Dash lights redo/help

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68 Cali. Special

Discussion Starter · 5 mo ago

Hi, I have a standard dash on my 68 coupe. And my dash lights are very poor and suck. When idling they are worse, then when going 50, they are a bit more visable. But still if I where to try to get more brightness out of them how? Led or stay with flouresent or other options? What about the little plastic covers that in front of them? And next the rheostat, maybe I could try to clean? It’s very touchy, and then could the rheostat cause some of my issues for poor dash lights?

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· #7 · 5 mo ago

68 Cali. Special said:
Hi, I have a standard dash on my 68 coupe. And my dash lights are very poor and suck. When idling they are worse, then when going 50, they are a bit more visable. But still if I where to try to get more brightness out of them how? Led or stay with flouresent or other options? What about the little plastic covers that in front of them? And next the rheostat, maybe I could try to clean? It’s very touchy, and then could the rheostat cause some of my issues for poor dash lights? View attachment 875235
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Coincidentally, I was just working on my 66 rally pac bulbs this weekend. I switched over to green on the dash, a while back, and used the following bulbs with an opaque bulb cover...

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I purchased them like that to diffuse the light a bit. That pack will also service the radio and shifter bulbs on a 66 of which are pictured below.

For posterity, I used these bulbs for the Scott Drake rally pac that are quite a bit brighter and make the rally pac really pop.

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