I bought the LED bulb kit from Go Westy and installed them.  Here are some
pics.  http://tinyurl.com/br8ht9u BTW these LEDs are dimmable.
I haven't taken any before/after pics of the heater/fan controls, since I
didn't have ANY lights there before the LEDs.  I can't power up the Syncro
yet, since I have exposed wires from my fire.

-Dick Wong-
78 Scirocco
Original Owner
87 Syncro 2.5 (slightly crispy)
Third Owner
12 Golf TDI
Original Co-Owner

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
Alistair Bell
Sent: Friday, December 28, 2012 10:11 AM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Dash Lights

one suggestion, try making your own led version. It is not superbright
(again due to the beam pattern nature of the led) but it does work.

my attempt is here:

http://shufti.wordpress.com/2011/11/25/vanagon-heater-control-light-led-hack
/

further thought here:

http://shufti.wordpress.com/2011/12/19/vanagon-led-dashcontrol-lights-commer
cial-improvement/

and Go Westy's improved led unit (this might be the best answer)
http://www.gowesty.com/ec_view_details.php?id=23492&category_id=339&category
_parent_id=

alistair

On 2012-12-28, at 10:00 AM, Steven Johnson wrote:

> I would just like a decent solution for the ventilation/heater control
> bulb.  I don't know what engineer came up with the crappy OEM plug and
> bulb for these controls but it really
> sucks.   I replaced the bulb once
> and couldn't figure out how  it was supposed to be secured but I
> didn't the best I could.  So now I have a bulb that comes on when it
> wants to....
>
> I'm open to any suggestions....
>
> Steven
> 91 Westy
>
>>
>> On Dec 28, 2012, at 12:03 AM, OlRivrRat wrote:
>>
>>>      Check out these guys ~ this link is for a 90Vanagon but you can
>> plug
>>> in your own year if you're concerned about a possible diff'
>>>
>>>
>> http://www.superbrightleds.com/cat/led-vehicle-replacement-bulbs/vehi
>> cle/1990-volkswagen-vanagon--/64-1112--/
>>>> I would like to get more light shinning on my dash.  Is there an
>>>> upgrade to the little stock bulbs?
>>