dubster82

Keep the black in if you ask me, all white would come accross as plasticy i think. If you do want to go for it, at least keep the headlight surrounds black. At the end of the day its up to you.

Hello bud, Wont see yu up this far and accross the border but, nice one on the Car too!

Bulbs are clear, filters add the colour.... Im trying to work out what you mean... if you want to change the colour fo lighting in your dash, i have written a guide in my gallery. However if your talking about new VW's lights in the clocks, then they too are like the indiglo in that they are one large neon pad and not bulbs and filters. I know this because i have a brand new set of MK4 Golf 1.8T clocks that i checked with. hope this helps

No probs bud, Happy Reading ;)

Whose Dubster86? :lol: Cheers bud!! Im too a fan of Danilos 16v G60, DanG60's, Darrens plans for the future ahem..., Shilakadaddy's chop up is sweet BluSLC the list goes on, there is some VERY nice Rado's out there.

nice one Jim :thumbleft:

Henny, Good idea, thought of this too though and from what im aware of, glow in the dark needs to be charged by light in order to glow, not good for driving at 2am or the like. and you cant turn them off. Rasberry Truffle. from woolies. Terry's i think. Remove the foil and cut to size. dubboy, Have a look back at my gallery (click on '91 G60' in my sig below), after you asked there, i've wrote a guide. Hope it helps.

thats cool bud, it is looking very nice though. :D

Its an idea but im afraid you will lose the effect of back lit if you keep the bulbs and change to blue. if you make it too dim, you still wont see the needles. now of course if someone could find good UV lighting and painted your needles with invisible ink you can get free from the cops, then you may be laughing.... Just a thought...

Darren, You're not the first person to ask that!!!! :lol:

I know the FK lights are darker than my in-pro's antway look good. Getting rid of the Chrome is a definate. Still got to get round to mine :roll:

