Dash leds



  • I have the plasma type in mine and it looks sweet surrounded by a brushed aluminium bezel. However as mentioned if you decide to fit these dont rush it. I didn't take my time with mine and ended up having no petrol and temp gauge for 2 months after breaking the needles. (Mazda wanted £1700 for an OEM replacement sod that £70 from a scrappy :lol: ) changing the bulbs for led ones would be the easiest option, gives quite a nice look as well. While you've got the clocks out to change the bulbs you might want to consider fitting a bezel around the dials http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Mazda-MX3-MX-3-92-93-94-95-Chrome-Gauge-Bezel-Dash_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ43951QQihZ020QQitemZ300165509659QQrdZ1QQsspagenameZWD2V. Saves you having to take them apart again. I like the look not everyones does. Its a bit marmite. If you fit the plasma dials try an get some photos of how you wired them up as quite a few people seem to keep asking about this.



  • I've got these too, very easy to fit, i took most of the bulbs out i wouldn't need after fitting these, also you don't need to take the needles of the dials as the plasma dash fits easily over the top



  • @6663c09e15:

    also you don't need to take the needles of the dials as the plasma dash fits easily over the top

    Yeah, that was the mistake I made :oops: should really have tried that instead of just pulling the needles out. Just so you know the rpm and speedo needles come out, the temp and fuel ones dont. They snap and then you have to replace them :oops:



  • thats another thing. i found. install guide from the seller

    http://stores.ebay.co.uk/Glow-Dials/Dials-Installation-Instruction.html

    good luck

    also with the bulbs. easy rule mine that light up the clocks were all capped with a green cover.(nut sure if these are same in other mx 3's but take them out)



  • @e9c6df3fa4=hypnoticstoat:

    @e9c6df3fa4:

    also you don't need to take the needles of the dials as the plasma dash fits easily over the top

    Yeah, that was the mistake I made :oops: should really have tried that instead of just pulling the needles out. Just so you know the rpm and speedo needles come out, the temp and fuel ones dont. They snap and then you have to replace them :oops:

    me too :lol: i took the Rev counter one off, then realised, but by that time i'd already damaged the rev counter, to get it to read properly you need to pull the needle up abit, then after a while it stops working again and the reading starts from 1000RPM :?



  • @271b6f2107=Unicorn:

    [to get it to read properly you need to pull the needle up abit, then after a while it stops working again and the reading starts from 1000RPM :?[/quote:271b6f2107]

    you mean for you to get it to work correctly lol

    not what he needs to do.

    about the wiring up. i removed the standard controls pushed out the connections for power and earh and wired up that way. note i wanted a totally dark front at night so no heater controll lights.



  • :lol: ok, for me to get it working, to wie mine im sure i used the contacts from one of the other bulbs :?



  • Hmm, mine needed a 12v supply, is that what youd get from the dash bulb sockets?



  • mine needed 12V, Im pretty sure you do, the majority of the electrical system runs on 12V.



  • should got a power inverter with it to sort it out



  • yep, the little black box that has a brightness adjuster on it, i just connected that straight to where the dash lights connect and it worked fine, the illumination also came on with the side lights



  • Why I didn't wire them up to that point when I did mine I've no idea :lol: would have been easier and made more sense than cutting and tack blocking wires behind the dash which is what I did. :roll: Oh well 5 years on and they still work so nevermind.



  • :lol: Don't get me wrong i usually take the hard way, and its usually me saying, oh yer, why didn't i do it like that :?



  • i've got the reverse glow dials, but for some reason i couldn't get them to work, tried everything, they're knackered.

    Rather than send them back to the usa for replacements i just put four blue led sidelights behind the clocks instead of the green covered bulbs and now i have an awesome blue glow behind the white dials at night.

    kind of a cross between the two i guess



  • i want the diles to light up white so i took off all the green covers but the dials are printed on green plastic i tryed sanding it off to see if it was like a pug witch just have die on the back of the diles but there still greeny any one know if you can get clear ones ?



  • not sure about clear ones. but there was a site i found before that allows you to choose your own colours and glows. etc black back ground with red lights. will try to find again. actually think RS mentioned it also



  • there is speedhut.com that makes custom gauges for the mx-3 not sure about shipping to the UK though :?



  • no i mean like i want the standard dash just not elglow just standard with white light rathere than green witch you cant get rid of coz there printed on green plastic



  • as said in PM dude, looks like the only way to go about it is to get custom ones made up on clear backing….

    Keep us updated dude



  • ok know any where that could do that ?


 

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