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Postby FXGTV » Wed Mar 08, 2006 9:09 pm

I was just reading slightly looneys thread about his blown fuses and it got me thinking...
The day i bought my FX (ae92) the oil/voltage gauges were lit up like all the others on my dash, speedo etc etc. A mate of mine who had owned an FX or two in his time joked that i was lucky these were all still working, as its common for these to crap out in FXGTs. I should have knocked on wood because the very next day the oil and voltage gauges were no longer lit :roll:

Are they poked now? Or is this just a matter of replacing a fuse?
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Postby sergei » Wed Mar 08, 2006 9:43 pm

probably light behind them blown
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Postby Jazza » Wed Mar 08, 2006 9:46 pm

Fun semi rice thing to do. Replace the bulb with a coloured LED (Same colour as your head-deck) so when your driving at night. Everything matches! Hehehe...
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Postby Caveman » Wed Mar 08, 2006 9:56 pm

Coloured LEDs make little children cry :cry:

Just get brighter whiter ones 8)
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Postby sergei » Wed Mar 08, 2006 9:58 pm

with LEDs you will have a bright small spot and every thing dark unless you come up with a good way of deffusing light from it...
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Postby FXGTV » Wed Mar 08, 2006 10:11 pm

Is it much of a mish to get to the bulbs? Screw the rice thing ;)
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Postby sergei » Wed Mar 08, 2006 10:12 pm

take off the instrument clsuter, about 10min job ...
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Postby gepsk8 » Wed Mar 08, 2006 10:47 pm

i've got a dash here complete, bulbs u could have for $5 say. or i can get u new 1s if u want have to price them up for u. just pm.
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