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Re: "by the dashboard lig
-=> Quoting Brett Dikeman <=-
BD> LED's for dash lighting...anyone considered this? Would give a very
BD> pure "red" look(ie, more like the newer cars) than the bulbs w/red
BD> filters(a la 5k/200.) I guess there's a fair amount of testing
BD> involved to find a LED with the equivalent brightness.
Bulbs themselves have no filters, they are clear, they are then
reflected through a red/orangish membrane.
I saw a cool dash at one of the "Budweiser" World of Wheels
shows, the owner had used fiber optics to illuminate the
panel of a 1976 Toyota Cellica (sitting on a 4X4 truck chassis).
Each individual number on the speedo and tach were illuminated,
looked really nice.
Some of the Beemers and Mercyless Benzs use fiber optic
cables for illumination. Don't know for sure about the
new Audis.
BCNU,
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