Thread: What did you do to / for your E53 today??
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Old 04-19-2018, 06:33 PM
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I have thought of doing the LED thing but LED's generally dont dim well. Finding even the right size will be likely impossible too. I have thought about making my own though

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Originally Posted by wpoll View Post
Today I had to remove the instrument cluster, for the first time in the life of the car (from what I can tell) to replace a blown backlight lamp/bulb. Not bad for over 200,000kms and 13 years!

I was tempted to replace all five incandescent lamps with LEDs but I figured the incandescent lamps kept the instrument cluster slightly warm and therefore free of moisture - so I'm sticking with the factory set up!

My local dealer had the lamps in stock for $10 each.
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