Re: [DML] Backlit Dashes?

[Andrew <aos+yahoo@xxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, 8 Oct 2004, gzapf wrote:

> Further, I'd love to see some pictures.  The guy who ran DART sent me a 
> small photo once, but that was all I ever saw.  He also said that he 
> kept the same needles and front-lit them, rather than having light-up 
> needles... did anyone ever go beyond that?

I still have all of my pictures online:

http://fuh-q.org/~aos/photos/?album=dmc-ElGlo

The first several pictures there were my attempt to get the needles to 
light by using UV-sensitive paint.  While it worked out fine under a 
powerful UV light, the UV LEDs I used inside the car just didn't provide 
enough light to make them flouresce, so I just ended up using red bulbs.

-andrew





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