How to change dash LEDs on Golf MK4
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- čas přidán 5. 03. 2016
- This is step by step instructions on how to change your dash leds in your golf mk4, enjoy and i hope you find it usefull
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Can't believe you'd change that! The blue looks a million times better!
When I was younger one of the biggest reasons I wanted an MK4 was the blue display lol
@@robertwhisenhunt8740 after a certain time you get tired looking at it. I have my golf for 9 years now and last year I changed the color because I wanted something different after all that time
Agree!! Only an idiot would do that. The time, this blue thing came, was something. I remember new Pioneer home stereosystems with blue display. I was ready to kill to get one. I had Pioneer KEH-5800 car stereo. It was a freakin cool thing to have.
In my opinion blue better.
I wonder what red looks like though 🤔
@@hyvaapaivaa1788 i want to do red cause im doing black and for my gti… not to sure yet tho
I love blue original color
This the reason why i like blue
Idem
mee to,i grow with that colour
Ha ha ha, it looks terrible lol
Me too, but the white color gives more modern style
Argggh the best thing about these VWs in the blue and red... madness!
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Very informative video. Don't be bothered by the people saying the white colour is ugly. If you like it, it doesn't matter. I personally just wanted to put new lights since my old ones dont work. Thanks
I can see all these people whining about a changed color scheme and wonder. Why are you bashing at him for such thing? It's just a matter of preference. The tutorial itself is great. both, clear and detailed. And you can change to stronger LEDs of ANY color. it's not like it won't work of you keep the previous color scheme but with stronger LEDs...
+Lukas Dainys thank you, i tried to explain that many times, but i gave up, you can use this toturial if you want to schange color or replace original burned ones, to know how to repair
DIY Garage Projects and reviews dont worry some of us appreciate it for what it is
+khyle goodness thank you
But he choose the wrong LED size, he also didn't checked for the resistors (because different forward voltage of the Blue and white LED's), also the Soldering itself isn't as good as it should be.
Most of the pals are unthankful anyway. It is a great tutorial video. I learn a lot myself from it
its better blue & red !!!!
Sorry but one of the greatest features of the car is the original cluster lighting. Looks like it took a lot of work to ruin it.
When i drove on of these (from a friend), i couldn't watch the deep Blue color for a long time, my eyes refocused every time i looked on the speedo. Thats why i would solder the cluster to white. But i would use the right size and new LED's.
+Jens Harbers i reccomend doing that, this was a silly project showing how its done
@@jensharbers6702 So you don't know if you can look at white color? But you think blue is bad?
White includes blue, so hmm...
Let face it , the oem color blue, is a shit, is not deep blue is whited blue washed and looks like cheap indian car.
@@MrFluorescentify no....
All that work and it looked better with the blue :P
I prefer the original blue led (maybe more powerful blue led) but not white... but! it helped a lot to me to open the dash if i need to make some further mods on it. Thanks!
I agree the bule looks better, and I'm assuming the new LEDs are full brightness all the time (no dimming). Awesome how-to for sure if I ever have to take the cluster out, but I'm not cool enough for sunglasses at night.
+Rob Hubbard you can still dimm the lights, and these arenot the correct leds so they are a little brighter
Hi, thanks for the video, great to see how the unit is put together.
My instrument cluster has just started to play up, the middle screen (trip, gear position etc) has gone blank, but is back lit constantly, the ‘apply brake’ light is constantly lit, and when the headlights are on the cluster lights up full but can’t be dimmed.
Maybe it’s an easy fix, have you any ideas?
Thanks
Paul
This is a good view if you wished to do something like this
I personally like the look of my mk4 as original
BLUE IS STILL BETTER
+The Kowbow sure thing buddy
Yeh i thought it was being changed too blue 😪😂
Why ! it's unique when it's blue and red!
+Diesel Miro do you know what unique means? You do know that every mk4 has blue leds?
DIY Garage Projects and reviews dude --" I meant it's unique for VW only
well its video how to change LED lights :) Not WHY u should change ur LED lights :D
mrogy you are right sir
"more better" that is redundant.
I have one and I prefer the blue OEM lights... but thanks for this tutorial it will be saved on favorites I might change it for stronger blue LEDs ...
Great Vid! ,Genius!
Is their a LED that is more deep blue?
