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Title: Mk5 Golf R32 - Dashboard Light Out
Post by: yousafzafar on March 22, 2016, 07:00:23 pm

Hey guys,

Apologies if this has already been answered but I couldn't find it anywhere!

I have a 2007 Mk5 R32 and one of my dashboard speedo bulbs are out, would anyone know how to replace/fix this? It is the bulb that goes from between 60-120ish in the speedo (funnily enough the speeds that I am doing most of the time in the car as I do a lot of motorway driving lol -.- )

(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fuploads.tapatalk-cdn.com%2F20160322%2Ff1f9090b9644c44b80c8c0594855b3a1.jpg&hash=452d4a36da26512984bb772882d3372fba28a398)

Any help would be greatly appreciated, Thanks!


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Title: Re: Mk5 Golf R32 - Dashboard Light Out
Post by: RetroRaz on March 22, 2016, 07:42:21 pm

Might be a good time to upgrade to highline ones maybe?

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Title: Re: Mk5 Golf R32 - Dashboard Light Out
Post by: r5gtt on March 22, 2016, 10:54:35 pm

Or open it and replace the bulb?. I had slightly similar with my tt so opened it and dealt with the issue  :happy2: helps to have a few spare clocks to hand too  :signLOL: I sold four tt dash pods for double the prices I paid for them. :grin:

Title: Re: Mk5 Golf R32 - Dashboard Light Out
Post by: SI-R32 on March 22, 2016, 10:56:49 pm

i'm guessing due to the brightness and white colour they'll be soldered on LED's rather than bulbs but still quite fixable

Title: Re: Mk5 Golf R32 - Dashboard Light Out
Post by: RetroRaz on March 22, 2016, 11:05:31 pm

They are very small soldered smds. They are very delicate to swap out

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Title: Re: Mk5 Golf R32 - Dashboard Light Out
Post by: r5gtt on March 22, 2016, 11:08:35 pm

Easy to do if you have a decent soldering iron imho and saves you a few quid too. or you'll have to send it to one of those dodgy companies who'll change a fortune for an smd. as I said I've done it myself. all you'll need is the correct bulb.

Title: Re: Mk5 Golf R32 - Dashboard Light Out
Post by: RetroRaz on March 23, 2016, 09:07:19 am

There's  a guy in Huddersfield, i think his username was reaper something. He can change them. Hes done a few

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