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Old Apr 26, 2001 | 08:46 PM
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is it possible to change the bulbs around the dash to say a different color?? like blue or something?? i mean the whole interior lights can be blue
Old Apr 26, 2001 | 10:06 PM
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you mean behind the guages??

if that's what you mean then yes it's possible to change them. Lil pain in the butt though. cause you have to take middle piece around the radio off..then take the big piece around the guages off too. Then there is i think 2 screws holding the cluster op top and like 4 on the bottom. once you get those screws out ....then you can pull the whole thing out and change the bulbs. the numbers for these bulbs is 194. I suggest that you go with the polarg ones...they are SUPER @$$ white man....they look more of blue than white. but that my opinion.
good luck.
Old Apr 26, 2001 | 10:20 PM
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Re: you mean behind the guages??

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if that's what you mean then yes it's possible to change them. Lil pain in the butt though. cause you have to take middle piece around the radio off..then take the big piece around the guages off too. Then there is i think 2 screws holding the cluster op top and like 4 on the bottom. once you get those screws out ....then you can pull the whole thing out and change the bulbs. the numbers for these bulbs is 194. I suggest that you go with the polarg ones...they are SUPER @$$ white man....they look more of blue than white. but that my opinion.
good luck.
how many bulbs do i actually need??
Old Apr 26, 2001 | 10:23 PM
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total of 4 bulbs. if you decided to go with the polarg..they come in twin pack and they cost around 8 bucks for the pack. so this conversion should cost around 16 bucks and about 45 mins of work.
Old Apr 26, 2001 | 10:27 PM
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Originally posted by wizard6161
total of 4 bulbs. if you decided to go with the polarg..they come in twin pack and they cost arounf 8 bucks for the pack. so this conversion should cost around 16 bucks and about 45 mins of work.
im from australia, is there a site on the net i can get them off, and is it really that hard to do??
Old Apr 26, 2001 | 10:35 PM
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that's the site I usually order my stuff from.
they are fast and have good serivce.
http://secure15.dellhost.com/~d30022...hite_bulbs.htm
it's not that hard I just hate taking these pieces everytime i have to do something to the dash. They should've designed them different but ohh well.
Old Apr 26, 2001 | 10:50 PM
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Originally posted by wizard6161
that's the site I usually order my stuff from.
they are fast and have good serivce.
http://secure15.dellhost.com/~d30022...hite_bulbs.htm
it's not that hard I just hate taking these pieces everytime i have to do something to the dash. They should've designed them different but ohh well.
hey what product no. is it??
Old Apr 26, 2001 | 10:52 PM
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ohhhh man!!

hey dude hold on I am gonna run to my car and see the package and the no. on it.
ok the package says it's M-4 so I guess that's the right one then although the equivelant number in US is 168. so I guess they are the same.
Old Apr 26, 2001 | 10:59 PM
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Re: ohhhh man!!

Originally posted by wizard6161
hey dude hold on I am gonna run to my car and see the package and the no. on it.
ok the package says it's M-4 so I guess that's the right one then although the equivelant number in US is 168. so I guess they are the same.
no worries thanx for ur help man

im ordering right now!
Old Apr 29, 2001 | 09:10 PM
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Re: ohhhh man!!

Originally posted by wizard6161
hey dude hold on I am gonna run to my car and see the package and the no. on it.
ok the package says it's M-4 so I guess that's the right one then although the equivelant number in US is 168. so I guess they are the same.
I took the dash off on the weekend, took me around 45 mins, after i found out where every screw was and all that, but it will be easier next time. I got to the back of the gauges and i think i found the globes i will be replacing. Is there like 2 globes align up on each side?? theres a heap of globes behind there and i wanna get them in the right places, and can u still c any green?? i wanna change the light for my transmission and the light that is between the stereo and the heater.
Old Apr 30, 2001 | 08:09 AM
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there would be four lil twister thingies. These are the main bulbs that you have to change. but there is all these small ones on the side for your other lights *check engine, battery, boors all that other stuff. and I think there is two small ones too for the signal turns. These I don't know if there will change color cause they have that sheet with the green color to reflect. someone told me that they sell that kind of things but I could not remember where. I want to change the red color on these warning lights.but anyways f you need any help let me know.
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