Gauge bulbs

[tmoretta]

I have the instrument cluster (gauges) out of my '91 318is to change to the correct coding plug.  I guess this car had a 325i dash installed years ago.  Now the gauges are lit a reddish color and are pretty dim at night.  Can I change the illumination bulbs to something brighter? And where would I get them?

[monty23psk]

Yes you can. I did my whole cluster with superbrightleds.com bulbs. You can see my thread in the members section. The only one you can replace is the  battery light because it needs the 12v to ignite the alternator to charge the batter without blipping the accelerator. Very bright at night but you loose the dim function due to how LEDs cutoff works.

[tmoretta]

Is it that you can or cannot replace the charging light?

[monty23psk]

typo, cannot

[tmoretta]

Great info - thanks.