sub's for future use. great job!

 

what i did before taking the needles off was put tape where the needles sat while the car was off. what i did i filled up my gas tank before doing this also so i knew the gas needle would be on full. also turn the key to acc and the needles should jump up to zero and when my car is at idle its normally around 750 rpm so i used that as a reference also. another key is after you turn the key off and open your door the needles will fall down a certain amount and if they all do it then you know you did it right

 

Does anyone know the size of the bulb i need to replace in the PRNDIL panel?? i want to stick a blue LED light in there or some kind of Blue light and want to know the size.

 

its the same bulb thats inside the hvac and radio i think,i just layed a led strip on the bottom and it lights the whole thing up

 

^ same as what I did but in the pnrd12 going it's an actual bulb, it's about the sane size as a 5 mm led but it goes into an actual bulb socket, no idea what size it is

 

Yea well that doesn't help cause those lights that were in the radio were pretty damn small and i'm pretty those lights aren't in the PRNDIL panel

 

I assure you there is a bulb like light in there cuz I stuck a led strip in there

 

I'm assuming the SMT LEDs in the radio and steering wheel are 3.2-3.6V right? That would mean only blue, green, and white LEDs would work since yellow and red LEDs are usually 2.2V or so...

Has anyone successfully switched to red SMT LEDs in the wheel and radio. Sharpie/lens tape only works for so long before stuff starts to fade to pink

Why oh why did Pontiac use red for the cluster, green for the radio and DIC, and white for everything else? Whoever picked the colors must have been colorblind.

 

Man this is soo tight i got red seats so id have to go with red.. hey anyone whos done this... does red work with the blueish film over the buttons? also, so the dim settings still work? if so, i gotta find a buddy who can sodder and do this **** lol

 

Yes red works the only thing that will look weird is the cold side on the hvac, and yes there dimmable

 

cool thanks, yep im subbing this

 

Nice writeup I'm about to order som LEDs right now and get started. Just one question... Do I only need 3mm LEDs? Or will I need a few different sizes and if so how many of each thanks a lot!

 

Did an SS cluster check it out.....also attatched a teaser I finally figured out to make a cluster any color anyone wants with LEDs. I showed white but I'll show a red one in a few days!!

 

i need red HVAC door controls fog button and radio

 

Im not doing any radios.....lock/ window/ mirror/ trac are easy to do. HVAC haven't looked at one in a while mabe friday on my day off ill revisit that.

 

still want a red hvac. so anyone in this thread who knows how to make it happen post it up.
09xfe already tried

 

Just solder in some red LEDs, my buddy did it in his g5 looks awesome

 

I tried this and it was dim and pink....could be the choice of leds tho.

 

yea we already tried that. got the leds from led-switch.com

for the hvac?
have him post in here with some pics and the leds he bought because the ones i bought he said didnt work

 

He's not on here but next time I see him I'll take a pic

 

alright please get more info. such as what leds he used and where he got them.because i want mine red to match my gauge cluster.

 

bumpppp for pics of this red hvac or it didnt happen!

 

AHHH HAAAAA it is possible takes a very long time and not sure if its even worth doing haha.

 

Told yea it can be done

 

its worth it to me! please pm me if your willing to do a swap for me, anything and everything to red, ok? just tell me ur price and how you wanna do it thanks