Mk1 Dashboard Backlit Colour

1. user_53493 Frequent Poster Joined: Jun 2011 Cardiff Posts: 908 Mk4 Fiesta Encore Mk1 Saxo Eastcoast

   #1 30th June 2011, 16:34

   Hi there,
   
   Changing the lights and dis-assembling the dash has been asked before, and I've seen plenty of threads on it. Howerver I never got a clear answer to whether the green backlit colour of the MK1 dash is coming from green lights, or from some sort of green filter for the lights to pass through?
   
   Basically I'm aiming to make the dash white. If it's the lights, then that's easy. If it's some sort of filter, I'm worried that it would be part of the dials?
   
   Thanks!
2. williamanderson31 Frequent Poster Joined: Dec 2010 Bourne, Lincs/Hatfield Posts: 829 Renault Megane 1.9Dci

   #2 30th June 2011, 16:44

   yeh its a filter on the dials i believe (because it just uses standard filament bulbs)
   
   if i were you, i'd get a scrap set of dials, fiddle til you can get them how you want and replace your current set
3. user_53493 Frequent Poster Joined: Jun 2011 Cardiff Posts: 908 Mk4 Fiesta Encore Mk1 Saxo Eastcoast

   #3 30th June 2011, 16:48

   Quote:

   Originally Posted by williamanderson31 yeh its a filter on the dials i believe (because it just uses standard filament bulbs) if i were you, i'd get a scrap set of dials, fiddle til you can get them how you want and replace your current set

   Suppose so! How would I eliminate the green though? Is it a film over the back of the dials, or is it actually crafted into the numbers and lines of the design?
   
   If it's the latter then, safe to say, I doubt I'd bother. Would love to know
4. williamanderson31 Frequent Poster Joined: Dec 2010 Bourne, Lincs/Hatfield Posts: 829 Renault Megane 1.9Dci

   #4 30th June 2011, 17:03

   i cant remember - but i do know you can buy the plastic dial bit - you could get an aftermarket one with no filter