The Mk4 platform inside and out seems to of been ahead of its time. MK4 are wonderful cars.
I love the original blue. It’s one of those unique thinks about the mk4 that makes it so dope.
Why change it? It looks so good. Especially with bora vents 👍🏻
Thanks for showing me it's too much trouble lol
Neither of my plastic rods work and the LEDs do seem quite dim, I've just bought the car recently so if I'm going to attempt one I might aswell attempt both
Would this not be an issue with the button behind the rods though?
i never do that i love the way lt is
looks like u had one thats why u asking me that
Thank you for this tutorial I needed to replace the clear lens just needed to see how it comes apart, appreciate it!
Your welcome, this is what this video is for helping people, some think that you must put this ugly white color, you dont, but it can help you replace blue ones or replace the lens like you did.
Good video. I put some chrome bezels on the dials..really smartens the cluster up.
Does the dimmer work with those leds?
i like your video and the time u ve made it, thkx a lot (y)
what voltage does the LEDs have can you make em darker
what type you should get
SO much work for something that is perfect from the beginning..
And if you dimm the lights, what do you think happens to the rest of the leds that are not replaced?
+flattabang i know what happens since i replaced them, if the blue leds are perfect for you then then you can use this video as a tutorial on how to change leds whend they stop working
Do the needles centre themselves once plugged in?
I've got 569,000 km on my cluster and never had a problem with the blue LEDs (knock on wood). Nice music!
What car ,569000 is so high,reliable car name?didnt u change speedometer or atleast its led ,still all leds work perfect??engine perfect??
@@AC-kh9jz 1.9TDI all the way bro
Why would you want to change the awesome gauge colors of the MKIV? I have a 16' R and still miss the purple and red gauges, it was so original. I wish they'd bring them back.
+fred420 i like white, with thosechrome rings its even beter
+fred420 i like white, with thosechrome rings its even beter
+DIY Garage Projects and reviews yes , chrome and white is awesome , i tried it but i put back the blue and red lights . i prefer it stock , i have a mk4 1.9tdi (131hp) pacific 2004.
If you get airbag or any other fault on the dash, you can easily clear it with this OBD device i reviewed a few days ago, check it out!
hello will you a similar job to my speedometer on a skoda octavia mk 2 ? i can send the speedometer to you .
Where you able to dim the lights after?
Thanks bro, helped me A LOT! Nice video.
Appreciate it that’s the great idea of the electro lights ... thank you very much
Good work &thank you for the idea it’s help👍🏻
Did you know: if you live in a country with internet access you can have LED's shipped to your door for pennies. No need to desolder them from an existing product.
The more you know.
The less you enjoy
Diy Garage Projects and reviews. I noticed that when you turned your ignition to on your check engine light didnt illuminate. My vw golf gti mk4 does the exact same thing. Can you explain to me why it doesnt illuminate on start up? The info would be a great help
Nice vid! I just picked up some B5 passat clusters from the junkyard. I am going to do the b5 passat to MK4 cluster upgrade and while I am at it, wanted to do something with the LEDS maybe. Either way, now I have a vid step by step of a cluster disassembly haha.
+Justin Konsdorf awesome
Hey guys, and thanks for the video, i have i big problem i hope you can help me out with. i followed, your steps, but the revs dosent work any more, do you have any suggestions ?
Only 1 wire cotrols the tacho, check the connection diagram, and check the connections on the back, reseat every connector make sure that you plugged them all the way
Hi!
I have a VW Polo 9N (2004) with the following problem:
LEDs on my dashboard is quite fade, but the biggest problem is that I barely can see my handbrake LED.
Is there any way to resolve this issue? Or am I supposed to change the whole dash?
before it look's so much better. But it's a good video
+Jannis Firk thank you
I love the original color and i woudn't have all that work just because of that... BUT this video was really useful to me as i need to change my broken warning buzzer, sometimes i leave my lights on, and i get a empty battery.
So Thanks !!!
This is probably a bit late but you will probably find it's the drivers door switch not the dash buzzer
Blue is better
i understand him. in the night that blue make my eyes tired. so with white is more relaxing. but i like cold white. he use somehting diferent
@@Rosuvlad12 bro you can put the brightness down dingus
Only for rpm clock we shoud rotate him clockwise when are making the assembly?
For some reason I like the red lighting in my 1.9 TDI seat Alhambra.
