Noob dashboard lights query - d90 tdi200

[madne55]

Evenin all...

a small query re: the landy which has not yet been delivered to me (being rebuilt)

so i wanna get a stereo installed... lights red. dashboard lights green.

simple.. can i change that green to red? or shud i get a green lit headunit in the first place?

i read on forums where ppl replaced the white bulbs with red leds and they claim it works fine.. however im curious as to what happens to the green filter thingy that makes the light green in the first place... does i t end up looking greenish red or what? =/

any info wud b appreciated.. and sorry for the noob question.

rgds

aLaN

[western]

I have green leds in my instruments, some on here have blue leds, these are bright enough to just appear as though the original green filter isn't there.

[simonr]

If you particularly want red dash lights - then changing the bulbs for red LEDs works fine. I think it looks lousy though on the one I've seen.

It's unusual to fins a head unit these days where ther is not a menu option to change between red and green (and often Yellow, Orange and Blue). I would be inclined to try that first.

Si

[madne55]

awesome guyz cheers perfect spot on answers real well done

re: red lights... truth is shes all black rims n all... and would like the interior lighting to be red to go with the black.. i kinda like the two together in mostly everything

Many thanks for your time, im sure to post here possibly often in the near future once she gets here

rgds

aLaN