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Old Feb 22, 2011 | 07:26 PM
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cant waittt for you to do my hvac brandon
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Old Feb 22, 2011 | 07:45 PM
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looks good!! wanna do mine? lol
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Old Feb 22, 2011 | 08:18 PM
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I would have to research agian I still have my stock pile from last year when I did mine.
can I just use a 12v LED or does it have to be a certain ohm?
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Old Feb 22, 2011 | 08:51 PM
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can I just use a 12v LED or does it have to be a certain ohm?
Any 12V led..


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looks good!! wanna do mine? lol
PM with interest.....
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Old Feb 22, 2011 | 09:19 PM
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how many of each LED did you use? (3mm, 5mm etc.) im looking to do drivers side door switches (4, 3mm?), HVAC (4, 5mm?), passenger door switches (2, 3mm?), and the radio (4-6 5mm? possibly more?)
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Old Feb 22, 2011 | 09:41 PM
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Originally Posted by DiabeticKripple
how many of each LED did you use? (3mm, 5mm etc.) im looking to do drivers side door switches (4, 3mm?), HVAC (4, 5mm?), passenger door switches (2, 3mm?), and the radio (4-6 5mm? possibly more?)
Have not seen/done a radio. all 3mm besides steering wheel controls. coupes take one for driver side window, one for mirror switch, one for lock switch same goes on passenger. cluster i use 11 leds and hvac i use 5
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Old Feb 22, 2011 | 10:07 PM
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so (3) 3mm for driver side door, (2) 3mm for passenger door, (4) 3mm for HVAC, and (2?) 5mm for steering wheel? im not doing cluster as mine comes red from the factory.
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Old Feb 22, 2011 | 10:17 PM
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so (3) 3mm for driver side door, (2) 3mm for passenger door, (4) 3mm for HVAC, and (2?) 5mm for steering wheel? im not doing cluster as mine comes red from the factory.
5 leds in hvac and micro leds in steering wheel
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Old Feb 22, 2011 | 10:25 PM
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Originally Posted by 09xfebalt
5 leds in hvac and micro leds in steering wheel
in your pics theres only 4? and where do i get micros?
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Old Feb 23, 2011 | 12:58 PM
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Originally Posted by DiabeticKripple
in your pics theres only 4? and where do i get micros?
I added one more to get the colors to what I wanted. I went to ebay for the micros forgot the size tho
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Old Feb 24, 2011 | 01:37 PM
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Originally Posted by 09xfebalt
Have not seen/done a radio. all 3mm besides steering wheel controls. coupes take one for driver side window, one for mirror switch, one for lock switch same goes on passenger. cluster i use 11 leds and hvac i use 5
I sharpied my radio like my HVAC and gauges.


here's a pic I took when it was all apart. What kinda LEDs are those?

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Old Feb 24, 2011 | 02:03 PM
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Are those micros?
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Old Feb 24, 2011 | 03:51 PM
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just got mt 3mm red leds brandon. im just waiting on the hvac
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Old Feb 24, 2011 | 04:01 PM
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Originally Posted by 2.2ecotec
I sharpied my radio like my HVAC and gauges.


here's a pic I took when it was all apart. What kinda LEDs are those?
exactly what I did
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Old Feb 24, 2011 | 05:06 PM
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I might just take tail light tape and cut it to fit so I get a constant brightness over the whole thing
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Old Feb 24, 2011 | 07:43 PM
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Originally Posted by 2.2ecotec
Are those micros?
yes those are micros. I may do my stock radio to show ppl how easily it can be done post with interest before i do it....
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Old Feb 24, 2011 | 09:13 PM
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i want to see how to take the radio out and how many bulbs there are
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Old Feb 24, 2011 | 09:34 PM
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Mine is an '09 and its WAY different than the one in above pictures. The ones in ablove pictures would be very easy for me to convert I tried mine with no such luck its way bright in some areas and very dim in others. My radio only has 5 leds to light the entire face.
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Old Feb 24, 2011 | 09:39 PM
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i have 07 g5 gt. i dont know if they changed hu's between our years
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Old Feb 24, 2011 | 09:46 PM
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someone wanna make mine red?
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Old Feb 24, 2011 | 09:54 PM
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Originally Posted by DiabeticKripple
i want to see how to take the radio out and how many bulbs there are
Radio just has 4 screws holding to the dash and 4 screws holding the faceplate on.
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Old Feb 28, 2011 | 01:00 PM
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someone wanna make mine red?
im sending him mine with red leds so ill keep you posted on how it turns out.
i did the painting the bulbs and it looks find but i blew a bulb so i picked up a spare hvac for cheap and im sending it his way.
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Old Feb 28, 2011 | 03:51 PM
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^ thats awesome. i think the red would look amazing with my red gauges seats steering wheel and door panels
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Old Feb 28, 2011 | 04:45 PM
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Originally Posted by royce777
^ thats awesome. i think the red would look amazing with my red gauges seats steering wheel and door panels
yes sirr.
i had everything painted and all but i blew a bulb. so i ordered a new hvac and got it today.
heres a pic of just the inside plastic pieces and the back to the face painted red. only the left side and center is painted red. as shown here



doesnt look that bad just not that bright unless its night time.



leds should achieve the amount of brightness i want.
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Old Feb 28, 2011 | 05:00 PM
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looks good!
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