Mk5 slow progress report

[trigger]

Did you fit a tinted windscreen as well or just the side windows?

[dirtydog]

Just the side windows are tinted, they look ok from a couple of feet away but close up they're not so good

[dirtydog]

Fitted some tourneo clocks today and everything works on them although I had to take out the abs bulb out. Have fitted some red LEDs for back lighting hopefully it will be bright enough or I'll have to resort to plan b with them! Also going to fit some lockwood dials to tart them up a bit.

[dirtydog]

Hmmm the red backlighting is still not as bright as i'd like



looks like I'll be trying plan B!

[trigger]

What's plan B?

[dirtydog]

What's plan B?

All to be revealed in the next week or so when some bits arrive in the post. Although I may even have to move onto plan C!

[madbri]

What's plan B?

put it back to origanal bet that looks ok

[dirtydog]

put it back to origanal bet that looks ok

Nah where's the fun in that?

[trigger]

Why not put White clock faces on? the Red leds would show up better then

[dirtydog]

Why not put White clock faces on? the Red leds would show up better then

Going to be ordering some lockwood dials for it next week

[dirtydog]

Well plan B didn't work out as well as I wold have liked, now moving onto plan B mk2

[dirtydog]

Got some clear front indicators fitted yesterday, not quite the ones I was after bur they still look much better than a standard cracked one and a faded one! Just ordered some nice whit lockwood dials for it as well.
Found a couple of spare plugs behind the headlights no idea what they're for though possibly the headlight adjustment motors?

[dirtydog]

Well have made a little more progress this week, again not a great deal though

Got my lockwood dials fitted

was surprisingly easy to get them fitted

unfortunately my hope that the red LED back lights would show through the white dials didn't quite happen


So I moved swiftly onto plan B, which looks a bit crap in the picture but when you're actually sitting in the drivers seat they look pretty good

the LED strip looks really bright in the picture but it's not really

then with the clocks fitted back in I moved onto the next mod

A bit of cutting, filling and sanding and we have this


and then a quick trial fit

[trigger]

What's the time?

[dirtydog]

What's the time?

It's 10:10pm according to the digital clock that's fitted under the stereo