How to i get the window and door lock buttons out....? Also is the 2006 cobalt steering wheel leds the SM 0805 as well??

 

so just using acetone on the DIC will make it that grey/white colour? and does this also work for the headunit display screen too?

 

Last post was in jun but I'm pretty sure that's all he did.. Took the tint off with acetone.. Theoretically we could probably do the same on the radio and it would work..

 

No and no. Acetone only removed tint from cluster. It still be be green unless you add a film to change the color.

 

What face color is this? Black or white? hard to tell at night. I want white but I want mine to look like this at night.

 

so i changed my HVAC board to white LEDs and it looks great when i powered it on



but when i went to put the faceplate back on, i get this ugly thing



so i took a look at the back of the faceplate and noticed a blue film/tint on most of the ares that light shines through



so im just wondering what the easiest way would be to take off this film? other people here that have posted pics of pure white or pure red HVAC controls, what did you do? most people change to blue leds so it doesnt matter for them but it does for any other colour it seems. im thinking of grinding/sanding it off or perhaps a chemical removal perhaps acetone might work?

 

Pretty sure this thread and I are going to be best friends. I definitely want to change all my interior lights to red. o.O

 

acetone??

 

ur hvac looks good. so u only used 4 of those leds? and did you do anything with the red portion of the hvac to prevent color blending?

 

so i achieved a red HVAC control. took 28 LEDs soldered in and it is very bright...

 

nice

 

very makeshift job.. not the cleanest but it works lol

 

right right ya that i can tell but great idea to overcome the fact that just replacing the 4 incandesants with LEDs would loose light output

 

mostly just because of the blue film.. and white i think is dam near impossible

 

why would white be impossible?

 

white wouldnt be able to shine through the blue film without it turning it blue too much

 

oh right if i read up 10 posts i would have figured that out

 

Anybody discovered the solution to this? Does acetone work? I like that clean white look and im getting a blue hue to my white leds =(

 

Still planning mines !!! =)) but thanks for the ideas guys summer is coming up and i really need a new plans!!

 

you cant remove the blue tint. i tried with acetone and it started to remove the black paint of the hvac itself. it seems they painted the hvac from the back of the plate and then put the blue tint on top. unfortunately cant be done with white leds

 

Dang it

 

i think i wanna switch from red to white leds...

 

Because yes. I Loveee the white over blue/ red

 

guys i soldered the led bulbs into the hvac, they ;light up fine in the house, when i put the hvac back into the car and put the lights on nothing happens, everything else works the ac all that the knobs fine but no light, any ideas?\

 

I cant get my leds in the hvac to be bright I get spots