Golf mk2 How to improve your dash lighting
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In this great How To I show you guys step by step how I upgraded my Golf mk2 16V Clock lights to LED's as well as clean the headlight switch to improve the voltage going the those light as well as the rest.
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Resto Designs website : www.restodesig...
Link to the LED's I used in this video.
www.classiccar...
Great channel! Have learned alot. I have and 1987 GLI that hasnt ran in 20 years. This channel will get her back on the road, thank you!
Glad you have found this info helpful 👍🏼 and thanks for watching.
Great job. I've done this about 50 x myself. But it's great watching someone else do it. I used blue Leds to match my radio
It took me a bit to readjust my eyes to the LEDs, but now i love mine.
Brilliant content buddy..consistent great info...brings back memories of all my mk2 days...all those extras make the mk2 a great place to be👍
Couldn't agree more friend and thank you! 👍🏼
Great golf MK2 content dude, can't believe your channel subscriptions aren't higher, bet you'll blow up this year! 🧨
Maybe one day! LOL thank you mate!
Great video. Keep the Mk2 content coming. Nice tip with the felt tape to reduce squeaks and rattles.
Thank you, yes that is a nice tip and did reduce the squeaks and rattles I was having in that area.
MKII is so simple, that's why I love it so much. :)
They really are so nice to work on compared to todays cars.
Damn thats a really good idea to unhook the speedo cable by going under, when I did mine I managed to press the tab while my dad pulled the cable from under the hood lol
Glad you found this nugget of info, I have loads of little "cheats" in these videos over the years.
Thank you so much helped aloot 💯👏🏼
Glad it helped
Dont know if @RestoDesigns will see this comment or not. But here goes I have an Mk2 with just two lights on upper part of the dash. The 3rd middle one isn't there. They are not working, I have bought new bulbs and installed but still they don't work. I was told that it might be the green foil that is broken. it did snap or tore off in one small part of the clock. I would like to ask how to fix this, if there is any way without using new foil or clocks. Cheers
hi there, first check what is missing +12 or -12 once you know that then it's easy, if -12 is missing then you can take earth from anywhere with a wire and solder that wire on to the bulb leg which makes contect onto the green foil. If you're missing +12 then again solder a wire from one of the other bulbs +12 and solder that to the bulb that isn't working. Hope that makes sense.
@@RestoDesignsnando wow, thank you for such a quick answer. I don't understand what you are talking about. I mean I understand that +12 means the electricity 1.2 ampers if I understood correctly. But I don't know how to solder, the bulbs came with their cases not just legs. Anyways, thank you but I am condemned to drive my Golf without dash lighting. Listen to the engine to change the gear and all that.
Also none of the bulbs are working and I bought them new.
@@Adomaster97 ok sorry I couldn't be of more help.👍🏼
Were the led bulbs green colour ; Or were they white led bulbs and the green was produced by the green filter ;
Yes the LED's are white and pass throw a green filter.
Excellent video. My clock/MFA doesn't light up. Would that be cured by fitting a new lower bulb or does it have its own bulb within the clock unit?
Yes it does have its own bulb. 👍🏼
@@RestoDesignsnando Ah, so if it has its own bulb then replacing the 3 normal bulbs with LEDs (as per your video) will not fix my clock bulb, is that what you're saying?
@@Grahame59 Sorry no, the 3 bulbs include the clock one, two bulbs go on the top which shine down and the third one is to light the clock.
@@RestoDesignsnando thanks
Do these sockets i mean the whole led fit in a mk3 cluster ?
Yes I think they will.
@@RestoDesignsnando Are these bulbs worth it ? I want my cluster to be super bright
@@ΘανάσηςΜ-ε6γ yes 100%
On the website you can choose different colors on the LEDs but is there something that makes it green on the dash? Because i want it to be red light and not green.
Yes there are small green plastic filters which make the lights green, they are be removed and then you can have any colour you like.
@@RestoDesignsnando Is it easy to remove the filters?
@@ostron9836 yes it is.
@@ostron9836 The green filter foil also acts as a diffusor. If you remove it you will get two hotspots of light.
Hello i recently bought a cluster that has the same functions as yours anyhow you can give a full diagramme of the cluster please also there's a vacuum line i don't know where it goes my engine is carburator.
Where did you get your gear knob from? Was it a sticker for the original golfball?
Hi where do u buy led
There is a link in the description
Older cars are more fun. Thanks, RickGTI….. 🌴
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What colour did you buy those LED's in?
You ask a good question, I ordered them in white.
@@RestoDesignsnando Would that the be the Warm White 3000, or the Cold White 6000? Thanks in advance!
@@kalazeth7105 yes the 6000 cold white ones.
@@RestoDesignsnando why is it green?
@@Epatzy Do you mean why isn't it green? Because the surround has a green filter which turns the white bulb green. As you can see in the video it works very well.