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6V dash bulb upgrades 444-544

posted by  planetman on  Sun Nov 28 06:28 CST 2010
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Hello,

If, after checking the connections as Ron suggests, you are still not happy with the brightness of the dash lights you can try the following.

You can bypass the rheostat for the dash lights.

And if you can afford them, there are 6 volt LED bulbs available, if they fit.

I mentioned fit because we have purchased some of the brighter 12 volt LEDs for some of our customers.

Brighter LEDs usually means more LEDs per bulb which increases their size.

It turned out we could not use the brighter bulbs as the bulbs were too big.

We did settle for lower brightness LEDs as they are brighter than standard bulbs and of course did fit without modifications.

--
Eric
Hi Performance Automotive Service (formerly OVO or Old Volvos Only)
Torrance, CA 90502






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