Andy;
Count me in for speedo and tach lights.
Dave Friedlander
Andrew Packard wrote:
> I had quite a conversation with the Raleigh, NC distributor about instrument
>lights and wanting brighter lights without adding heat. He was very active in
>rebuilding old Corvettes and appreciated the British car need for more dash
>light power. He sent me a catalog and we agreed that it probably would be
>best for me to send him the two types of instrument lights to see if he has or
>can make what we need. I don't think the directional features of the LED's
>will matter so much since they're shoved in a tube anyway, and then tinted
>with the plastic blue/green dome. Does anyone have a spare bulb harness(es)
>that we can send to him? Bulb prices show 6.50 each for the light green and
>9.50 each for white. I am mainly interested in the two bulbs that light up
>the speedo and tach. Let me know the interest out there and maybe we can work
>out a volume discount or at least a car club discount.
> Andy
> CD6521L
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: michael lunsford [SMTP:mblunsfordsr@yahoo.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, February 26, 2003 3:35 PM
> To: 6pack@autox.team.net
> Subject: Led Dash Lights
>
> Along with Jim Tabor I am also interested in learning if anyone on the list
>has used LED dash lights and if so whether or not they recommend replacing the
>standard bulbs with LEDs. The current ones are nearly useless, even after I
>bypassed the rheostat to give them the full 12 volts all of the time. At
>nearly $10 each they are 10 times the cost of a standard bulb and if you do
>the entire dash you need 12 bulbs. I'm a little reluctant to spend $114 plus
>shipping unless they provide a substantial improvement over the standard ones.
>
> Mike Lunsford, 1970 TR6
>
> Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2003 22:29:10 +0000
> From: "James Tabor" <jattr6@hotmail.com>
> Subject: Dash Lights: LED replacements
>
> A while back there was some talk of ordering LED dash lights.
> Did anyone ever get around to ordering any?
>
> I think the size mentioned was this type:
> https://www.netdisty.net/ds/SF200/default.asp
>
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