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Old Jun 24, 2012 | 10:22 PM
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Swapped out for LED's! :D whatcha'all think?

So I FINALLY DID IT! haha after much hesitation (because I had no clue how to solder before this) I ordered 3MM white LED's and resistors and got to work tore the stuff out, ripped out the crappy factory bulbs and soldered in my LED's, I have to say the difference is INSANE! I'm so happy with it! for anyone who's thinking about doing it.. go do it! haha! you wont be dissappointed.

so, what does everyone think? I dont know if I'll bother with steering wheel controls as I never use them .. lol and I did the DIC/foglight buttons this morning, this pics from yesterday night haha!





*and I dont remember how many LED's I used lol, I think it was around 15? not sure, I just ordered a whack load from Ebay lol

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Old Jun 24, 2012 | 10:24 PM
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Looks nice.
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Old Jun 24, 2012 | 10:24 PM
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how many did you use
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Old Jun 24, 2012 | 10:24 PM
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They look really good man
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Old Jun 24, 2012 | 10:29 PM
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nice! arggg! more i see pics of balts with double dins more i want one. dont neeeeed it but i want it haha and i usualy buy the stuff i want but absolutly DO NOT NEED haha
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Old Jun 24, 2012 | 10:30 PM
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looks real good, been thinking about it but do not like the whole taking the dash apart. I hated swapping faces in the first cobalt.
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Old Jun 24, 2012 | 10:31 PM
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lol well I won a ton of LED's + free resistors from ebay auction for $1.00 and $3.00 shipping, best $4.00 I've ever spent on this car lmfao!

and I was soooo hesitant on taking the dash apart, but it only took a few mins, really easy actually, now I need more things to pop LED's in... hmmm
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Old Jun 24, 2012 | 10:37 PM
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lol well I won a ton of LED's + free resistors from ebay auction for $1.00 and $3.00 shipping, best $4.00 I've ever spent on this car lmfao!

and I was soooo hesitant on taking the dash apart, but it only took a few mins, really easy actually, now I need more things to pop LED's in... hmmm
link to this ebay thing? lol I want to do mine but not sure what color. I did it on my old speedometer but thats before I realized that the stock g5 speedometer was already red
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Old Jun 24, 2012 | 11:03 PM
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Originally Posted by Twoozofjuice
link to this ebay thing? lol I want to do mine but not sure what color. I did it on my old speedometer but thats before I realized that the stock g5 speedometer was already red
oh lol I just ebay'd 3mm Led's and make sure the seller includes freee 12V resistors
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Old Jun 25, 2012 | 01:40 AM
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loooks good man, to scared to do this lol
i want a spare cluster just to be safe
thanks for the motivation maybe ill try it
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Old Jun 25, 2012 | 01:41 AM
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Looks great
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Old Jun 25, 2012 | 02:17 AM
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Originally Posted by Cobalt08LS
nice! arggg! more i see pics of balts with double dins more i want one. dont neeeeed it but i want it haha and i usualy buy the stuff i want but absolutly DO NOT NEED haha
I have one


Those gauges look nice! I would do mine but I'm scared
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Old Jun 25, 2012 | 04:21 PM
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Honestly I was worried about breaking something to...

but after I read a how-to, it was really quite simple, the cluster comes apart like lego after you take the four main bolts out. Its acutally hard to break it, just take your time
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Old Jun 25, 2012 | 04:26 PM
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looks good hommy!

lemme know if u wanna tackle my radio i got all red leds in my interior except for that which makes it look crappy
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Old Jun 25, 2012 | 06:18 PM
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looks good hommy!

lemme know if u wanna tackle my radio i got all red leds in my interior except for that which makes it look crappy
lol if you lived closer I totally would
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