Im changeing the lights in the cobalt over to led and btw there will not be a how-to cause its not easy at all the lights for the side mirrors and door locks u cant do at this time cause i dont know how to remove the lights from it at this time im going to be working on it soon with a close friend with all the equipment to do this also

once i get this done totally i will have more pictures up but for now here are some comparison pics. the pictures were took in my garage with the doors closed and windows in garage blacked out the day light pics are the pics from the garage doors open

sorry about picture size

side by side


left led


right stock


day light comparison pic


different angle day light


another angle day light


kind of head on daylight


comments welcomed if i get around to it and if i get some extra switches i might do some of these for the site

thanks for viewing

 

Great!! looks good!

 

thanks man im still working on the other side and then i am concidering working on the others that will be a bitch to do like the mirror and lock switch

 

how did you change the needles?

 

you should get one of those custom black cats face gauges or whatever to match your car, like white background with blue and black lettering would be ****

 

do your needle's glow blue? this looks pretty sweet man how hard was it to do?

 

well its easy and hard at same time easy once u get to know what your doing hard cause not having alot of money sucks saving up money

as for the needles i used acetone to remove the red and it also cloudy's up the plastic then i used a blue sharpe to change the color of the needles.

all of my buttons have been modded for some time by removeing the blue cap that gm put on there bulbs thats why they look kinda orange / red coloring .

and no the needles dont glow blue they will proully once im done with it all but for now im working on the steering wheel's. im looking into possably getting some bulb holders so i can really get cracking with moding these things next after the steering wheels is the stock radio and hvac / once those are done then i will be changeing the harder switches aka power mirror and lock and windows

 

i never noticed my leds on the wheel but those are nioce!

 

the stock are not led's there mini incondecent bulbs that have a blueish cover color that make them kinda glow a greenish color

btw i would like to thank TIM from TNT autosports for hooking me up with the led's and resisters to do this project

 

So you said the needles dont glow blue, what color do they glow now that you changed the outside of the blue? Also how do the buttons come off of the steering wheel? Do they just pop out with a screw driver?

 

correct the buttons just pop out and u have to remove there connecter

well i got all but one of the lights in the other side to work one is being a pain in the ass. and i got 1 led on the radio to work and that one took me a while im going to talk to some of my light friends and see if they can help me with some of the other ones but it looks damn good esp if i can get this one to work just being a pain im done working on it for the day tomarrow is another day though sucks that its only for 1 led to complete my steeringwheel controls

 

as for the blue needles they glow a dim blue hopefully once i get done they will be brighter we shall see though ive got to finish up these other ones first lol

 

Looks good so far!

 

thanks ill have a pic of the two hopefully tonight im getting ready to have the last one finished and then have a pic of the 1 led i have added to the stock radio and show how that looks but that one is a bitch to wire up

 

SORRY FOR QUALITY ON SOME OF MY PICS THEY WERE TOOK WITH MY PHONE

ive uploaded the new pics of the steeringwheel finished and the beginnings on the radio for some reason when i took the pics my radio turn knobs wont register i do not know if its from the led install or from how many times i have removed the knobs and the radio from the car im currently looking into getting another radio just like mine so i can test this out so if somebody is willing to donate me a radio and i can see if its the changeing of the led or if its the removal of the radio as many times and how many times i have removed the faceplate of the radio

 

just a bump for some new people

 

well tcarter what did u think of the steeringwhel now that u seen it in person

 

If u want the needles to glow BRIGHT blue , heres what to do . Get that blue sharpie ink off of there so the needle is clear again . Mask off the sides and top of the needles with masking tape . Paint a VERY thin layer flat white in the same place GM had the red . Then aim 2 3mm blue LED's at the light guide on the underside of the needle . I needed 2 wide angle leds to keep the lighting uniform thru the needle as it rotated . They would light up really bright like that . The needle would look white when the lights are off .

Its how I got my red needles to shine so brightly .

 

that looks awesome i might have to try that. im currently working on some other things with the guage cluster first then i might try that but i really do like that

 

one what kind of steering wheel is that my balts looks nothing like that. no bowtie in the middle??? and two thanks for the shot of your hairy legs

 

y/w for the shot of my hairy leg's / 2 reason no bowtie for the center is cause i was going to be demo car for shawn and streetbadges and i still havnt recieved my stock centercap for the steeringwheel. but im working on some other things just is going to take time im working on a few cool ass things for us balt owners

 

The blue looks great! I did that to my last car. I'd love to do it to this one, but it's a lease

 

post a how to.

 

at this time there is no how to till i see about a better way cause this is a pita to do

 

so, stupid question, but u ripped the bowtie off of the steering wheel yourself? if so, how did u do it? it looks pretty good...i thot on one pic i saw light coming thru some holes in that circle as well...i cant stand the bowtie lookin back at me all times tho :P need to get rid of it