DIY: Blue Dashlight DIY
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Ok you can get the gels at a local music store that deals with stage lighting.
Or online you can order them through FullCompass.com
There are literally hundreds of different colors to choose from.
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Or online you can order them through FullCompass.com
There are literally hundreds of different colors to choose from.
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Rep Power: 0 Ok the gels will only fade after a long long long time under very very high intesity light... they are made for stage lights so... no they arent going to fade in your car. the top in my pic looks faded because i did a crappy job putting it in and now i have to rip the dash out again
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Rep Power: 0 btw, heres a link for the section of the catalog that i think has the gels, its on page 9
http://64.213.162.194/catalog/ws2001...1-lighting.pdf
http://64.213.162.194/catalog/ws2001...1-lighting.pdf
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Rep Power: 0 OK as for the cruise control, pwr mirrors, and the sunroof buttons... I dont know I have not taken those out yet. BUT the window switch is a no go. It is an orange LED so you would have to un-soldier the led after you got it out of the thing and find a new blue LED and re-soldier it in... which if you dont have a huge knowledge of electronics and lots of experience... your going to end up going to the dealership to get your window switches replaced.
I have not taken those out yet. BUT the window switch is a no go. It is an orange LED so you would have to un-soldier the led after you got it out of the thing and find a new blue LED and re-soldier it in... which if you dont have a huge knowledge of electronics and lots of experience... your going to end up going to the dealership to get your window switches replaced. 
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Rep Power: 0 couple of questions
1) on the site you bought it from, the gel is called Roscolux right?
2) what shade of blue do you have?
3) do you know if they have all the colors in the catalog?
1) on the site you bought it from, the gel is called Roscolux right?
2) what shade of blue do you have?
3) do you know if they have all the colors in the catalog?
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Rep Power: 0 << How much of the gel stuff do you need? and is that what i ask for when i walk into the store? >>
I got a full sheet (24" x 20") and its enough to mess up lots and lots of times lol. For the part that I
Have done right now... you dont need much but thats just the heating and A/C controls...
<< couple of questions >>
<< 1) on the site you bought it from, the gel is called Roscolux right? >>
<< 2) what shade of blue do you have? >>
<< 3) do you know if they have all the colors in the catalog? >>
1) yes.
2) I got mine from Hix Music... some local store it was just a blue that looked dark enough
3) yes they have all the colors in the catalog. you have to call them to get the price
<< Sweet man!! Now how about the Criuse + Mirror buttons?? >>
OK OK OK ILL DO THAT TOMORROW!!!!!!!!
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Rep Power: 0 Ok, about pulling off the piece around the guages... after I remove the screws I can't get the f@cker out! My boyfriend and I pulled for like an hour and it wouldn't move, I was also a little afraid I would break something. Any suggestions?[IMG]i/expressions/face-icon-small-confused.gif[/IMG]
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Rep Power: 0 Hey thanks for the DIY thats sounds like something im gunna do soon... I'll let all you know how it went!
Thanks again!
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Thanks again!
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Rep Power: 0 OK ive never taken my gagues out but taking the center dash out was a b!tch... im 230lbs of beef and it was difficult..... so im just guessing pull like a ****
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Rep Power: 0 ok ok ok im sorry i went out to do all of this the other night but i got sidetracked making a switch panel and blah blah... but to get it to stick you can use whatever you want... tape superglue whatever... and if you put it infront of a lightbulb the light emitted will be the color of the gel... thats what its used for.
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Rep Power: 0 i just finished putting blue in, i left the ***** orange so the kind go with the needles, as far as the cruse and others....i wasn't able to do the sunroof but the others worked........the power mirrors u have to carefully pop off the square and place it across and i used super glue on the ends to hold it in place. the cruise control just cut a little square and poped it in there...no glue no nothing................ it looks tight has hell
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Rep Power: 0 Actually, mine turned out really well. I can read them at night now..
What I did was peel out "most" of that white part in the Cruise Button, and wedged a perfect fitting square into the whole button. Now it looks all nice and shiet, I also did the A/C and Defrost, and Circulate buttons. Woowee, can't wait to get my headunit and have everything blue.
I'm gonna try doin the sunroof.
Oh, and what I did with the bulbs was peeled off that rubber outside part that makes the bulbs orange. I used a pair of tweezers and that stuff came off really easy. (Just to warn you, once you hit this point, there's no turning back, so be precise!)
What I did was peel out "most" of that white part in the Cruise Button, and wedged a perfect fitting square into the whole button. Now it looks all nice and shiet, I also did the A/C and Defrost, and Circulate buttons. Woowee, can't wait to get my headunit and have everything blue.
I'm gonna try doin the sunroof.Oh, and what I did with the bulbs was peeled off that rubber outside part that makes the bulbs orange. I used a pair of tweezers and that stuff came off really easy. (Just to warn you, once you hit this point, there's no turning back, so be precise!
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