Yeah, but i think its only one pic where they look orange and its cause of the flash more than anything. they dont look that bad actually. Cheers tho. I have the silver ones in my repeaters since the picture too, what a difference. Bally, Cheers bud, Make sure you get a good one tho :wink: Custom lighting Instructions GRINGOG60 and dubboy, Right, i did mean to do it as a step through guide but, i couldn't get hold of a camera... I have one now and will be opening them up again soon so ill take a couple of pictures to show people what they are going to look at.... As it is, More people just ask me to do it for them rather than ask how to do it!!! Its ok doing the Dials, but the heater controls are a pain in the butt :mad: Roughly though... The Dials. The OE colour is made my a green film that runs across the top of the housing lit through by three bulbs. There is many guides on how to change these bulbs to LED's but in my opinion, these are too bright and don't dim, which would annoy me. This is personal opinion though. What i did was to get some dark blue coloured film from a lighting shop (DJ, Disco supplies and atmospheric lighting) cut it to the same shape as the green film, swap over. simple. Once you get the dials out, Pain the first time you do it... take over the cover (its really obvious) and you'll see the green film I'm talking about. The original bulbs are actually 1.8w. Replacements are 1.3w from halfords. I replaced mine with 2.3w versions from Halfords that you buy without holders and soldered them into place of the original bulbs in the OE holders. This i recommended on a suck it and see basis. Cause mine is blue, i deemed it too dark (its bloody hard to make a nice blue) so this helps. The Digital screens. Easier than you think. Once you have the cover off, you'll see the gauges and circuit board etc.. Brace yourself and hold the gauges firmly at each side and pull directly out. The circuit board is plugged in at the side to the strip of lights at the top, un-plug it. I can't remember exactly if the Circuit Board is just clipped in to place or screws too, but it'll again be obvious. Once the circuit board is out of place, you will see the digital screens are fixed onto the board by i think two screws from behind. undo these. Once you have the screens out, hold them in your hand screen facing down and there is a big 'spacer' inside it. Remove this. You will see the LCD screen it appears white with just two pieces of rubber along each side of it. The Rubber is actually the connections for the screen and the white is one of the two filter used to diffuse the light. Turn the unit upside down and gently take out the LCD Screen. From memory, the diffuser is shaped into a little hole that you will have to prod through before you can do this. It sounds strange, but it will become obvious when it come to doing it. Once you have the filters out, you'll see there is a green one too. (On Moto-meter gauges this diffuser is one piece, if anyone has Moto meter gauges, just ask, ill talk you round this.) Get a hard board and a very sharp modelling knife (Stanley knife will do). Take your desired colour of film and cut to shape You may need two filters too, as i found the Red initially in your face so it may be better dimmer. I'm probably away to do this too. Fitting is the opposite of removal. When it comes to colours, i actually matched mine to my stereo so it all looks like it could be OE. There is many colours available, I was going to do my mates purple to match his bodywork, the GF's Polo all red cause I think it'll look smart (And she may be getting matching red in the cloth of a GTI interior) :D and my mate wants his all blue [R32's have this and he seems to have a lil theme started too :D] If your doing it blue, you may want to get a normal blue to make it easier to read rather than dark blue (I noticed this on a pic of R32 Dials). I'm away to test different combinations on my GF's car so ill see how they come out and compare). The Heater controls. What a bar-steward. Pull the levers directly out.... (Sorry late spec owners, still to check my GF's Polo to check if it'll be the same, so your on your own... But im guessing it aint far different...)... and unclip the fascia. Pull the fan switch out and unclip it from behind. You'll see its sealed together with a few little spots of molten plastic (like spot welds) get your knife and cut them. Everything will come apart and you will notice that its a piece of film with the symbols mysteriously on it , somehow..... :? Well, Get the T-cut out! Or Brasso, i used everything i could find and tried cutting corners by using a Dremmel (DO NOT DO THIS!!!!), and a Cordless drill with a cotton bud in the chuck, (this ain't to bad, but you'll go through lot of cotton buds), but nothing accounts for time and patience. Best set aside an entire Sunday for this lot actually :D One thing I didn't try was thinners, but i didn't want to chance it. What am i going on about you say? Well, the piece of film is actually clear with black paint for the face, then white paint for the symbols, then green paint for the filter. You have to get rid off the green paint behind the symbols, WITHOUT, removing the symbols and WITHOUT removing the Black paint...... its tricky and i have one or two very small bits that makes me wish it didn't use the dremmel (you can touch up lil bits with paint mind. But, You have been warned! Once you think your happy, hold it up to a light bulb (with the light on... :roll::lol:) Still happy? If yes then Start fitting back together again but get your filters out again, and tri away with some scissors til your hearts content. I was going to do everything Red, Modern dubs are this, and you can do things like getting rid of the lines that go between the symbols etc (paint them over). But I mixed the blue and red again with blue symbols and a red line split red and blue line on the heater bar and red numbers and indicator on the fan speed switch. The 4 will have to be given more filters than anything else as the bulb is directly behind it and blue is difficult to do because its only one bulb lighting everything. I had lots of attempts and schemes before i settled with what i have now. Put everything back together and hold it tightly. You may want to attempt gluing it all back together or something similar. Now you have to try installing it all back in the car without any of the filters moving about. It is incredibly tricky and you may have a bald patch by the time you finish. But is worth it. Switches. If your bulbs dont work, Get some new switches first. My rear demister also doesn't work anymore because it wasn't the best at working all the time as age had got it, and doesn't work at all now, these are only about £12 though. The film I used in that though was actually from a raspberry truffle wrapper from a pic n mix. I did this before I bought any film but it is remarkably good. It also easier to get it to stay in place, as its kind of just stuffs in there. You may need two layers, I did. Once you're finished. Drive out to the middle of no where, wait 'til its dark, and go and switch on. Smile. Everytime i switch them on I'm impressed. I was in a mates Corrado not long ago and found the green now so dull and boring. My 21 year old MKI has Green lighting for gods sake, its about time VW changed it! :lol: y Friend Called me Anal when i told him i was going to do this. Now he wants it don to his!!!! So it shows its a big difference. For best results though, I'd try and match it to a Headunit, it just blends everything in at nigh. Again though, just my opinion. Just play about with ideas and see what your local light effect shop can help you with. i bought a Pack of 4 different colours for a Fiver and the y gave me some off cause for free, so its worth having a look. Have Fun! :D BTW you will need a torx driver for VDO Dials, Apparently, accordint to Henny, its an 8 you need. available from halfords. Cheers Henny. UPDATE Hope this helps some people.

G60, Nice exhaust idea there bud :D, As for the lights, i think his would look that dark anyway in normal daylight dont the Darren? Lighter because of the flash i think :?

AHEM...... :D:D:D:D Looks sweet as mate, :thumbleft: wicked.

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Yes, but you'll probably need a lil grommet for one bit or silicone.. (when you see it you'll know what i mean..) and you'll need the indicators too. you cant mix parts.

Looks good Darren, wondered what they would look like on mine, close enough though!!!

A few ideas perhaps????

heres a couple i had lying about for a while i always meant to put up....:roll:

Heres some pics of my brothers Bikes (for all those bikers out there, you know who you are! :wink:); an '02 model Honda CBR600F-Sport Valentino Rossi Limited edition. And a '89 Honda VFR 400R, both have been slightly binned now... :cry: http://www.shadowblue.net/thefastone.htm

think you'r barking up the wrong tree, the dump valve just lets the excess boost out to let your turbo spin up quicker. Welcome to the world of Forced induction :)

Well iwas quite interested in the 1.9l setup Pitstop and Darren are putting together, so it made sense. :D And my gauge that broke. It had to be my mechanical Oil pressure gauge didnt it! just so it could spunk oil down my carpet! :mad:

I think he saying your cars nice Nige :wink:

have you tried all the pins? i think they're is a relay that goes faulty too. not sure about that though, we had a look at my mates pump and it was fairly burnt so it was obvious on his!

should be adjustable, get a digital 4 wheel alignment done for perfect handling 8)