can't see new dashboard lights.. Options

[se99jmk]

So, after 3 attempts at ordering light bulbs (1x ebay, 1x random site, all offering dashboard bulbs), I found out i needed 501s, and 'lo, there are loads on the net.

I plumped for these babies: http://www.ultraleds.co.uk/product_info.ph...95e294389250244

but this is all i got:


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I can;t bloody see the speed I'm going!
The pictures actually don;t do them justice, they are a perfect colour of purple, and marginally brighter, but anything generally beyond 40mph and I'm blind.

I had actually contacted the company in advance asking about dashboard use, which they said would be fine. Since buying and installing them, their response is:

"Jamie you bought uv / purple these are not bright lights to the naked eye
- we also have a 6 led version which is far brighter"

... not bright lights to the naked eye? then why tell me they're ok for the dash?
Also your ad says "Ultra Bright Wedge Base Led". Ultra bright? my ass.
Oh, and thanks for the offer of making me pay more, muchos gratias

The site says they're doing a stock take so won;t be open for calls until the 16th, and in the meantime won;t respond to emails.

DO NOT ORDER FROM ULTRALEDS.CO.UK

/rant

[se99jmk]

yup, standard bulb, just purple tinted.

From what I hear LED's are the way to go, and the ones I had bought gave the PERFECT colour, just didn;t actually light up the dash!

Company opening their phone lines monday, see if I can get some news from them..
They had also suggested these as being brighter, but they may give the same spot effect as before:
6 LED UltraBright UV Leds

Or would wide angled ones be better?
Wide angled UV led

at this point, I'm guessing another good option would be to go with purple bulb covers. Green ones came as stock, so it should be possible to obtain other colours.
I did a search on google, but only came up with red/yellow/blue/green.

Would they be called anything besides 'bulb cover', or would a bulb cover even make it too dark?

Messed around with some purple glass paint from a hobby store, but it just came out pink (and started smoking... tried it on a table lamp first rather than messing up my car)