I was just curious if there is any way to change the bulbs behind the guage cluster

 

The stock bulbs .....errrr , not really . You could if you knew how to solder and work on circuit boards . The cobalt cluster uses 2 tiny little LED looking incandesnt bulbs in each guage mounted in the center . After seeing how small they are , I cant believe the even light up the cluster as well as they do .

Good news , there is a complete a$$load of room to use LED's as backlighting , if ur skilled enuff .

 

ya i was going to resolder green leds in there but they will only shine up, which would work b/c it hits the plasticy thing but will be very dimm

 

Yeah , it woulda been pretty hard to project the light right mounting them in the center like that . Good thing the about the entire rest of the gauge are is open underneath the gauge faces .

 

how about changing the bulbs in the cd player or by the a/c controls? If i had to guess it would be the same setup?

 

Its the same type of bulb . LED appearing incandesnt . As long as you can solder and use the correct resistors LED's could be used there too . For the AC controls so they light uniformly , and when I get around to doing it (lol) ,,,,Im gonna just run a circular string around , behind each knob so all the markings light up correctly . Seeing as how there is probably on a couple centrally mounted incandesents that shine thru a clear light diverter to guide the light . Most GM Hvac controls are that way .

Same deal with the all the lighted switches too , like power windows ect ect . If you can get the switch apart without wrecking it , the same as above applies .

 

So...... I am pretty much S.O.L. on doing this mod then huh? Cause I don't know much about soldering.

 

the radio one i did looks good all i did was use a dry erase marker on the buttons on the inside and also on the clear plastic pieces ill have a how 2 up within the next few days

 

Cool... I will have to keep an eye out for that. Does it have to be a dry erase? Or can it be any kind of marker?

 

be careful i dont think your warranty covers you if you light your on car on fire.....and it any electrical problems happen down the line your screwed if they try to attach it to you putting new led's in. just a heads up. good luck!

 

use a cold/heat lol

 

what if we put colored flim on the back of the gauges like biohazard did with the ac/ controls????