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Ryoko
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Posted: 27 Mar 2017 at 2:08pm |
Hello All!
My car is a Primera P11 1.6 SLX. (1998.) The other day I noticed, that there's no illumination at the clock(/date/temperature)'s display. To be accurate, if I look it very closely, I can see some sort of light at the right side of the display, but it's very-very weak. Could you tell me, please, is it possible to fix it? I assume, that the display's illumination isn't operated by a simple bulb, is it? Thank you in advance! |
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p11primeragt
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Yes it one has a bulb of it's own.
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essNchill
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This will help :)
http://www.npoc.co.uk/forum/p11-change-dash-bulb-colour_topic3277.html A big welcome to NPOC too. Enjoy the forums and take care,
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Ryoko
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p11primeragt, essNchill, thank you very much for the replies!
I'm so happy that it has a normal bulb, so I can fix it by myself. Since the instrument panel will be removed, I think I will replace all the bulbs to new ones. That step by step description is very useful. Big thanks to the author, too. |
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Astral07
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While you're already doing it, check if LEDs are not too expensive for you. The dash looks much nicer with them - at least for me :)
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Ryoko
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Ryoko
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(Oh, I'm sorry, I sent en empty reply by mistake.)
So, the work is done, thanks to that step by step guide. I bought normal bulbs, but during changing them I realized that some of those blue rubber "caps" can't be removed, because they are melted onto the old bulbs. I had to put in the new bulbs as they were. I'm very happy that all the lights work properly and the difference is quite big compared to the old ones. However, since the blue rubber caps are off, the illumination is a bit too yellow. But I think I will get used to it. If not, maybe I'll give it a try to the LEDs. Thank you for your reply! |
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LED's are 501 and T50 from memory. You can fit the brighter white LEDS or go down the colour route . I had blue in ( ice white to be correct ) which were nice but not too clear at night. Another nice and quick mod is the rear number plate lights. LED's make a much nicer and clear result when fitted
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Dunmanifestin
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I like the original look of the dash, not too bright, nicely dimmable, but for the life of me, I've not yet found a suitable replacement for those blue caps. my odometer readout just looks wrong still!
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Ryoko
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naughtynorm, thank you for the reply. When I read that step by step
guide, I really liked that blue colour so at first I thought that I
wanted the same. Later I hesitated and decided to keep the original
color - which I couldn't, because of the blue caps' damages.
By the way, a shop assistant told me, that I have to place a resistor before the LED. Could you tell me, please, do those LED's already contain the resistor which are sold in the car parts shops? In other words, can I replace them just as if they were simple bulbs? Dunmanifestin, after the replacement I searched and found some local (hungarian) people who sell those blue caps, but the price what they ask is insolently high. Perhaps, they know that those caps are rare and that's why they keep that high price. |
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