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Posted by Milky1112
 - March 23, 2014, 15:48:52 PM
Quote from: 2beers on March 23, 2014, 14:59:16 PM

GB, 2beers gently and with painstaking patience, pried the chrome ring from the back of the speedo housing. He used a small flat blade screwdriver.  It was a PITA.  It will never look the same again, and no one will ever see it lol. To make sure it had some weather seal capability after reassembly, he employed plumbers putty.  Silicone would have been too permanent.

I'm waiting to see if his led install works out well before I clean Princess' lens, I may want amber LEDs !

Bride

I was going to do Blue.. but seeing how bright those are... I'm glad i went red now hahaha.. I may go amber or another color instead.. just gotta wait for the goods to arrive.
Posted by pcarrell
 - March 23, 2014, 15:24:24 PM
Quote from: CDNRatMan on March 23, 2014, 10:22:53 AM

And like everything else I ordered through Amazon.ca it can not be shipped to my address, for some strange reason. Anything to do with my bike cannot be shipped to my address, cannot figure that one out. Anyway  so going to check and let you know.

That's because FedEx doesn't use dog sleds!  ;)  (Or polar expeditions!)
Posted by 2beers
 - March 23, 2014, 14:59:16 PM

GB, 2beers gently and with painstaking patience, pried the chrome ring from the back of the speedo housing. He used a small flat blade screwdriver.  It was a PITA.  It will never look the same again, and no one will ever see it lol. To make sure it had some weather seal capability after reassembly, he employed plumbers putty.  Silicone would have been too permanent.

I'm waiting to see if his led install works out well before I clean Princess' lens, I may want amber LEDs !

Bride

Posted by greenbarn
 - March 23, 2014, 14:42:54 PM

The lights look good.

2beers and/or bride, and/or Ratman, and/or anybody else- have you figured out how to get the 800's speedo apart to where you can clean the inside of the lense?   I had my instrument cluster apart about a year ago, and from what I remember it looked like you would have to cut the chrome ring to get it off the speedo, in order to get to the inside of the lense.   Anybody find a shortcut?  Mine has dirt/smudges/haze inside it that I'd like to clean out.

Ratman:  sometimes on Amazon, I'll order something that it will say "cannot be delivered to that address", if I put in a different address (home vs shop, or street address vs. PO box, or something) then it goes through.  In either case, if you can't get it shipped to you , send it here-  I'll drop it in an envelope and send it to your place... I'll have to probably try it out first, so don't get in a hurry  ;D

Posted by 2beers
 - March 23, 2014, 13:52:55 PM
Quote from: CDNRatMan on March 23, 2014, 13:25:36 PM

highly resemble that remark...........if you have it a Trucker probably brought it to you....so there.......

Lol, the hubby has some trucking/lighting experience here...and the blue nano led's he's working with are manufactured in your country. And we known they got here by truck!

The Bride

Posted by CDNRatMan
 - March 23, 2014, 13:25:36 PM
Quote

never ask a trucker

highly resemble that remark...........if you have it a Trucker probably brought it to you....so there.......

Posted by Milky1112
 - March 23, 2014, 11:50:33 AM
Quote from: 2beers on March 23, 2014, 11:40:51 AM

Ok, all this discussion has us crazy to participate. It started with wanting to clean the inside of the speedo glass on both Blue and Princess, but as usual the process has morphed...never ask a trucker to get involved with lighting lol.

Will post again when we're done!

-The Bride

Looks killer so far.. And sorry!!!! It was just a hair brained idea that came to mind while riding home from work.. didn't think it would spawn into this madness hahahaha.. Anxious to get my bulbs in so i can finally complete mine.
Posted by 2beers
 - March 23, 2014, 11:40:51 AM

Ok, all this discussion has us crazy to participate. It started with wanting to clean the inside of the speedo glass on both Blue and Princess, but as usual the process has morphed...never ask a trucker to get involved with lighting lol.

Will post again when we're done!

-The Bride

Posted by CDNRatMan
 - March 23, 2014, 10:22:53 AM

   I have one more source to check for the red ones, do that in the morning.

And like everything else I ordered through Amazon.ca it can not be shipped to my address, for some strange reason. Anything to do with my bike cannot be shipped to my address, cannot figure that one out. Anyway  so going to check and let you know.

Posted by Milky1112
 - March 23, 2014, 06:17:42 AM
Quote from: CDNRatMan on March 22, 2014, 20:42:38 PM

Well today I learned that NA is natural amber and it is not as bright as the white and so makes it kind of nice, would like to find red in the $4.99 price range, $12.99 for a set of bulbs just seems too much right now.....

Nice subtle change if you ask me. Should have my reds in about another 2 days if all goes well. Yeah.. 12.99 is high for bulbs.. but the LED's will last longer and should be a bit brighter. Mine were just under 12 after everything was done. provided they work. But those 24 NA's def look better!

Posted by greenbarn
 - March 22, 2014, 22:52:15 PM

I would count that an improvement.   

Posted by CDNRatMan
 - March 22, 2014, 20:42:38 PM

  Well today I learned that NA is natural amber and it is not as bright as the white and so makes it kind of nice, would like to find red in the $4.99 price range, $12.99 for a set of bulbs just seems too much right now.....

Posted by Milky1112
 - March 22, 2014, 13:30:54 PM
Quote from: chief on March 22, 2014, 12:32:12 PM

Listen, when we finally get an answer to what actually works, let me know so I can post in the mods/tips archive!!

Will do. I know for a fact 74's work (Just white bulbs) 24's will work as well, same volt/post size. Just finding the right color is whats proving to be a serious PITA! lol
Posted by greenbarn
 - March 22, 2014, 13:20:18 PM

The "NA" bulbs are "natural amber".  I suspect they will be considerably lighter that what you would call orange.  Still might be what you want, but I think they'll be closer to yellow than red...   

Posted by chief
 - March 22, 2014, 12:32:12 PM

Listen, when we finally get an answer to what actually works, let me know so I can post in the mods/tips archive!!

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