Greg
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Post by Greg on Apr 7, 2012 6:26:51 GMT -5
Here's one for the Vento guys who may have looked into this...
In 2008, Vento made a re-design of the speedo clusters. The had a purplish blue glow to them.
As far as I can tell, all instrument clusters use regular 194 bulbs to illuminate the cluster.
What bulbs was Vento using to achieve that blue color?
I remember how slick it looked on their website, almost like a neon look to it.
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Post by 90GTVert on Apr 7, 2012 8:13:47 GMT -5
It's been a while since I've had stock gauges, but I believe mine used clear bulbs. It was the way the gauges were designed. Mine just looked blue to me when lit up, but mine was an '04 so maybe I haven't seen the '08.
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Greg
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Post by Greg on Apr 8, 2012 6:24:11 GMT -5
I was thinking this was something new for 2008. I remember the marketing material emphasizing it. I just thought it might have been a special blue bulb.
Maybe there was nothing special to it at all. I do see blue 194 LEDs on the bay cheap. It gives me an idea to try something different.
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Post by teddy554 on Apr 8, 2012 6:37:26 GMT -5
My vento light is the color your talking about but only works when it wants to. seen it on about five times the light is a bluish purple color
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Greg
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Post by Greg on Apr 8, 2012 7:38:57 GMT -5
I noticed when replacing an instrument cluster (due to the lens going so cloudy the speedo could barely be seen) that the bulbs are very loose in these sockets.
I actually put the headlight housing on and had to take it back off because one of my turn signal indicator lights was not working.
You might have that problem, but I don't know because there should be at least two bulbs for cluster illumination.
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Post by teddy554 on Apr 8, 2012 17:35:25 GMT -5
nine is pretty beat-up cracked and dusty but still the speedo and gauges work almost 5000 miles on it
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theo547
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Post by theo547 on Apr 9, 2012 21:26:09 GMT -5
the vento\keeway\whoever else uses those clusters dont have bulbs. they are a back lit digital screen. at least im pretty sure  maybe i should take my old one apart, god knows its nothing more then a paper weight now. |
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Post by Fox on Apr 9, 2012 22:19:40 GMT -5
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