Bmw replacement dash bulbs

I need some replacement dash instrument bulbs 12v W3W wedge.

Mine are clear bulbs but look orange through the clocks. Are there orange
inserts inside the display?

I want to keep the orange look. Is there a bright good alternative in LED
that I can use and what ones should I look for to fit?

In order to keep the orange should I keep to the white LED bulbs if they are
suited?

Cheers

"barett" > wrote in message
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>I need some replacement dash instrument bulbs 12v W3W wedge.
>
> Mine are clear bulbs but look orange through the clocks. Are there orange
> inserts inside the display?
>

Yes.


> I want to keep the orange look. Is there a bright good alternative in LED
> that I can use and what ones should I look for to fit?
>
> In order to keep the orange should I keep to the white LED bulbs if they
> are suited?
>

If this was my project, I'd just put in more bulbs and be done. LED
conversions do not lend themselves to the dimmer function very well.

"Jeff Strickland" > wrote in message
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>
> "barett" > wrote in message
> ...
>>I need some replacement dash instrument bulbs 12v W3W wedge.
>>
>> Mine are clear bulbs but look orange through the clocks. Are there orange
>> inserts inside the display?
>>
>
> Yes.
>
>
>> I want to keep the orange look. Is there a bright good alternative in LED
>> that I can use and what ones should I look for to fit?
>>
>> In order to keep the orange should I keep to the white LED bulbs if they
>> are suited?
>>
>
> If this was my project, I'd just put in more bulbs and be done. LED
> conversions do not lend themselves to the dimmer function very well.
>

Moreover LED's usually have a narrower emission angle.

In article >,
barett > wrote:
> I need some replacement dash instrument bulbs 12v W3W wedge.

> Mine are clear bulbs but look orange through the clocks. Are there
> orange inserts inside the display?

Yes.

> I want to keep the orange look. Is there a bright good alternative in
> LED that I can use and what ones should I look for to fit?

Dunno - but LEDs will almost certainly not give the same colour.

> In order to keep the orange should I keep to the white LED bulbs if they
> are suited?

Panel lights usually last a long long time so I'd stick with the originals.

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barett > wrote:
>I need some replacement dash instrument bulbs 12v W3W wedge.
>
>Mine are clear bulbs but look orange through the clocks. Are there orange
>inserts inside the display?

Yes, but in addition those are 16V filaments in those bulbs. They run them
at lower than rated voltage so they last a long time and glow slightly orange.

>I want to keep the orange look. Is there a bright good alternative in LED
>that I can use and what ones should I look for to fit?

No. The LEDs will not give even illumination and they will also look
different because they aren't complete spectrum sources. Stick with the
regular incandescents.
--scott

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Scott Dorsey wrote:

>>I want to keep the orange look. Is there a bright good alternative in LED
>>that I can use and what ones should I look for to fit?
>
>No. The LEDs will not give even illumination and they will also look
>different because they aren't complete spectrum sources. Stick with the
>regular incandescents.

Don't run them "full blast" and they'll last a lot longer.

bjn > wrote:

> On Tue, 21 Apr 2009 00:27:02 GMT, dizzy > wrote:
>
> >Scott Dorsey wrote:
> >
> >>>I want to keep the orange look. Is there a bright good alternative in LED
> >>>that I can use and what ones should I look for to fit?
> >>
> >>No. The LEDs will not give even illumination and they will also look
> >>different because they aren't complete spectrum sources. Stick with the
> >>regular incandescents.
> >
> >Don't run them "full blast" and they'll last a lot longer.
>
> I never run my dash lights "full on", I always dim them a bit. A couple
> of cars I have had for over ten years, and I never had a bulb burn out on
> me.

I also keep dash lights slightly dimmed and have never replaced one in
over 18 years. Lights for the LCD clock are another story.