[968 Cab]

Just installed the LED instrument panel lighting into the 968 Cab (already did this on our 944 NA and 951S) as I finally figured out where the Tiptronic panel harness connectors are downstream and cable tied.



It's pretty easy to do, and you don't have to remove the steering wheel (you have to be willing to compress the plastic oval vent / instrument panel trim when you remove it though). It now takes me about 30-45 minutes re & re to change these lights. While I was in there, I made sure all the idiot... er warning bulbs were OK (4 burned out) too.



The LED panel lighting is a great way to update the panel - but the dimmer no longer works (it will dim a little - say ~10%). The light tunnels are available off eBay now and are easy to install. Plus you can keep the OEM light tunnels and bulb holders to revert back to OEM if desired. You can find them on eBay for around $45-60 for all 3 light arrays.



Here's a few "after" shots and a out of focus shot of the LED light tunnel that snaps into place after you remove the OEM units (the ones with the fading silver reflectors)

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[rhudeboye]

Well done and oh so appropriate! My instrument panel is very dim even w/ the switch turned to max (perhaps a characteristic of this model). I look fwd to doing this upgrade myself.



Thanx for the pics

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[968 Cab]

[quote name='rhudeboye' date='Jul 19 2006, 06:38 AM']Well done and oh so appropriate! My instrument panel is very dim even w/ the switch turned to max (perhaps a characteristic of this model). I look fwd to doing this upgrade myself.



Thanx for the pics

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It's a great upgrade - easy to do and the only loss is to dim to "nothing". There are many different LED colors out now, but I kept to "white" which is a sharp white with a "icey" blue hue.



The reason the panel lights are so dim is the OEM "reflectors" have a shiny silver coating on the inside and these deteriorate over time - like tin foil with lots of swiss cheese holes! Result - no longer reflects the light from the small bulbs. The LED assembly replaces the entire reflector and eliminates the bulb. There are 3 of these for the instrument panel - just search ebay for "Porsche 944 LED"



Here are a few links to sellers



http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Porsche-928...sspagenameZWDVW



easy to do, highly recommended.

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[rhudeboye]

thanx again. I'll try the blue as it will match my little alarm beacon and Alpine head unit.

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