DIY: Blue LED gauge and dash lights
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Originally Posted by ncirom2003
yea post pics cus im still nervous about doing this diy after spending 120 bucks on switches i messed up tryin to convert to led's
its not hard to do this...
the mirror switch and window switch. fried them. its not due to the led's cus i only got the led on the mirror switch then it blew in 2 seconds. it was my own fault but its got me nervous about a second attempt. especially doing so many
noh i didnt check but the button itself got screwed up anyways so i got another. im gonna head to radioshack in the next couple days hopefully. ill be sure to check everything out with my multimeter (wether it helps or not id feel more relaxed having convinced myself i checked somthing lol) before i do it
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Rep Power: 295 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 
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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
EDIT: It's a 2 door so the lights were all red/orange before..
Last edited by cosmo; Mar 9, 2005 at 11:35 PM.
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
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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.
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Rep Power: 812 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.
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Rep Power: 812 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.
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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?
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?
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Rep Power: 812 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.
