RE: interior light replacement

["Brian Wagner" <scirocco_88_16v@hotmail.com>]

Or try Radio Shack, and buy some clear LED's. That might work.

Brian

87 16v
86 8v (parts car)
85 Wolfsburg (white coming to a garage near me soon)



>From: "Dan Snow" <danws@tampabay.rr.com>
>Reply-To: <danws@tampabay.rr.com>
>To: "'doug czajka'" <scirocco16v@europe.com>
>CC: "roc \(E-mail\)" <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
>Subject: RE: interior light replacement
>Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2001 13:13:27 -0500
>
>yes, BUT, you can only get bulbs that are *close* to the right size at most
>auto parts places. I got the smallest GE size lights I could find, then I
>ground down the sides at the bottom to make it fit. It *barely* does.
>
>I wound up going to, of all places, the DEALER and got some. They're not
>cheap, but they are the right ones and they come in that bracket. 'Cause if
>you've noticed, the leads for the electricity are wired through the casing,
>and technically all one piece.
>
>
>HTH
>
>Dan
>'81 Rabbit Sportruck
>'87 16v Scirocco
>'00 Jetta
>Tam-pa, FL
>http://home.earthlink.net/~danws69/index.html
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: owner-scirocco-l@scirocco.org
>[mailto:owner-scirocco-l@scirocco.org]On Behalf Of doug czajka
>Sent: Friday, November 16, 2001 12:49
>To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
>Subject: interior light replacement
>
>
>i think just about every interior light i have doesn't work, the
>environmental control panel, the oil temp guage, the ashtray, the cigarette
>lighter, etc.  I tried to replace some yesterday, but the old bulbs are
>soldered to the socket.  Is there anyway to replace just the bulbs without
>soldering, or can you somehow get the hole socket?  Can Potterman get 
>these?
>Its really started to bug me that the only thing lit up at night is my 
>radio
>and the cluster light above my speedo.  (i have the cluster bulbs i got 
>from
>potterman, i just have to put them in)
>TIA
>--
>
>
>Doug C.
>'88 16v
>Raleigh, NC
>
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