i have an 89 dx hatch. i noticed that the background light for the dashboard guages is whitish yellowish. how can i make that light blue? do i just get blue bulbs or do i need to do an LED conversion? thx

 

just pull the old bulbs out and put blue ones in and you should be set

 

dang matt, you are good.

 

really that easy? whats the size or the name of the bulbs that i should get and how many do i need?

 

take pics of how it looks if you do this, i've never heard of anyone changing their instrument bulb colors before.

 

yea i havent seen it either, but the **** yellow light is pissing me off, and besides....i get bored easily

 

i've red about using stainglass spray paint from krylon and hitting the bulbs with that.

 

When I wanted the Volkswagon Blue/Red look- Colored all bulbs but turn signal bulbs blue w/ sharpie and then covered each one with magic tape and colored that blue as well. Took out green plastic thing in turn signal light and replaced w/ red (sharpie) magic tape and colored those bulbs red.
Looked good but the blue was somewhat light... borderline baby blue.

 

ya if you look at my dash at night my lights light up the color of my car along with my turn signals (painted everything with oem honda touch up paint)

edit: by the way my car is chianti red metallic


[Modified by mattED6, 9:48 PM 3/20/2003]

 

I replaced the bulbs in my teg with just red light bulbs from pepboys. It's the little bulbs, something like 1104 or some 4 digit number like that. Anyways it looks awsome. The needles are real deep red and the numbers and stuff are all red.

 

the red lense above the gauges.....pull it out and put sleeves over the bulbs, i used the blue sleeves from the factory radio.

 

I accually got a peice of transparent blue plexiglas and cut it to the same size as the stock amber one then put it in it's place. it has a real nice glow to it.