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    Dash bulbs

    i am looking to replace my dash bulbs (behind the dials speedo etc) , as they are very dim, does any one know which bulbs id need from here or any other website u may know?
    http://www.superbrightleds.com/mini-wedge.html

    thanks

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    Re: Dash bulbs

    thanks for the reply buddy are u sure theys are right, forgot to mention its for a phase 2 r5 its just i bought theys before http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...m=350135589146
    and they fit perfect, but there so dim, thats why i want to replace them, and the connection looks completly diffrent to the once above, heres a pic a awful pic, but i think ull see the diffrence. damm so hard to take a photo of a small bulb.
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    Re: Dash bulbs

    cant remember but i no u push them in and turn them like this 1

    http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/B8-3d-BAx10s-D...3%3A6|294%3A50

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    Re: Dash bulbs

    dim dash this one aways makes me giggle

    have you found the roller under the dash that turns the dash lights up and down

    im an evil git . i used to check the dash dim on all the cars i worked on at Renault london , till i got told off for leaving them of full dim . so funny how peeps just do not know there cars

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    Re: Dash bulbs

    heehee! yes of course ive made sure the roller is right up
    its theys crappy bulbs i got from ebay that are so dimm

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    Re: Dash bulbs

    IIRC the code is 589T or something similar, led ones are pants as they have a beam that usually misses the numbers, or you get one bright number on the dials and the rest are very dim. filament bulbs have a better spread of light, so are better for dials

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