Great job, so much detail doing the video, I will use it to clean my cluster screen, it's too dusty right were the clock and CT adjusters are.
Do you know the voltage at the base of the led light.
And can i use a 5 mm LED DIODE?
Thanks for posting.
Never mind I found it. Its about 3.2 volts, so I can install an LED without a resistor.
Hy. Do you know maybe what dimensions had the old leds?
Great video! But.. I would go with Blue & Red just brighter LED's :)
Anyway looks awesome!
Could you tell me what LEDs or whether there are LEDs illuminating the clock and odometer displays? Mine are blown out and it's a nightmare in the night.. you can't see a thing on the displays
I think blue light looks much better than the new one. But I do appreciate you for making this video and showing us how this is done!
You don’t force the clips up with a flat head , there’s a tiny tab you push down slightly and it releases without force.
i wish i had blue and red in my Modeo. Do not like White. i had a bora before Modeo and i absolutely loved the blue and red dash board!
Other than that great video!
IRTEHLEETOKNPBB yes its awesome, i have bora now and i like the blue LEDs.
I have Bora an i love the blue board
I thought first it would be a nice thing to do to my VW and then I saw the video. Insane, so much work
you can get it done for like 50€
Hi ! Why do you have to rotate the needles to remove em? I have removed needles from other clusters by just pulling them up without rotating.
Hello, the instrument cluster on my mk4 lights up, but all the needles dont, do you maybe know if those are normal bulbs or also soldered leds? Because its getting kinda anoying when im driving at night and i dont see the speed im going.
Nice work. It looks amazing. Do you know the size of led I want to order to make it look like this.
He used SMD 5050 for his project, but if you want to use original size for this dash i think that is SMD 3528. Also be careful to buy right led with right white color temperature. For me "Cool White" look much better for dash.
White color temperatures:
www.sdllighting.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/cool-white-and-warm-white-led.jpg
Thanks i just want to know how to dissemble it mine need some clean no changes the led
The white one is visible in day the blue and red are not they are too weak but i still like them more
Is there a way to make them brighter?
Great set of skills Thats takes alottt out of you. Did you have to reprogram the car when you put it back in?
+Chris George thanks, no reprograming needed, just dont try to start your car without a dash
It's a cluster not a dash
I much prefer the blue. But too each their own. Cool video.
Hi, why "chech engine light" not turning on at start for some time ? It suppose to be like that on this golf 4 ? On others golf 4 it turns on for some seconds then turn off's. Thanks.
Hello my friend i change my dash led with red and white on skoda octavia 1u2 mk1 with the same way but i have the same problem with you the light of airbag... do you know what is this and which is solve...? Because i go to vag ecu programm and dont have errors! No airbag errors or other!
Can I change the two LCD screens ? Because mines don't even show anything...
gotta try this! Thanks!
As I can see you replaced the LEDs to SMD 5050 which is bigger than the original. Do you know the type of the original LED chips?
wow its so complicated, I thought it'd be 5 minutes process like plug and play light bulbs :D nice work and I dig the white color!
Can anyone tell which pin i should apply 12V to test the dash lighs when its on the table ? Would be much helpfull…
3:11 like the music, and helpful vid too:).
thanks for this. love the music
+mujjuman no problem :)
DIY Garage Projects and reviews song? Please
Great tutorial! Very didactic even prefering the original colour scheme!
Thank you, and thanks for a positive comment even if you dont like the color, this ones get rare this days.
DIY Garage Projects and reviews Thank you for your time, its a viable tutorial on how to dismantle the clocks in the event of blown bulb or whatever!
thank you to show us this but i still prefer the old but we can customise thank youuuuu
Thank you for watching
At the time this video was filmed, your odometer reading was 240K. I'm interested in understanding what major maintenance has been done to the vehicle to sustain its reliability. Would you mind making a video about this topic or replying to this comment with that information? I see in a couple of your videos that you performed a lot of cosmetic maintenance that does not necessarily fall into the category of sustained reliability, but is still nice to have, and was performed with a high degree of care and attention to detail which I also appreciate. I'm the original owner and only driver of a 2004 VW GTI VR6. The car has 151K miles currently and my intent is to keep it running reliably for 300K miles. This of course requires a lot of maintenance. I'm prioritizing everything under the hood and undercarriage first, for reliability purposes. Cosmetics will be second in a couple years.
