Mercedes-Benz Grand Prix Radio Bulb Replacement + LED Conversion Attempt

3:37 Making up LED clusters and figuring out appropriate resistor values
6:25 Difference between Bernstein Gelb (original Mercedes) LEDs and incandescent bulbs
8:04 Test of newly swapped incandescent bulbs

This should also apply to similar Becker models, such as Europa 2000 and so on.

If you're interested in a bulb swap on your radio - hit me up in the comments 🤘.

And so here are my adventures in swapping 3 burnt bulbs on a Becker Grand Prix radio .. initially I had settled with the client to move over to LEDs, but, eventually we ended up sticking with incandescents as it seemed the most robust / era-correct approach (LEDs would’ve had a slightly / not so slightly different color profile, and would most likely stand out from the rest of the interior buttons)