Hey peeps, just wondered, iv recently fitted a new headunit, which happens to have blue lights on it, i prefer blue to green anyway. I contacted my skoda dealership in Doncaster, and asked them if i could replace these bulbs with blue bulbs, they advised me that i couldnt as they are soldered on, or somthing to that effect, is this true or am i being fed bull***t? I think its a load of rubbish personally, i challenged them on the issue of if a bulb blew, and asked what they would do, and they said they would replace all the dials, which seems really daft and not cost effective for the business.

Any help appreciated....

Danny

it can be done but it's abit of effort. Do a search as a "HOW TO" has been posted.

They are green surface-mount LEDs, which should last the life of the car, hence (usually) very cost-effective. Very fiddly to replace esp. since blue LEDs are a different voltage to green ones.

So it is true then?

I cant find the previous thread at all, tried searchin how to. if anyone else has this thread bookmarked or owt can you please link me?

Cheers,

Danny

Here is one part of the info -

http://www.briskoda.net/forums/fabia/blue-illumination-fabia-pics/26633/?highlight=blue+led

Can't find the dash pod info at the moment but there is a guide.

I've got a spare brand new vRS pod if you want one to practice on.

I've searched for this too once upon a time and it turned out to be more hassle than its worth.. though if your insisting on blue you could take out the green led. wire in some blue ones but using a different power source than the surface mount ones.. im not sure how much room there is but that could be possible.. make sure when you "take out" the LED you actually bypass it instead of smashing it with a hammer or something

I dont understand why there a different voltage, i mean i just expected to whip the green ones out, in with the blue sorted. But can av a go at this anyway. Cheers for your help.

Stu how much do you want for the spare set of dials?

They should be the same voltage..... fact all LED's should run around the same voltage to my knowledge [Elec Eng here ]. Also.. have you seen surface mount LED's before..? It is possible to change them but its not a fun job to do. Anyway! best of luck.

VRS Danny - LED's are poleritic and need to be solered the correct way round. They say it is not worth using heat shunts but I would use them to just be safe.

This may help: Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs)

Oh and sorry if you already know about all that.

They are green surface-mount LEDs, which should last the life of the car....

Or three months in the case of Mrs R's Fabia vRS

Or three months in the case of Mrs R's Fabia vRS

If one of them has failed, that's just bad luck; if many of them went, that's a symptom of some other problem, not an inherent fault in the LEDs.

would an alternative be to source a dash pod out a VW (say the current polo) and put that in or am i just being silly(as usual)

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Does anyone know were EddyH's how to has gone? I class myself as pritty handy with a soldering iron, but wouldn't mind knowing how to get into the clocks.

Cheers

Shaun

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perfect lol, thats what i want. jush wish i could read german, or wish babblefish would work properly lol.