Haven't seen anything on this yet, but I got so tired of that lame orange cruise control indicator, so I replaced it with blue. Will post picks when I find my camera.

 

I require a "how to"

 

will do, but a warning, I "tweaked" my led because I couldn't find a blue small enough. It is actually quite quick and IMO easy. When I find the camera I will tear it back apart to do the how to correctly. I hate the how to's without pics. Probably by Saturday.

 

Does anybody else's cruise button rattle some times?

 

hmm don't think so. My main rattle is the rear deck, but turning off the stereo helps.

 

sweet, can't wait

And I hate that when you dim the lights the LED is still fully lit.

 

The blue I put in is actually brighter too. I am going to tame it, just thinking of how

 

add a resistor inline to it

 

it's a direct solder to a small board, no clearance. I guess tracing the wire, hey maybe tie it into the dimmer or add a second POT just for the LED? Adjust whenever you so desire.

 

+1!!! OMG! gah!
get a sharpie, or some sort of enamel / laquer paint, and put a small dot on the tip. perfect

 

Exactly what I was thinking before adjustability ran through my mind. To dull the orange, i originally used a small piece of plastic, I believe it was from a fast food drink lid. I thank I will use a blue sharpie

 

oddly enough, when I was hooking up my gauges, i tried to just "tap" the wires (each of them) that come out the back of the dimmer switch for the dash lights and apparently that thing is not a POT that just changes the voltage... from what I can tell it's actually some sort of a "sensor" that is read by a "computer" that dims the lights. If you'll notice, at least on my Ion anyway, when you roll that dial, the dimming doesn't happen "instantly" or "inline" w/ you rolling it (as it would w/ a straight-up POT), it's a bit delayed and "fades" in or out as you roll the dial.

Really kinda pissed me off.

 

wow, yeah that is true. maybe just the sharpie thing. Oh well. Better bright blue than any orange.

 

+1 fo' sho

 

Can't wait to see the how-to.

 

good ive been wanting to do this to match my green led heated seat buttons

 

Posted the how to last night, I guess just waiting for the mods to check it out.

 

There was a "how-to" in one of the Corvette mags about doing this same thing to the window / door locks in the door panels, adding the LED in there.

THey say the same thing about using a dremel to grind it down to fit.

Anyone think about trying this approach to the dash cluster lighting???