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In a message dated 1/16/14 14 25 40, SOBill@aol.com writes:<BR>
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<BLOCKQUOTE CITE STYLE="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px" TYPE="CITE"></FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Geneva" FAMILY="SANSSERIF" SIZE="2">Dash Lights: Replacement for 2W OEM bulbs 5W 'OSRAM' bulb p/n is 2825 W2 1x9,5d (made in Germany) VOW, BMW, Porsche <BR>
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5W vice 3W Dash Bulbs: XENON-A7742 or E89Z-13B765-A from Ford<BR>
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>>>And what Bill forgot to mention is that these bulbs are readily available at any auto parts store.<BR>
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Oddly, what is next to impossible to find is the stock-style 2w bulbs.<BR>
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I went through my car and upgraded all the bulbs to the 5w style (the small gauges use the same bulbs as the larger ones). I then found that one of the small gauges (ammeter I think) was much brighter than the others, so I opened it up and retrofitted the original 2w bulb there. Now they are all the same, and just as bright as they need to be, no brighter.<BR>
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Cars have dimmer switches on the instrument lights because bright interior lights is NOT what you want on a dark road. Driving in the city, with bright lights all around, yes. But when you are in the middle of nowhere, you need to dim your interior lights so that you aren't blinding yourself and compromising your night vision and your ability to see properly outside.<BR>
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