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340swinger4spd

340swinger4spd

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Hey all, I am working on my dash lights. What is the original instrument light color for my 70 Swinger 340 with a ralleye dash.? I replaced all the bulbs last year and the illumination was white. I thought it suppose to be a blue green color. I still have the colored lenses inside but they dont change the color of the white lights.Thanx...
 
No one? Here are a few pics.. the last pic shows a blue led on the left and an original bulb on the right.
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That is a new 8k tach from Classic Industries.I think the font is a bit off. I guess my question is, why is there a turquoise lens for the ilumination but the light is white. I thought after 50 years the color has bleached out?

This all started when I bought a retro-sound thumbwheel radio. It has a blue illumination light. I called questioning the color. They said blue is the correct factory color.
 
340swinger4spd said:
That is a new 8k tach from Classic Industries.I think the font is a bit off. I guess my question is, why is there a turquoise lens for the ilumination but the light is white. I thought after 50 years the color has bleached out?

This all started when I bought a retro-sound thumbwheel radio. It has a blue illumination light. I called questioning the color. They said blue is the correct factory color.
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Why don't you just change the color on your radio? I played around with the colors on my retrosound until I had it just right.
 
I could be wrong but I believe the factory radio light has a blue shield. So them using a blue bulb makes sense?
Also the tach is new so the lettering on it will seem brighter. Clean your factory gauge faces maybe?
 
4spdragtop said:
I could be wrong but I believe the factory radio light has a blue shield. So them using a blue bulb makes sense?
Also the tach is new so the lettering on it will seem brighter. Clean your factory gauge faces maybe?
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The lenses were polished. So the radio is blue and the gauges are white? Weird....
 
1994redram said:
Why don't you just change the color on your radio? I played around with the colors on my retrosound until I had it just right.
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I was told the color is fixed. So you can't select a different color. I would need to send the radio back to have the color changed.
 
Not the lenses, clean the gauges themselves (might be already done though). I cleaned mine gently with damp q-tips. Bulbs Are #194 I believe.
At best factory lights are pi$$ poor. I put less in mine. When they work it's an improvement. Also if you do a headlight relay upgrade there is a noticeable improvement to dash lights.
340swinger4spd said:
The lenses were polished. So the radio is blue and the gauges are white? Weird....
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4spdragtop said:
Not the lenses, clean the gauges themselves (might be already done though). I cleaned mine gently with damp q-tips. Bulbs Are #194 I believe.
At best factory lights are pi$$ poor. I put less in mine. When they work it's an improvement. Also if you do a headlight relay upgrade there is a noticeable improvement to dash lights.
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Yeah, I did the 9004 halogen upgrade with relays. I also added an extra wire for the alternator. Voltage isn't an issue nor is the brightness. I just want the correct color. The pics above are using my plating power supple at 12.8 volts.

I thought the tach being brighter was correct do to having the bulbs directly on each side of the tach.
 
Ok gotcha. New technology is what I would chalk it up to.
340swinger4spd said:
Yeah, I did the 9004 halogen upgrade with relays. I also added an extra wire for the alternator. Voltage isn't an issue nor is the brightness. I just want the correct color. The pics above are using my plating power supple at 12.8 volts.

I thought the tach being brighter was correct do to having the bulbs directly on each side of the tach.
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