Where abouts are you?

 

 

I see, yes the germans also have those wonderful haribo gummi bears, and absinthe mmmm.. haha, ive been here in öhringen for two months on an exchange trip, its just south of stuttgart.

 

 

and to xany, excuse my ignorance they are on your page haha, and one last question, if you had blue leds and white gauge faces why was it green?? was it because of those little bulb covers??, can i take them off if so??

 

thankks again

jono

I think i ended up snapping them off......after that i had blue gauges.