Speedo

[noedel]

Hey all,

I've been thinking about changing the speedo colour from white to blue in my corolla E12 facelift.

I would just put some transparent blue foil at the back of the speedo plate.

But don't really know how to get the plate out?

Anyone done this before?

Where should i pay attention to?

Thanks!

[jonnnnnnnnnnnno]

You need to take the speedo face off so this by lightly heating up the dials then you will see screw holes that need undoing.

Bobs your uncle.

I did this the other day along with the center console but didn't do anything just wanted a peek behind.

[noedel]

For what i've seen there's only 1 screw now, above, in front of the transparent face? :P

[noedel]

Never mind, done it today ;)

This is the result:

Greetzzz

[andycam06]

well it is something different and for that i say fair play, but i love the white dials on our cars and wouldnt change that, except maybe for the tsport white dial background

[noedel]

Well, but my midconsole, radio, interior neon, it's all blue, so, fits the rest ;)

[TAF]

Never mind, done it today ;)

This is the result:

Greetzzz

That looks excellent!! looks like vw dials... howd you do it???

[noedel]

Well, in stead of putting some transparent blue foil behind the plate, i had to put it in front of it.

Left out the red light marks and stuff.

But after posting this picture i went on the road with the corolla, and actually in daylight it's really awful...

The foil is reflecting so hard in daylight, especially when u look at it from the passenger seat.

I already thought about painting the white stripes, but ain't such a good idea i guess...

[Necron]

nice job mate, are the pre-facelift dials with a green tint to them? Do I have to change the whole cluster to make them blue/white. I would love to make mine white. Any help pls? =] thx!

[madvinegar]

Only in terra edition the dials are green.

In SOL editions the dials are white.

[movistargsxr]

For what i've seen there's only 1 screw now, above, in front of the transparent face? :P

So its possible to remove the transparent plastic in front of the dials? I removed the plastic trim to get at dials but was afraid to go any further! I would like to replace the transparent plastic as its scratched (previous owner cleaning it too hard) . Anyone done this or have a part number?

[noedel]

I don't think you can buy that plastic as 1 piece.

You can always ask at your dealer, but I think it's one piece with the complete speedo.

(plus, I guess they don't give you a new speedo, to prevent fraude with mileage).

Grtz

[Necron]

Only in terra edition the dials are green.

In SOL editions the dials are white.

What does this mean? So the bulbs/led's are normal bulbs and I have a kind of plastic film which shows white in the morning and green when they are lit?

Also how do I remove the cluster I'm afraid of doing something wrong. Could you please tell me step by step?

I found this website which makes the plastic gauge face: Guage

Do you mean if I replace it with this I can see it white? or? I'm confused

[noedel]

Terra and sol are 2 types of corolla E12's :P

Different options, that's all ;)

Grtz

[Necron]

so can I use that website to order one and get my lights show up in white?

[John_T_Sport]

any chance you could do a guide for this??

and get some daytime pics of also

cheers..

[noedel]

Haven't succeeded in opening the speedo panel itself, too scared to break some pins etc because it's such a crucial part.

So sorry, I'm not going to do this one ;)

Grtz