Custom Indicator Lights?

[fordamericana]

Any body here do any customizing to the dash indicator lights? I had what I thought was a brilliant idea to put in some jewel indicators, but they wont fit under the clear cluster lens. I'm not going to cut that either. I was thinking of modifying some l.e.d. and see if I can get them to fit thruough the arrow shaped hole...

[BobbyFord]

S'plain...you mean for the blinker indicators?

[fordamericana]

Yeah, I lost the green lens to mine, so I was thinking of going a different route...

[BobbyFord]

When I was a youngster I replaced the green lenses in one of my cars' dash (don't remember which one) with some bluish plastic I found somewhere, don't remember why though...I may have been under the 'fluence of somethin'

[fordamericana]

Mine were in somewhat reasonable shape, I just can't find them for the life of me, and now that I am finally finishing my reworking of the instrument cluster its time for the little stuff like that to be present and accounted for. LOL I'll figure something out I'm sure of it... Just dunno when that something will be. LOL

[ForingaMex]

What I did to mine was move the green lenses for the turn signal because after close to 40 years the arrow shape was very faded. I was able to move the lenses over a bit to make it work. I changed the high beam indicator light lens from red to blue. I never liked the red one, now it looks nice.

[fordamericana]

I would be interested to see what you are talking about...

I got a 67' btw...

[91Bear]

I changed the high beam indicator light lens from red to blue. I never liked the red one, now it looks nice.

How did you change it?

[fordamericana]

I changed the high beam indicator light lens from red to blue. I never liked the red one, now it looks nice.

How did you change it?

I found a place that sells replacement indicator lens' for both the turn signals and high beams...

http://www.parts123.com/parts123/yb.dll ... 95~~~~~~~F

They sell the red high beam indicator lens in the kit, not the blue. I will continue searching...

[fordamericana]

They have a brake warning light bezel w/ lens... 27 bucks though...

[ForingaMex]

I changed the high beam indicator light lens from red to blue. I never liked the red one, now it looks nice.

How did you change it?

It's just a piece of plastic taped on the back of the gauge. I just cut a piece of blue plastic out of the dash of a wrecked Grand Prix (any newer vehicle should have it) that my friend had there. The plastic was not seethrough, it had a 'headlight emblem' on it but I just scrapped the to layer off and what was left was a piece of nice seethrough blue plastic which I stuck on the back of the gauge in place of the red one. I don't know if my discription makes sence.

[fordamericana]

I'm thinking I may have to go MacGyver on this, and figure out an alternative. I dont know what happened to all the original peices for my cluster i.e. the tubes and thier seals, and the lens' for the indicators and the high beam light...

[fordamericana]

I think Ive got it covered now! LOL
I was at the UPS store shipping off a volvo rim I sold on ebay, when I saw a reflector keychain, so I bought it

I took it apart...

Now all I gotta do is cut them down, and make some lenses out of em. Hehehe

[BobbyFord]

Ahh...a little ingenuity

[papabug71]

That should work nicely. & it will give the light that bedazzled look as well.