What were these LEDs for?

[flaatr@yahoo.com (EUROROC II)]

I had LEDs in my 8V and am going all out with a custom plaque below them 
this time. If you take the thing apart this is what you'll find.

The holes that you see in the  middle of the cluster are molded into the 
face of the cluster. removing the center piece where the clock and up shift 
indicator are you'll find the 5 LEDs and 5 black LED like lumps. There is a 
plastic retainer that is held in two places, about 1 LED width in. Remove 
the frame that has the 5 lumps and 5 holes for the real LEDs, it's pressed 
onto two little studs. You can install 5 LEDs in the lower position very 
easily since the holes for the leads are already there. Take the plastic 
thing with the fake LEDs and drill out the lumps so it will sit over all 
ten LEDs. You should try to be neat but don't worry too much since it won't 
be seen once you reinstall this piece into the cluster. No is the wiring 
part... Be creative, I was.

I the one I plan on taking apart here and can take pictures if your interested.

-Raffi


At 10:45 PM 3/26/2002 -0600, you wrote:
>Could you put LED's in there?  Like, are they small black plastic LED shaped
>thingys in LED sockets, or is the face of the cluster just bumpy?
>
>BH
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Larry <rocco16v@netzero.com>
>To: Allyn <amalventano1@comcast.net>; EUROROC II <flaatr@yahoo.com>;
><scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
>Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2002 8:06 PM
>Subject: Re: What were these LEDs for?
>
>
> > Al's right. They are purely ornamental.  They are just black plastic
> > 'bumps', put there to visually 'balance' the functional LEDs.
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Allyn <amalventano1@comcast.net>
> > To: EUROROC II <flaatr@yahoo.com>; <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
> > Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2002 12:12 PM
> > Subject: Re: What were these LEDs for?
> >
> >
> > > raffi,
> > >     they were never used as far as i know, but they do come in handy
>in...
> > say... a twin engine
> > > rocco.
> > > Al
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "EUROROC II" <flaatr@yahoo.com>
> > > To: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
> > > Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2002 12:38 AM
> > > Subject: What were these LEDs for?
> > >
> > >
> > > > So here is a question for you all...
> > > >
> > > > Between the tach and speedo there are 5 LEDs for turn signals,
>battery,
> > > > oxygen sensor, oil pressure warning light (Jeff I got a funny story
> > about
> > > > this) and High beams... Which cars used the lower 5 and what were they
> > for?
> > > >
> > > > On my 8V i installed LEDs for fog lights, fan and A/C... I'm building
>a
> > new
> > > > set for my 16V with the MFA display and was curious about this before
>I
> > > > make the graphics (which I didn't do on the 8V).
> > > >
> > > > -Raffi
> > > >
> > > >
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