February 24Feb 24 comment_674876 15 hours ago, cgsheen1 said: I used white. Thanks. Link to comment https://www.classiczcars.com/forums/topic/69252-280z-dashboard-removal-upgrade/?&page=2#findComment-674876 Share on other sites More sharing options...
February 24Feb 24 Author comment_674877 1 minute ago, w3wilkes said: Thanks. Factory color was green though. Link to comment https://www.classiczcars.com/forums/topic/69252-280z-dashboard-removal-upgrade/?&page=2#findComment-674877 Share on other sites More sharing options...
February 24Feb 24 comment_674878 6 minutes ago, MH77280Z said: Factory color was green though. I thought it's the plastic domes/lenses in the gauges that are green. Didn't think it's the bulbs. Link to comment https://www.classiczcars.com/forums/topic/69252-280z-dashboard-removal-upgrade/?&page=2#findComment-674878 Share on other sites More sharing options...
February 24Feb 24 Author comment_674879 May be you are right but my car is pretty stock with a 50 year old dash. Took it out this weekend and all bulbs are green. With the exception of ones in the center console. But center console was taken out and work was done on it by the previous owner. So they might have been green originally. Anyway whatever suits your taste is what matters. I like the green accent as it gives these older cars a more warm vibe. Edited February 24Feb 24 by MH77280Z Link to comment https://www.classiczcars.com/forums/topic/69252-280z-dashboard-removal-upgrade/?&page=2#findComment-674879 Share on other sites More sharing options...
February 24Feb 24 comment_674880 Just for fun, here are the bulb specs from the Owners Manual. Can you show a good picture of the type label on one of your bulbs? Just curious. Today's 57's seem to be slightly larger than yesterday's and don't fit the space very well. I don't think that 57X is available if I recall correctly, except for NOS eBay stuff. Link to comment https://www.classiczcars.com/forums/topic/69252-280z-dashboard-removal-upgrade/?&page=2#findComment-674880 Share on other sites More sharing options...
February 24Feb 24 comment_674881 4 hours ago, MH77280Z said: Factory color was green though. No. Just bare incandescent bulbs whose light is turned a green color by a green plastic "lens" inside the gauges. If your bulb glass was tinted green they were replacements for the factory clear bulbs. (I say "clear" but anyone that's looked at stock bulbs after 40 years knows they're anything but clear - mostly smokey brown or charcoal) I don't see the point unless the green plastic lenses were damaged or removed from the gauge. I don't really see the point of green on green (green tinted bulb or green LED inside a green plastic housing) but whatever floats your boat. I know some people got away from the green entirely by removing the green lens from the gauges and using orange or blue LEDs (again, not my thing (bought a Z, not a ZX...) but...). Edited February 24Feb 24 by cgsheen1 Link to comment https://www.classiczcars.com/forums/topic/69252-280z-dashboard-removal-upgrade/?&page=2#findComment-674881 Share on other sites More sharing options...
February 24Feb 24 Author comment_674882 You are right. I looked at one from the inside and say a green dome. Pulling the bulb socket from the back - it is a clear bulb. Link to comment https://www.classiczcars.com/forums/topic/69252-280z-dashboard-removal-upgrade/?&page=2#findComment-674882 Share on other sites More sharing options...
February 24Feb 24 Author comment_674883 This one from the non functional clock. Say: LIFE12V34W Link to comment https://www.classiczcars.com/forums/topic/69252-280z-dashboard-removal-upgrade/?&page=2#findComment-674883 Share on other sites More sharing options...
February 25Feb 25 comment_674897 3.4W... There is a "." there, it's just hard to see. No one wants a 34 Watt gauge bulb. Link to comment https://www.classiczcars.com/forums/topic/69252-280z-dashboard-removal-upgrade/?&page=2#findComment-674897 Share on other sites More sharing options...
February 25Feb 25 comment_674898 2 hours ago, cgsheen1 said: 3.4W... There is a "." there, it's just hard to see. No one wants a 34 Watt gauge bulb. Well, you wouldn't have to worry about being blinded by oncoming headlights. The gauge lights will have already blinded you. Maybe not. The parking light fuse would probably blow first. Link to comment https://www.classiczcars.com/forums/topic/69252-280z-dashboard-removal-upgrade/?&page=2#findComment-674898 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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