Backlighting standard Gauges

[Gumby]

well, as of January 1st here, they banned the manufacture of incandescent bulbs. Once the supply is gone, we can only get CFLs. You might have to row over to NZ to get the "good stuff"? LOL! The UV light is really cool on the gauges. (I have a female pen pal in NZ for the last 2 1/2 years!) She visits Australia often.

[hemiken]

Yeah we are in a transitional phase with a change over also, we have not got anything set in stone on when they are totally fazed out, tell your penpal friend that you have a buddy that lives in the west island of New Zealand (Australia) she will get a laugh out of that.

[Gumby]

I did not realize that the light bar on the Rallye gauges uses four 1893 bulbs. SuperBrightLEDs does not offer a suitable "pop in replacement" bulb. So, I bought a standard dash light bar off Ebay for dirt cheap. ($10) They are plentiful. (Rallye light bars are insanely priced, if you can even find them) I bought 4 "festoon" bases/sockets from SBLeds for $1.19 each, and 4 "festoon" uv LED bulbs for $4.99 each. I will cut off/out the original bulb backings off the light bar, cut additional holes where appropriate, and epoxy the festoon bases on, and wire it up. The SBLed site says that their bulbs work with the original dimmer on the car. The festoon bulbs have a 30 degree viewing angle, and the bulbs can be rotated in the socket for best light aiming. I'm thinking this will be EASY and cheap! lol. I just jinxed it. I will get a cheap camera and take pics as I do the mod.