Re: [DML] Night-illuminated speedo face (and the rest of the cluster)

["doctor who" <ohwrd@xxxx>]

The new VW Bugs have what appears to be a blacklight in there instrument 
cluster, I'm going to take a closer look and see if it is indeed a UV light 
or just a set of purple bulbs (w/UV output).

I havent looked very closely at how the lights are mounted in the cluster on 
the D, but I've found a 4" UV light that may possibly be custom fit in 
between the binnacle and the guages.

dr c.
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> That sounds like a very good idea but where do you mount the ultraviolet
> (black) light to activate the UV paint?
>
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: doctor who <ohwrd@xxxx>
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> Sent: Monday, April 03, 2000 12:48 AM
> Subject: Re: [DML] Night-illuminated speedo face (and the rest of the
> cluster)
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>
> > If you wanna keep a stock look but wanna have the dials glow, check out
> some
> > UV reactive "transperant" paints by ROSCO paints. [available by theatre
> > supply] I use this stuff in the theatre environment, it is invisible by
> > standard light (daylight) but is highly UV reactive, meaning that 
> someone
> > w/a couple hours and an arts and crafts paintbrush could create a dial
> that
> > glows in different respective colours by night but is invisible by
> daylight.
> >
> >
> > just a thought,
> > dr. c.
> >
> > >From: "Dave Price" <davep@xxxx>
> > >Reply-To: dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxx
> > >To: <dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > >Subject: [DML] Night-illuminated speedo face (and the rest of the
> cluster)
> > >Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2000 18:30:48 -0800
> > >
> > >On the topic of the speedo face, but this relates to the entire gague
> > >cluster....I wanted a modern-looking gague cluster with illuminated
> > >needles, numbers and marks, not the lame way it is now where there are
> just
> > >some lamps lighting up the entire cluster area.
> > >
> > >Obviously, without replacing the gagues could one achieve this, right?
> > >wrong! ;) My idea was to use a UV (black) light, which, if anyone has
> > >stood by a blacklight wearing white, it glows bright purple, and other
> > >colors (orange, green, yellow) glow their respective colors.
> > >
> > >Well, as it turns out, the white numbering (and the needles) are
> uneffected
> > >by the blacklight (however, the orange numbering works great!) ... so I
> had
> > >planned to create a vinyl sticker (like the 140MPH speedo face) that
> would
> > >replace all of the gagues with blacklight-reactive painted numbers....
> > >I'd love to know if Marty's speedo face responds to blacklight, and, if
> so,
> > >could the outfit that printed those faces be contacted to produce the
> other
> > >gagues as well? I've found a source for mini-blacklight florescent
> sticks
> > >that would fit perfectly in the space between the binacle and the
> gagues...
> > > Anyone else want to see those numbers glowing brightly without the
> > >distraction of a white light illuminating the whole cluster at night?
> > >
> > >Another cool cosmetic add-on would be a bezel around the gagues to give
> > >them that "finished" look, round gagues rather than that tacky square
> > >look... maybe in stainless steel?
> > >
> > >Suggestions, opinions? Anyone want to take on the project? I'd buy 
> it,
> I
> > >just can't afford the R&D ;)
> > >
> > >- Dave
>
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