Replacing illumination in climate control unit (with pics)

bigdaddycain · Post by **bigdaddycain** » Thu Jan 17, 2008 12:48 am

Yip, i got the white dial bmw clock face from Haydn callow kirsty, we did a bit of a part ex on my boring old black one,with an option of colours to backlight the clock with....

Looks

MountainGoat · Post by **MountainGoat** » Thu Jan 17, 2008 6:47 pm

I am not in the same class as you Steve when it comes to bling but I do like most things to match up. So how do I go about changing the orange light of my BMW clock to the green of the original Bongo instruments.

Often wondered if I should change them all to another colour if that is possible, one that would be maybe more restful but easier to see. Perhaps we could do another poll to see what colour most Bongo owners would prefer their instrument lights to be?

BongoMTBer · Post by **BongoMTBer** » Thu Jan 17, 2008 7:46 pm

Mountaingoat.

I made my BMW clock blue (although not too bright).

I took the clock apart completley and inside I found a green dome which I removed. I then cut a blue pastic shampoo bottle lid to fit inside and I now have a blue illuminated clock

Does anyone know if the switches and dash dials use coloured filters which can be removed?

BongoMTBer · Post by **BongoMTBer** » Tue Jan 22, 2008 7:07 pm

Thanks to this thread and this ebay purchase: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... :IT&ih=015

..............I now have blue climate control and BMW clock

Visual performance dials next????

bigdaddycain · Post by **bigdaddycain** » Tue Jan 22, 2008 7:13 pm

Sounds

Any chance of a few pics? I'm not blessed with c.c. I'm lumbered with manual air con i'm afraid,but im still interested in seeing how it looks...

BongoMTBer · Post by **BongoMTBer** » Tue Jan 22, 2008 7:33 pm

Later, just about to have my tea.

She wasn't happy that I had half my dash in pieces on the dining table when she got back from work

bigdaddycain · Post by **bigdaddycain** » Tue Jan 22, 2008 7:54 pm

BongoMTBer wrote:Later, just about to have my tea.

She wasn't happy that I had half my dash in pieces on the dining table when she got back from work

Not happy about the table, or ya dash?

BongoMTBer · Post by **BongoMTBer** » Tue Jan 22, 2008 9:28 pm

Well, here is the result. They are not what I would call bright, but they are ok. I know the recirc button looks green in the photo, but it isn't, honest.

I do not like bright illuminations anyway, so when I get my VP dials, I will be able to tune them in to a similar brightness. I fitted two bulbs (soldered onto board) in the clock.

I will be looking into replacing the LED display with a blue or may be red one on the CC but don't hold out much hope. The mode selector LEDs should be easy to replace though.

BongoMTBer · Post by **BongoMTBer** » Tue Jan 22, 2008 9:28 pm

bigdaddycain wrote:
BongoMTBer wrote:Later, just about to have my tea.

She wasn't happy that I had half my dash in pieces on the dining table when she got back from work
Not happy about the table, or ya dash?

Both.

BongoMTBer · Post by **BongoMTBer** » Tue Jan 22, 2008 9:47 pm

I have blue bulbs in the blind switches now too and I think due to the fact they have a green filter (the bit with the blind printed on) they still look green.

Will try the filter over LED display though, but I think this will also not work. Hope it does though

The standard filter over the LED is smoked at present.

BongoMTBer · Post by **BongoMTBer** » Tue Jan 22, 2008 9:48 pm

Main display not disabled, just the ignition was off.

Cosmic Bus · Post by **Cosmic Bus** » Wed Jun 30, 2010 8:39 pm

I recently did mine thanks to the fact sheet with some bulbs from Maplins.

I had to shorten the bulb holders (with a stanley knife) so it would fit back together as the new bulbs were slightly longer. As the green boots wouldn't fit I used a paint pen from a craft shop that we had. After I realised I could have used any colour but I wanted to keep them green.

I will try to refind the part numbers if anybody wants them. At night they look fine. No different if they had the boots on, well I imagine so as they didn't work in the first place lol.

Replacing illumination in climate control unit (with pics)

Re: Replacing illumination in climate control unit (with pics)