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Old 05-13-2011, 07:49 PM
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Old 05-14-2011, 03:05 AM
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what were the big ones used for the ones shown were the 3mm
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Old 05-14-2011, 08:44 AM
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What? I used 5 mm 3 mm plcc-22 surface mount, and 0805 surfacemount
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holy crap thats a lot of lights!!!


howd you get that ring around the centercap on the wheel?
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Old 05-18-2011, 08:36 AM
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Originally Posted by C_A_D88
Take the needles off
Yea but how am i supposed to take the needles off? Since they are screwed into the back?
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Originally Posted by Leebs59
Yea but how am i supposed to take the needles off? Since they are screwed into the back?
i haven't taken it apart before so dont quote me if im wrong, but it seems like you just answered your own question. if they are screwed in, unscrew them. maybe you mean they are screwed in a different way.
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Old 05-18-2011, 02:55 PM
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Originally Posted by kento19
i haven't taken it apart before so dont quote me if im wrong, but it seems like you just answered your own question. if they are screwed in, unscrew them. maybe you mean they are screwed in a different way.

Yea they are screwed in a certain way and it doesn't look like it will come off at all
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Old 05-20-2011, 07:22 AM
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Can someone tell me how you change the lights on the driver and passenger side door buttons for the lock switch and windows??
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Originally Posted by Leebs59
Yea they are screwed in a certain way and it doesn't look like it will come off at all
First off, if your gOnna do your gauges, buy a black cat kit, comes with instructions
The needles basically just pull off, then there's some screws on the backside u gotta take off.
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Old 05-20-2011, 08:07 AM
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holy crap thats a lot of lights!!!


howd you get that ring around the centercap on the wheel?
I have another thread here somewhere, but basically I took out the stock one, replaced it with a black chrome center cap and put LEDs
Behind it
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oh i gotya looks pretty nice
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how did you get to the leds for the gear indicators cuz that looks sick!
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Took apart the shifter, pop the knob, pop the trim piece around it and there's a couple tabs holding on the top half of the shifter plate, I strung up a blue led strip in there as the stock is just one halogen bulb
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Old 05-23-2011, 07:02 PM
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Originally Posted by zerosk8ter83
i didnt replace the stock leds in the radio i just took them out and put a series of leds together in a row and place in the radio,power them up to a power source and bam(you pull the volume and power knobs on the radio to full take apart the radio)
What did you decide to use for the LEDs that you put together? Was it strand of lights that you could get at like Radioshack or something? Or did you put them in separately and wired them that way?
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What did you decide to use for the LEDs that you put together? Was it strand of lights that you could get at like Radioshack or something? Or did you put them in separately and wired them that way?
remove the original leds and solder in the color of your choice
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What? I used 5 mm 3 mm plcc-22 surface mount, and 0805 surfacemount
What site did you use to buy the 0805 Surfacemounts??
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Originally Posted by Leebs59
What did you decide to use for the LEDs that you put together? Was it strand of lights that you could get at like Radioshack or something? Or did you put them in separately and wired them that way?
I use 2 leds for both sides and a led strip in the middle.
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What site did you use to buy the 0805 Surfacemounts??
oznium.com
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Old 05-28-2011, 07:14 PM
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I'm really curious to what size light you used for the PNRDIL panel??
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I had a bunch of 3pm LEDs left so I jerry rigged my own by soldering a bunch of um together and then soldering um to the bulbs wiring, stock bulb is TINY
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Old 05-29-2011, 03:47 AM
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Originally Posted by C_A_D88
I had a bunch of 3pm LEDs left so I jerry rigged my own by soldering a bunch of um together and then soldering um to the bulbs wiring, stock bulb is TINY
HOW TO IT!?!??! lol nah but i really do wanna do that to mine dude looks amazing but sounds kinda complicated no lie
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i just took a regular blue led and tapped it to the sunroof fuse. secured it next to my burnt out bulb and it glows nicely. not too bright.
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see i would do all this, but soldering something that small must be hard
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ok so how do i get my guages back to normal lol after installing the LEDs i mean it turned out great just getting the needles back to their original spots is the problem now is this an easy fix or am i in some deep **** lol
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