Instrument Light Dimmer

littlefeller · Post by **littlefeller** » Wed Jun 06, 2012 7:42 am

ok, had a butchers @ the diagrams, seems there is a control unit behind the fuel guage panel, it needs pluging intop the dimmer if you have one, if not there are pin outs for the unit in the manual. the dimmer dial is on and off able, so i would imagine that the control unit is present on both (with or without dimmer). my reasoning for this is if the dimmer was switched off would it not be the same as just unplugging it? therefore dimmer controller should still be present, just defaults back to dim with lights on if dimmer removed for jdm market. (just needs plugging into the dimmer switch

anyone got there dash in pieces to have a look?

Dbo · Post by **Dbo** » Wed Jun 06, 2012 7:48 am

my dash is in but if you understand how to do all this, i will come to you and while you have my dash apart you can fit my EL dials i have sat on the side for months now

littlefeller · Post by **littlefeller** » Wed Jun 06, 2012 7:58 am

and while were on this subject maybe while were at it maybe have a look at the stupid wiper speeds (my lude is the first car i have owned that doesnt have an adjustable intermitent wipe

) why do i miss this so much

littlefeller · Post by **littlefeller** » Wed Jun 06, 2012 8:02 am

Dbo wrote:my dash is in but if you understand how to do all this, i will come to you and while you have my dash apart you can fit my EL dials i have sat on the side for months now

we need someone to take a pic with the sub dash removed (the part with the fuel guage in, not the speedo dials) i know what the controler looks like, i just need to see if my reasoning was correct or not. this pic would have to be off a non dimmable car

littlefeller · Post by **littlefeller** » Wed Jun 06, 2012 8:10 am

just had a look on ebay

theres only one dimmer switch and it has 4 days to run

will this be the highest bids ever for a switch

maybe its jjmartins listing

thats a cunning plan, start a thread on something you have listed on ebay

Dbo · Post by **Dbo** » Wed Jun 06, 2012 8:15 am

mine is a non dimmable car

but looking for somone who knows what they are doing with dash electrics

Crazy did a real good write up with pics of how to take apart the whole dash and clusters and fit blue filters to change the nasty green

i want to do this and fit the EL clocks i have (complete with inverter and plugs) and be able to make them ajustable

but had dash out and to complicated for me

can not understand diagrams so don't want to bugger it up

Dbo · Post by **Dbo** » Wed Jun 06, 2012 8:16 am

i have two spare ones

so i won't be bidding

littlefeller · Post by **littlefeller** » Wed Jun 06, 2012 8:18 am

do you have the diagram for the ELs

and of inverters and plugs?

Dbo · Post by **Dbo** » Wed Jun 06, 2012 8:25 am

no m8

someone on another fourm fitted some and gave me the list of colours of which one had to be spliced to which.
but some said to "constant power" only and there was another write up about jumping the indicators around the other way, as facelift EL into pre-facelift makes them work backwards

littlefeller · Post by **littlefeller** » Wed Jun 06, 2012 8:30 am

the constant power should be in the inverter, you need some kind of constant voltage or current limiter with EL dials, i should think that it what the inverter is for. the el cluster loom is different from the other loom. if someone on here has a diagram for the el dials then it would be an easy job of making a conversion harness.

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