Hello,

How can i make the backing light of my speedo dials from that orange to blue is there a way to do it and what would i need its a punto mk2b active sport 1.2 8v

Hi, i wish i knew, i have the same problem. 05 mk2b, only thing i could think of s get 80% glass paint and colour the origional display lights

hey, im looking at getting mine done, ive been told its not that easy. i believe dhwigston on the forum offers his services at a small cost he is in leicester i will be contacting him when i get round to doing mine (ATT: dhwigston i havent forgotten about you honest)

i think it involves replacing the led's in the dials themselves. so if you are handy with the olde soldering iron then you could be in luck.

www.ultraleds.co.uk may have the right size you need (i think that was the site )

there are LED's you can get on ebay for em, coz i was looking at a set with diffrent LED's included in em, it said they needed soldering up and things.

im just going with the old lockwood dials i fink, nothing too fancy, i am mk1 btw :slayer:

lacey_punto said:

there are LED's you can get on ebay for em, coz i was looking at a set with diffrent LED's included in em, it said they needed soldering up and things.

im just going with the old lockwood dials i fink, nothing too fancy, i am mk1 btw :slayer:

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lucky for you, there are no lockwood or any aftermarket dials for the mk2b i want the sporting dials white background but no joy for the 2B

uh oh thts not good is it

there may be sum avaliable soon thou, its only coz its fairly new that sum mods ar not made yet

mines and old mk1 so there are thousand avaliable for it. mind you sum nice sporting ones will give a rele nice look i fink, nice 1 :slayer:

i guess, ive heard talks of them being produced eventually but the car is 3yrs old nearly

yer patience my yound padawan....

make your own dials

i did a guide for the uno boys. its floating around somewhere

charlieboy said:

make your own dials

i did a guide for the uno boys. its floating around somewhere

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Wo wo wo, me and DIY not in the same sentence well not often

crazydave said:

Wo wo wo, me and DIY not in the same sentence well not often

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hehe, ur similar to me then, i can just bout manage to drill mi pedals n fit new ones, thts my limit

I might have to go to a customs place in middlesbrough or stockton that can do ti for me i dont thnik have tiem for soldering and all that stuff

joshua.watson1987 said:

I might have to go to a customs place in middlesbrough or stockton that can do ti for me i dont thnik have tiem for soldering and all that stuff

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Well if its jus a different colour dhwigston does it, so it might be worth getting some quotes, i want to change mine too for sure

profile says dhwigston hasnt been on in 2 weeks i really want ti doin tho i hate the sickly orange barf glow

lol, i dont think he is on often but i PMd him and it goes to his email account aswel so that might get his attention. I think you have to advance warn him like 10 days before you want it doing as the bulbs come from germany i think

i will pm him for prices

their called wide angle LED's, as a normal led would burn your eyes out when its dark

I did it to the volvo (a bit fruitless as I just sold it to a german girl!!) cost me £12 for the wide leds (from american volvo forum) and the little resistors to protect them, they were already soldered up into little circuits, all i needed to do was plug the led in the whole, and solder the connecting wires up to the little circuit, then tape it all to the back of the console with electrical tape so it doesn't catch fire:devil:

looks mint!! but too bright to be honest! personally I'm a fan of saabs, where theres a 'night panel' button (fighter jet inspired) which turns the lamps on the whole dash and speedo console out, AND the dials all go back to rest (off position) just leaving the speedo and back light for speedo only! mint idea and I use it all the time as it reduces glare and keeps your concentration up!!

if you've got a MK1 theres a guy on ebay that sell plasma dials on eBay, for about the same price as lockwoods, they are pretty cool, i emailed him about getitng mk2's done but he had a stroke or something and is going to stop omporting them. that was about 2 months ago......

OXCiD3 said:

if you've got a MK1 theres a guy on ebay that sell plasma dials on eBay, for about the same price as lockwoods, they are pretty cool, i emailed him about getitng mk2's done but he had a stroke or something and is going to stop omporting them. that was about 2 months ago......

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i was looknig at them actually not long ago, they are same as lockwood ones with white background on em and they light up in loadsa diffrent colors, looks rite nice in any car coz u can change the color

bout same as lockwoods too £32 ish