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Can anyone help in changing the green colour of the older style speedo in the mk4?

Ok, here's the deal:

get the entire speedo unit out of your dash

take it apart, so that you can touch your dials and stuff

above your dials theirs a green piece of "paper" which makes the light turn green

get this paper out (without paper it's gonna be yellow light) and put in a paper (which you have to cut your self) in the colour you like

Put everything back together, and place the dials back in your dash


IMPORTANT!: don't use ordinary paper, use special paper which is used to hang in fornt of theaterlights and stuff, this will be heat resistant, which is necessary cause your dialslight will generate quit a lot of heat if their on for some time

Good luck!

alright mate!
is it the same thing for the new speedos in a 6n-- (temp clock at the top)
when u do this do u mess up the milage clocks etc or is it all perfectly safe!

soz jus wana make sure

if you do this will all the colours change (inc pins etc)

Unforchunately(cant spell) this method does not apply to the newer dials. The newer dials require soldering in new LED's in order to change the colour.
It doesnt effect the mileage as this is stored within the ECU.

Phil6N is right, this method only applies to the "old" 6N dials, the new one's are a different thing, don't really know how to change the colour of those, but try this:

http://www.blauetachos.de/

German company which sells colourchange sets for dials.

@tommy: This will change the colour of your dials, and the needles in the speedo and tacho. the colour of the milage-indicator (a km-indicator in my case ) will not change

Cheers thanks for that ill try that out