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453 Speedo LED Change

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PremiumNo Difficulty Mod ID1665 For453 Fortwo/Forfour Linkhttps://www.evilution.co.uk/mod/453-speedo-led-change.htm Copy to Clipboard

The LEDs in the 453 speedo are very common. You have 2 types. The main type being the PLCC-2 in various colours. I have used a red sharpie to highlight the notch in the package. This tells you which way around the replacement LED has to be soldered in. As you probably know, LEDs only work in 1 direction.

However, 1 of the LEDs looks to be a 2214 SMD LED. This is used for the high beam headlight symbol illumination. It’s blue and ideally shouldn’t be changed as there are certain laws in many countries stating that warning lights should be set colours.

If you are going to change LEDs, chances are it’s to change the speedo dial backlight colour. In which case you will need 5x PLCC-2 LEDs in the required colour. They will be replacing the LEDs with the yellow windows. The yellow is the phosphor that is excited by UV light to create the desired white colour that the LED emits.

As mentioned previously, I have marked the anode of the LEDs so you know which way the replacement is soldered back in.

How Do I Get To The LEDs?

Remove the speedo and disassemble the speedo.


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