my dash lights on my03 wrx arent working.
i installed my alpine head unit and realised last night that my speedo and rev gauge arent working. All the other lights are like seat belt light etc. i have checked all the lights/interior fuses and all are good
any help or ideas
thanks
dave

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Silver MY03
260hp and 16psi
time for more boost

If you can't fix it with a hammer then you have an electrical problem.

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only way too really check is too pull ur deck out again

did you connect your earth wire to the dimmer circuit? very common thing people do when wiring a stereo? anyway check all the wires to the stereo. sometimes there are 2 dimmer wires so be carefull

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Version 6 STI

yeh its all fixed, just needed the multi meter to help tap into the dash
thanks for your help

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Silver MY03
260hp and 16psi
time for more boost

I'm having the same problem with my My03. Installed a alpine deck and since the dash lights don't come on when I turn the lights on. Could you please give advise on what you found wrong with your set up.

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Check to ensure that you haven't wired up your earth (black wire) to the illumination wire (From memory it is the Purple wire) of the factory wiring loom.

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WGM

Thanks, i'll have a look in the morning, got half the dash in pieces. Had enough for the day. Will keep updated on outcome

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be carefull as lack of dash lights also means no park or tail lights. all on same cicuit

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I'm looking at replacing all my dash backlights, seeing I blow about 1/2 of them. I can only find the globes being sold by Subaru agents at $20 a piece. Now I'm thinking of using LED's instead but, to do this I need to drop the voltage from 12V to 2.4V. I've been to Jaycar and bought the LED's from them. (They couldn't supply me the globes either.)

Bottem line is, should I stay with a clear LED's or will it be less visable at night if I use blue LED's?

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