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Old Jan 12, 2019 | 08:54 AM
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Next job - dashboard lights.

The car is fitted with white dials. Not for boy racer styling reasons, but because it's the cheapest and easiest way of converting MPH clocks to KMH. Obviously doesn't fix the odometer.... so I will look out for a set of MPH clocks in the future but for now this is what I am stuck with.

Previous owner fitted blue LED bulbs (the standard bulbs are extremely dull) but I thought they looked horrible.



80's Fords should have green illumination, so 4 2000 MEGAWATT 900SMD LED bulbs later, I was in business.



They are also bright enough to be seen in daylight which is nice.



I might also repaint the speedo needles. They are supposed to be a sort of dayglo orange and have faded in the sun. They are brittle though, so I might not risk taking them off until I've acquired a RHD clock set.

Little bits but I enjoy stuff like this
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