Dashboard clocks

[wonkey85]

The clocks in my wrx bug have pretty much had it. Everything works perfect apart from the digital bit i,e milage and temp readings. Does anyone know anywhere o get this fixed? Or some new clocks. Or whilst I'm changing it is Terence any sort of upgrade I can do (not a great fan of the green lights) would another clock from another model fit. Like and sti one? Any feed back would be greatly appreciated.

[kartingsteve]

Sti clock's go straight in as in my Wrx and I still have the old ones.

[wonkey85]

Do thy all work fine? Because I noticed the sti ones the speedo and rev counter are round in a different order. Not sure on the petrol gauge hahaha

[Mortster]

They go straight in, Ive put some heavily modded JDM STI ones in mine. JDM ones do require a converter though, just 4 wires.

The last pic looks a bit orange, but its bright red, crappy phone pic.

[wonkey85]

Looks very good! Did ou colour them yourself (do you reckon I could do blue). And what's this mod (four wires) would I need to do this to a standard sti set. Once again thanks for your help

[Mortster]

You only need the converter if your fitting JDM ones, a UK STI set of clocks will go straight in.

Changing the colour is a bit more time, and alot of patience. I should post my write up really.

Heres whats envolved.

Replace the bulbs with LEDs, i tried about 10 sets before I found some to fit right.



Then, the hard bit. Cut strips of sandpaper, feed under the faces, and rub for ever...

The below picture if from my test set, I removed the faces to cheat, but you cant take
the faces or the needles off if you want a working set!

You have to remove the black backing, and the green backing under that. This is what gives them the green look, so just changing the bulbs isnt enough.



I then used a white board marker to carefully colour the dials, as I wanted them to look red during the day too, not just at night. Again, after testing I found that the white board marker let more light through than a standard marker.