Is modding your dash good?

[UZK90]

Hi,

My BG's slowly breaking down :cry: The dash lights sometimes don't work until I give it a good thump.

I was thinking about replacing the dim LED's (are they LED's?) behind the dash to another colour...say blue or red. From the honda forums they seemed to do this easy.

My question is.. When you're selling the car, would people be suspicious that you might have tampered with your odometer if your dash has mods?

thanks

[Pernod]

Hmmm, last car I did it on, I actually told them before they had a chance to ask...

"'You'll notice that I've changed the dash a bit - I did that when I got it XX years ago. It was realy just an excuse to take the dash off so I could check that the odometer hadn't been tampered with, which it hadn't"

It worked two, them seemed impressed that I had been so through when I had first brought it (as they would have had no idea how to get the dash off, yet along thought about checking the odometer!

[mrpayner]

I know that with the BG cluster that I bought off Jynx you can take the little bulbs out, but they're not LED's unfortunately.. They're little globes. The bulbs that emit the green glow actually have a green sheath over the globe.. no doubt you'd be able to change the colour of the sheath.

AP

[Memphis]

whats the 89 to 94 astina is that BA BG??? and can the lights in it be changed easily? i was told the green colour came from shinning through the dash that has like a green shading.

[JynX]

BG and no you cant swap the lights easily

[Rupewrecht]

on the BA the green shading is on the back of the dials, hence why you can't change the color

and using LEDs will create hotspots of light which'll look a bit crap

[SehnKhan]

Stop saying sheath Adam

[andrewgrazier]

awhile ago me and my dad removed the entire instrument cluster from the dash
the speedo wire was making noise so we put heaps of grease in it
and it solved the prblem
but its a lot of work to get rid of a rattle noise!

[ROB-80E]

http://www.digitalpose.com/mbr/1/35360/p/636191_7609160356374218147_vl.jpg

There is special wide view angle LED's installed in my BG dash. I did put in an extra led somewhere, not sure now though.

Only thing i got against it is that its a little hard to see the needles....but i still have a trick up my sleeve for that. :wink:

[Nate]

trick up my sleeve for that


open your door and count how many cats eyes go past every second hehehe

[Oracle_SOD]

Hey Rob, did u sand off the green backing at the back of the dials ??

[ROB-80E]

Yeah mate I did.