The blue plastic inserts on mine have had melted just with the heat of
standard bright bulbs, so I'd expect a bit of a gooey mess with halogens.
The rest of the gauges are pretty solid inside and should be ok.
Anyone know if you can get replacement inserts that stand up to the heat
better ? Halogens would certainly be good. I can just about read what speed
I'm doing if I'm in the country (and it isn't a full moon)
Regards,
Neil
'70 TR6
CP52411
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-6pack@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-6pack@autox.team.net]On
> Behalf Of Mark Hooper
> Sent: 13 September 2001 23:56
> To: 'Mark Creamer'; 6pack@autox.team.net
> Subject: RE: Halogen dash bulbs?
>
>
> Any chance that these things burn those little blue plastic inserts that
> cover the bulbs?
> Mark Hooper
> 72 TR6
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark Creamer [mailto:mcreamer@cinci.rr.com]
> Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2001 6:00 PM
> To: 6pack@autox.team.net
> Subject: Halogen dash bulbs?
>
>
> I was just about to post a note to the group about ways to
> brighten my dash
> for night driving, when I came across some folks discussing halogen
> replacement bulbs on the general Triumphs list. Seems lots of folks like
> them.
>
> Anybody specific to 6/250 cars tried them? How safe, since these
> things get
> really hot, and any electrical worries to go with it?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Mark Creamer
> 76 TR6
> CF53032UO
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