DIY: Blue LED gauge and dash lights - Page 6

AlienX · 03-09-2005

w00t, thats sick,
did you replace all the bulbs with LEDs but didnt clear the faces ?

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cosmo · 03-10-2005

Factory bulbs coated with some glass paint on the console/radio, cleared the back of the faces then sprayed the glass paint on them. All factory bulbs were retained.

AlienX · 03-10-2005

came out pretty nice, you should have tried a diffrent colour and seen how that came out ( green[lime], or blue maybe even red... who knows)

cosmo · 03-10-2005

My cars inca pearl (kinda goldish color) so I decided to do the yellow. Needles arn't going to be done, too much hassle to get the light to spread evenly.

AlienX · 03-10-2005

LEDs my friend :P and having it lighter in the center looks kinda cool i have to tell you... thats how mine are atleast. + you get that glow from under the needle = pimp

cosmo · 03-10-2005

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Originally Posted by AlienX

LEDs my friend :P and having it lighter in the center looks kinda cool i have to tell you... thats how mine are atleast. + you get that glow from under the needle = pimp

Haha true, one day I'll be more into it, for the $3 it cost me to do this I was happy with the change.
EDIT: It's a 2 door so the lights were all red/orange before..

ncirom2003 · 03-16-2005

hey i went to radioshack today and all i found that was blue was 3.4v 20mA 2600 mcd led's would these work and what kind of resistor shuld i use? thanks. oh and is there a way to find out what type of led i have if i got a few layin around

gearbox · 03-16-2005

That's what I used for my dash and needles. I think 560ohm resistor or close would be a bit much but safer. You could go a bit lower like hi 400ohm so they're a little brighter.

ncirom2003 · 03-16-2005

alright thank you. dam things are expensive. more than i thought anyways but its worth it. did any of you also do you mrror and window switch?

gearbox · 03-16-2005

i did the auto window, but it got pulled out when I took off the door panel. It's not worth it. Also the mirror, moonroof, cruise is terrible. I did it, but now my mirror controls are broken, so I gotta adjust them manually. It's super hard to get wires in there, and you need to use thin magnet wire.

ncirom2003 · 03-16-2005

so everything is blue but you still have orange or w/e in those buttons? hmmm i guess ill still try but i already had to pay 120 bucks for 2 new swtiches

gearbox · 03-16-2005

well I just broke off the led on the window switch, so it doesn't light up. The other controls are blue. If you don't wanna deal with it, just take out the little bulbs and they won't light up.

ncirom2003 · 03-16-2005

nice ill just take them out thanks again dude

JoshEH · 03-22-2005

hey i got a question...
i pulled out the factory unit, took off the face plate, removed all those little orange coverings .... and kinda broke a bulb. heh, ya can't notice it, but here's my question.
since electronics isn't my strong point, i assume i can pull out all of these bulbs and put LED's in there place?

gearbox · 03-22-2005

ooh in the radio? It would be neat for sure, but I don't think anyone here has done it. If there's enough room, you could run new wires and put the leds in that way (independent circuit) and wire it to the dash lights.