Dim Dash Lights in my 308

I am the original owner of a 308 GTSI and the dash lights when new were not great. Now 22 years later, they are far worse.
Can someone out there provide any answer for a fix so I can see these things. Of course, my eyes have gotten a bit dimmer over the years as well.

 

This has been widely discussed here and a search of the forum returns this solution:

http://ferrarichat.com/forum/showthread.php?t=143752&highlight=dash+lights

http://www.nwrfca.org/faq/dashlights.html


I did this on my car and it made a huge difference.

 

I Installed new lights with higher wattage and removed and cleaned the switch with electrical parts cleaner. Now the lights look great and the switch from dim to bright works perfect.

Try that.

Jeff

 

after you change the bulbs, just by-pass the dimmer switch entirely. Who uses that thing in a 308 anyway. It's presence just adds resistance and to skip around it only takes a a couple minutes.

 

Thanks to all of you for your help! I am going to tackle this one today!

 

This is what mine looked like AFTER changing bulbs, WITHOUT bypassing the dimmer. I didn't think it was necessary.
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Wow that's nice and bright, what kind of bulb did you use for replacement?

 

WOW!! That is like 10X brighter than mine.

Aaron

 

here are the lamps I used.(same as the mod I think)
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Any chance you know how many volts your car has? I think I have a dying alternator in mine and plan to replace it next week. Hopefully that will bring on brighter lights.

Aaron

 

The last time I checked, I think it was about 14.2v or so.