His mileage is in kilometers, and 150k miles is just around 240k kilometers, so I don't know if he can help you with that 😅
I got a 03 GTI 1.8t, with 250k
@@robertwhisenhunt8740 My 01 GTI VR6 has 184K
Have you ever seen where the dash lights DONT come on during low-beam, but come on when the switch is set back to O?
Please let me know.
Thanks
Nice job, and a lot of electronic work done to achieve this, but for me personally, I prefer the blue background with red needles on my Mk4 dashboard to bog standard looking white background lighting. But that’s just my opinion.
A really nice comment for a change, thank you...
Can I put vw golf mk4 dashboard in to škoda octavia 1u2?
but it's white, the original color is so much nicer, and more than bright enough. that will hurt your eyes at night
+bunkerbuster its all about the taste, we like it white and bright, it is still dimmable, we just wanted to show the process of changing them, you dont have to change the color, now you know how to change faulty ones
+bunkerbuster its all about the taste, we like it white and bright, it is still dimmable, we just wanted to show the process of changing them, you dont have to change the color, now you know how to change faulty ones
I changed my leds too, but i did it with the actual size like the original ones, i thought they won't be so bright like yours, but i was wrong. They are damn too bright, even when it's dimmed to the lowest setting. Maybe you have some suggestions how to make it a bit darker?
+Arnas Stanionis there is a way, you can find a pin on your dash that is used to power the led, and put a resistor in between the dash and 12v wire, that way you can choose the default brightness of dash only and still use regular car dimmer to dimm them even more
i want you plz to ask u one question; my led of oil doen"t appear when the level of oil is low, is there a solution to solve this issue, or i must change the hole dashboard, thk u for your answer; FYI: when i turn the key before starting uo all led appear also the one of oil, my pb is when the level is low
You probably dont have to change the hole dashboard, eather the led burnt or oil level sensor needs replacement, its not a big deal, you can anways check oul level from time to time, my oil led is working, but i still check oil in my car every now and then, thanks for watching :)
I wonder if i can change them back to blurple on my 2016 Passat, since the new VWs are white and red.
Yes you can
I like blue its my favorite color nice varm and calm driving specially on evenings
Eye Doctors report that little extra brightness in white lights helps prevent pupils from fully dilating, helping your eyes adjust better to those hideous LED headlights that blind everybody. Also love the fact I can read my dash during the daylight. Great job on the video so where do you get the work light for savaging white leds?
I tried But left side wont work, right is ok. I didn’t check the polaraty before taking the blues off. Do you have a scheme of polaraty, I need it to fix the problem, otherwise I need to order a new one...
I dont have a schematic anymore but you could dissasemble the dash and connect it back on the car and turn your lights on and check the polarity with a multimeter
Omg! Nice work
s o s plz tell me why the chech engine ligth didnt turn on when he turned the key, i have the same problem is it?
Very interesting and usefull, like instrument panell removing and other things but the white light reminds me of old cars, plus is to strong and not so cool like the blue one
how is the size of your smd used in your video?
Better blue plasma, with 10€ you buy 100 of them, i changed in a passat and bmw and the result is awesome.
Combined red(audi) with blue plasma, the result is like a luxury car.
Great results! :D
great video
+Tiseanu Gabriel thank you
Much better the original but the video was good
Very well. What's the song in the end?
Great video. If I tried it, I guarantee the lcd numerical display would never display correctly, tried it with a watch once. Useless afterwards. Would've been nice to see the dash display brightness dimmed to see how much they could be dimmed tho.
what is the bulb type for golf mk5 2004?
In ranger rover sport 2009 I can ?
You do know different colors of LED's have different power requirements right?
Doing an LED swap in this half-assed fashion is a good way to have a cluster that lights up only partially at best.
Do you know which is code for original blue LEDs?
I think white better, but isnt it too bright? Have you been thinking about changing the brihtness by a potentiometer or something like that? Thanks for the video.
+Lubomir Stano you can dim them with the original potentiometer
yea i done it on a a3 before. fair play. my misses loves the blue lights on her golf
+ben free wouldnt she like pink better :D just kidding, thanks for watching :)
hello good your golf mk4 what year is it to see if it is the same year?
we sold it few years ago, but i think its 2000