Interior: How to change cluster, HVAC control, window and door lock to LED
03-06-2011, 06:28 PM
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the face of mine did not light very well at all it was very dim. and it appears to be the same led BUT i cannot verify with out seeing or have some one measure them in mm with a caliper.
03-06-2011, 06:34 PM
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UPDATE ON PARTS INFORMATION
Heres a parts list of leds you will need. I used 12 volt ones for all 3mm ones, which are in everything BUT steering wheel and some radios. I used a smt 0805 led for steering wheel and that is just a normal led.
For a cluster you will need 11 leds
hvac 5 leds
lock switch 1 ea.
mirror switch 1
window switch 1 ea side
steering wheel 1 per button
radio- have not done.
Heres a parts list of leds you will need. I used 12 volt ones for all 3mm ones, which are in everything BUT steering wheel and some radios. I used a smt 0805 led for steering wheel and that is just a normal led.
For a cluster you will need 11 leds
hvac 5 leds
lock switch 1 ea.
mirror switch 1
window switch 1 ea side
steering wheel 1 per button
radio- have not done.
03-06-2011, 08:59 PM
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UPDATE ON PARTS INFORMATION
Heres a parts list of leds you will need. I used 12 volt ones for all 3mm ones, which are in everything BUT steering wheel and some radios. I used a smt 0805 led for steering wheel and that is just a normal led.
For a cluster you will need 11 leds
hvac 5 leds
lock switch 1 ea.
mirror switch 1
window switch 1 ea side
steering wheel 1 per button
radio- have not done.
Heres a parts list of leds you will need. I used 12 volt ones for all 3mm ones, which are in everything BUT steering wheel and some radios. I used a smt 0805 led for steering wheel and that is just a normal led.
For a cluster you will need 11 leds
hvac 5 leds
lock switch 1 ea.
mirror switch 1
window switch 1 ea side
steering wheel 1 per button
radio- have not done.
03-07-2011, 08:15 PM
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My cluster is actually so dim I can hardly see it during the day time on full brightness inside a 20% wrapped tint job...
I guess Ill be peeling my gauge pod off this weekend too...
I guess Ill be peeling my gauge pod off this weekend too...
03-09-2011, 04:02 PM
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is this all i need the blue ones?
12 Volt LED
12 Volt LED
03-10-2011, 01:00 PM
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just wanted to throw this out there that red is kinda impossible to do this and have it be brightttt.
only way it works bestt is if the inside of the hvac face is painted red along with the plastic pieces.
because white leds and the red insides make it really dim and barely lit up.
and white leds with only the face painted red does the same thing
i think what i decided im going to do is have the left bulb and 2 center bulbs back to stock and leave the 2 leds i got soldered on the temp side. than put the painted insides and face back on and it will be red but not brighhhht red like i wanted. thats the only way its going to look how i want it to
thats how it looks now and it doesnt really match how it wanted it to
only way it works bestt is if the inside of the hvac face is painted red along with the plastic pieces.
because white leds and the red insides make it really dim and barely lit up.
and white leds with only the face painted red does the same thing
i think what i decided im going to do is have the left bulb and 2 center bulbs back to stock and leave the 2 leds i got soldered on the temp side. than put the painted insides and face back on and it will be red but not brighhhht red like i wanted. thats the only way its going to look how i want it to
thats how it looks now and it doesnt really match how it wanted it to
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03-10-2011, 05:54 PM
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03-23-2011, 10:45 PM
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if you have a black cat overlay, checkthe backside of it, if they have put the red film there you will be fine, i got a black cat gauge overlay as well and jut installed blue leds in the cluster, reds still red, they had put the red film there when i bought the overlay, bought the black cat leds on a seperate ocasion...but if it does not. if you order the black cat leds they ship thered film with the leds, so i hae some of that red film they use left over to use on my hvac
03-23-2011, 10:52 PM
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if you have a black cat overlay, checkthe backside of it, if they have put the red film there you will be fine, i got a black cat gauge overlay as well and jut installed blue leds in the cluster, reds still red, they had put the red film there when i bought the overlay, bought the black cat leds on a seperate ocasion...but if it does not. if you order the black cat leds they ship thered film with the leds, so i hae some of that red film they use left over to use on my hvac