I have a 97' FLSTC. I can hardly read the dash light bar under the speedometer at all. The light looks very weak. I suppose after many years the plastic lenses could have gotten cloudy. Or maybe a higher watt bulb would work? I would appreciate any advice on this. Thanks in advance.

 

If you're talking about your oil light high beam light and directionals that are underneath the speedometer there all the indicator lights The best thing to do is to get the T5 LED replacements They were great I put them in mine and they're pretty awesome get rid of the old bulbs..

Check this out at Amazon.com
Boodled 10pcs Super Bright 3030 SMD T5 Canbus Error Free Instrument Speedo Gauge Cluster 37 73 74 79 17 57 LED Lights bulb (10xT5-3030-1-JM) (Super White 6000k~6500K)

 

A friend of mine cured that very problem by switching out the bulbs with LED's from Super Bright LED's.
I don't know which particular bulbs he used though.

 

74 LED Bulb - 1 SMD LED - Miniature Wedge Base Natural White ... these are the ones I used from Superbright Leds ... put them in my Road King and Sportster ... made a big difference

 

Do those just replace the old bulb plug and play?

 

Yup....go LED, works like a champ.

 

First make sure the ground is solid because they use the frame for ground and not a seperate wire.
Then go LED, that's what I did too. Superbrite LED is where I got mine.
I also did the tach, and speedo, Red. White and Blue.
The blue for the high beam is bright and a little annoying.

 

Thanks! Just ordered 10 of them for $9. should be here Friday. I appreciate everyone's advice.

 

Those little bulbs go dark over time, so direct replacements would probably also work, if you don't want to be dazzled by LEDs!

 

Nice tip, just ordered mine.