Hey TbM! Digging up and older DIY, I know, but I just replaced my CXi cluster with a GLi one (Thanks for finding me one ;P).
When I put it back in the dash, I found that the needles no longer light up & I can't adjust the brightness of the cluster with the dial. The brightness adjust doesn't bother me, but the needles not lighting up does. After reading this DIY I found that I probably just put the needle bulbs back in the wrong way.
Anyway, here's my point: I'm gonna pull the cluster back out & fix it up, but I figured I might aswell change the bulbs at the same time. Do you know exactly which bulbs light up which part of the cluster? From what I understand, the top two T5's (on top of the cluster) light up the needles. What do the other 4 T5s & the one T10 light up?
I'd just like to know, because im planning on making the gauge faces blue & the needles red. I'd also like to confirm if the top two bulbs light up the needles, because those were the only two bulbs I removed when switching my cluster, and the only thing not lighting up are the needles (do the math..).
Edit: Also, there's a pair of wires connecting the T10 and one of the top T5's, does this wire ned to be removed & resoldered onto the new bulb? Or, when you replace the bulbs, do you simply unscrew the old bulbs from the existing housing and screw in the new one? If it's the latter then the answer would be no, you dont need to resolder the wires.
Cheers mate.
