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<blockquote data-quote="Daheem24" data-source="post: 773804" data-attributes="member: 9972"><p>Ar man I see what you mean now! Ah well, I guess it was an experience nevertheless.</p><p></p><p></p><p>So, apparently there's a limit of picture attachments per post - 30. So here's the '<em>after</em>' picture for my heater control dials:</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]63117[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Not too impressed to be honest. I think it looks a bit naff with the fading of the light at the edges and I have no idea what that shadow is behind the blue. So I don't know what to do now - options are:</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">(Because of the weird blue shadow), change back to the old heater unit and do what John said about changing over the dials and the front panel</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Change back to the original orange lighting</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">(To mitigate the crappy uneven lighting situation) order something like:</li> </ul><p>[ATTACH=full]63118[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]63119[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>More updates...I took out my speedo/instrument cluster and kind of broke it:</p><p></p><p>So I wanted to see if I could also change the bulbs on the speedo and took it out. Long story short: you can't (on the speedos with the rings around the revmeter and speedometer) but you can on the other type of K12 speedo. But there is speculation as to how effective changing the bulbs on those would be, as apparently the translucent bits (where the numbers etc are) are actually slightly tinted so that they appear orange; this hasn't been officially confirmed.</p><p></p><p>How I took the unit out: 3 screws underneath the steering wheel:</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]63120[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Off it comes, and so does the bit of plastic trim above the steering wheel:</p><p>Side note: Nike Benassi slides - 11/10 would recommend x</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]63121[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>The silver trim around the edge of the dash; that's held on by a few clips. Get a screwdriver (gently) or trim removal tool in and yank the trim out:</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]63122[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]63123[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]63124[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Screw at the top: geeet iiit off, geeet iiit off:</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]63125[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>1 screw either side of the speedo; please also kindly remove them (excuse the shoddy pic - there was some wonderful Spring sunlight glare):</p><p></p><p> [ATTACH=full]63126[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]63127[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Then pull the speedo out. I read somewhere you pull it up towards the dash; to be honest, it's held on VERY securely, so I don't really know how I ended up getting it out.</p><p></p><p>Then I took it apart, as much as I could, to look for anything lighting-related:</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]63128[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]63129[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]63130[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]63131[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>The digital screen broke:</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]63132[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>I tinkered (kind of just blew at it and pushed things:</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]63133[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Then...</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]63134[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>When I was taking it apart, I tried to pull the circuit board out the back; there were several clips around the edge which I unclipped. Realised it shouldn't really come off and I should leave it. I feel like I never pushed the circuit board properly back to its position, which might be why this is happening. Or I've just fully messed it up.</p><p></p><p>I'll try and tinker and fix it tonight. Then decide whether I'll just leave it and abandon this very long winded light-changing attempt, or buy the other style of speedo and try different bulbs.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Daheem24, post: 773804, member: 9972"] Ar man I see what you mean now! Ah well, I guess it was an experience nevertheless. So, apparently there's a limit of picture attachments per post - 30. So here's the '[I]after[/I]' picture for my heater control dials: [ATTACH=full]63117[/ATTACH] Not too impressed to be honest. I think it looks a bit naff with the fading of the light at the edges and I have no idea what that shadow is behind the blue. So I don't know what to do now - options are: [LIST] [*](Because of the weird blue shadow), change back to the old heater unit and do what John said about changing over the dials and the front panel [*]Change back to the original orange lighting [*](To mitigate the crappy uneven lighting situation) order something like: [/LIST] [ATTACH=full]63118[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]63119[/ATTACH] More updates...I took out my speedo/instrument cluster and kind of broke it: So I wanted to see if I could also change the bulbs on the speedo and took it out. Long story short: you can't (on the speedos with the rings around the revmeter and speedometer) but you can on the other type of K12 speedo. But there is speculation as to how effective changing the bulbs on those would be, as apparently the translucent bits (where the numbers etc are) are actually slightly tinted so that they appear orange; this hasn't been officially confirmed. How I took the unit out: 3 screws underneath the steering wheel: [ATTACH=full]63120[/ATTACH] Off it comes, and so does the bit of plastic trim above the steering wheel: Side note: Nike Benassi slides - 11/10 would recommend x [ATTACH=full]63121[/ATTACH] The silver trim around the edge of the dash; that's held on by a few clips. Get a screwdriver (gently) or trim removal tool in and yank the trim out: [ATTACH=full]63122[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]63123[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]63124[/ATTACH] Screw at the top: geeet iiit off, geeet iiit off: [ATTACH=full]63125[/ATTACH] 1 screw either side of the speedo; please also kindly remove them (excuse the shoddy pic - there was some wonderful Spring sunlight glare): [ATTACH=full]63126[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]63127[/ATTACH] Then pull the speedo out. I read somewhere you pull it up towards the dash; to be honest, it's held on VERY securely, so I don't really know how I ended up getting it out. Then I took it apart, as much as I could, to look for anything lighting-related: [ATTACH=full]63128[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]63129[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]63130[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]63131[/ATTACH] The digital screen broke: [ATTACH=full]63132[/ATTACH] I tinkered (kind of just blew at it and pushed things: [ATTACH=full]63133[/ATTACH] Then... [ATTACH=full]63134[/ATTACH] When I was taking it apart, I tried to pull the circuit board out the back; there were several clips around the edge which I unclipped. Realised it shouldn't really come off and I should leave it. I feel like I never pushed the circuit board properly back to its position, which might be why this is happening. Or I've just fully messed it up. I'll try and tinker and fix it tonight. Then decide whether I'll just leave it and abandon this very long winded light-changing attempt, or buy the other style of speedo and try different bulbs. [/QUOTE]
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