Nova dial illumination... pics?

[gary_126]

What are people these days doing to improve the visibility of there nova dials at night?

I fitted blue led's fading to red (on speedo and rev counter) to my sri clocks, they looked brilliant, but still a bit dim.
That was over 4 years ago, so wondering what people are doing now?

even todays led's might be good enough alone, pics would be excellent:thumb:

[Connor]

I am also interested, my standard bulbs are pooooo

[Jack]

Because of the way Nova dials light up, LEDs are pretty useless, even diffused ones.

Solution, fit cav dials lol

[draper]

astra gte digital clocks

/lewitypical90sresponse

[mowgli]

I am also interested, my standard bulbs are pooooo

1. some of the std bulbs are probably blown
2. have a look in a decent bulb catalogue & there is a good chance of finding a higher power one that will fit

[LEWI007]

astra gte digital clocks

/lewitypical90sresponse

lol Haha i was going to suggest it until i read that.

+Rep then :cool:

[waynes sri]

Mine had digi when i got it but dont real do it for me so got two sets sat in house and put sri ones back in...couldnt see the digis when sun light hit them

[Jack]

Digi-gash!

[Andy]

digi trash

[Balley]

I have made a loom of around 30 white LEDs to wrap around each dial.. Looks better but still not great! I think you just have to put up with it.. or fit plasma dials (colours are ****e though)

[gary_126]

Had a digi dash in my last nova sri, wasnt that keen on it.

Not a fan of cav/mk3 astra clocks in nova's either, want the std look, just improved.

Any pics balley77vaux?

[sport]

Any pics of your current dials Gary?

[gary_126]

was trying to find them last night on my mig build thread, but no joy.

[Balley]

I do but not finished

[stupot89]

anyone got pics of these plazma dials on nova clocks???

[Graeme]

Scott Parker did a how to, have a search Stu?

[Nova_Tek]

I've tried all sorts of stuff. From 2.3w normal bulbs (normal factory bulbs are 1.2w), to wide angle white LED's, all to very little improvement :(

Last time I had the clocks in I did a bit of a bodge fit of some LED's in a strip and dotted them into any free space behind the clocks. That did give a better illumination but was very difficult to wire up.

I'm thinking about getting a properly flexible LED strip and wrap it round each dial but I got more important shizzle to sort out so I wont be trying this for a while lol

[Jack]

I didn't think they did plasma dials in Nova fitment.

What about using some EL wire round the dia faces...

[Dave.]

I didn't think they did plasma dials in Nova fitment.

What about using some EL wire round the dia faces...

indeed they do Mr Jack
http://www.pngclub.com/forum/showthread.php?t=138311

[Jack]

Holy sh!t they look gash lol

[Nevo]

Holy sh!t they look gash lol

SNAP ! lol

[grooge]

i dont mind the dials being quite dim, the plasmas in the link would annoy the **** out of me.

[Benn]

I have "super xenon high discharge 10k" white leds in mine, they are ok and brighter than std bulbs but arn't that great. Would like better.

Want a nice white light for the heater ones too but getting something good that shows in there is hard cause of the angle.

[deanwilko]

i have plasma dials the pics in the how to are on max brightness when setup for driving there very good

[vauxluva]

I have a torch !lol

[General Baxter]

i hear the std lights in a mk1 dash and dials are the bollox, you need to fit mk1 dash's !

[Benn]

i hear the std lights in a mk1 dash and dials are the bollox, you need to fit mk1 dash's !

Having had a mk1 as well, trust me they arn't.

[General Baxter]

its a joke lol

[vauxluva]

Own a G plater 1.4 sr....they are poo lol

[Benn]

its a joke lol

I knows i've seen the mk1 dash... lol

[General Baxter]

but a mk1 dash is better then a mk2 lol

[Benn]

but a mk1 dash is better then a mk2 lol

hahahaha you should be on stand with these jokes...

[Spudly]

but a mk1 dash is better then a mk2 lol




May i refer you to my sig:p

[Jack]

Seriously, take heed. I touched a Mk1 dash and ended up in hospital for 3 months, sans one bollock.

[waynes sri]

mk1 dash could cut your head open if hit hard enuf lol