Mike04Civic

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Does anyone have the link for this DIY that actually works?
i searched all last-night but never found the specific one i was looking for.
i generally remember how its done, but if i recall correctly i need a resistor of some sort wired in also - and i dont remember how that was done.

thanks in advance!!
rep maybe?
-Mike D.-

LT2004ever

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i think theres one in the 7th gen DIY section. gearbox did it i think.

gearbox

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you want the lazy way? check www.LEDautomotive.com LED Interior Lighting Conversions for parts and diy

you want the right way, start learning about wiring your own leds

slowwhitecivic

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damn i like that yellow led look...

Mike04Civic

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thanks gearbox!!
i like your way better - seems it would be brighter
got a quick link to a diy for the led wiring?

rep for you

gearbox

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ya i had to put alot of resistor to dim it later cause it was outshining the whole dash and blinding me the first night. and they are actually dark orange leds not amber.

heres the basic idea

Mike04Civic

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thanks man!
so just 3 resistors, or more than that?

susuking

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^^ here is the deal. you can use two resistors. if you want to be safe, just calculate the required resistance to make it work, or if you are lazy, just use 3 1000ohm resistors, that would usually work, but no guarantees

gearbox

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i also put more resistor on the red power wire going to the dash piece. but you need to calculate the minimum you need not to blow the leds.

LED Series Resistor Calculator

Mike04Civic

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ok, so i had to go the lazy way
im limited on $$ and blue LED's are like 3.50 each - so i bought 6, and did the 2 lights for the *****, and 2 for the 3 buttons on the bottom.
I used 220ohm resistors for each light (too much maybe?) They dont look very bright at all, but its still daylight outside, so we'll see how well they lightup at night.

DieMaster

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u need leds i got 1000 blue, red, white, and multi. $2.00 each PM me

blackonblack

pics?

Mike04Civic

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see....not very bright....


the buttons arent even bright enough that you can tell what they are in the pics - just look like blue blurs

DieMaster

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stupid queston but did u remove the filters? i did the LED bulb converson and i think it turned out nicely. way brighter than that.

TRIZ

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ebay leds... super cheap. dont buy thoes radioshack leds.

sl33pyriceboi

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yea remeber, if you have the filters on, you will barely see the blue light because.....


RED film will block out Blue light......they are opp colors....

Mike04Civic

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yea yeah, i removed the filters a while ago so they would be white and not redish orange. I'm just going to go the way gearbox did when ive got the cash to buy the 20 somethin LED's.

Civicman1988

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gearbox where did you get everything? can i do that led in my gauges?

gearbox

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yea led gauge is possible ive done it. get leds on ebay in bulk for cheap. i still have tons of leds like prolly 20 of 5 colors lol. just spare stuff i guess.

Lord ET

anybody looking for CHEAP LEDS.... LEDs - LSDiodes Optoelectronics they are under 50 cents a piece, usually.

Civicman1988

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what size would i use?

Lord ET

i'd say either 3mm or 5mm LEDs. The only difference between the 2 is the size..and how bright they are...the 3mm LEDs are almost as bright as the 5mm ones are, but they are a little cheaper, and the leads(the LED pins) are a little closer...not a big deal, but if the holes are meant for 5mm LEDs then the 3mm ones will stick up a little bit.

electric130

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OMG!!! did they come with some KY? you can get 100 LED's off ebay for $14 shipped. that's $0.14 each.

i'm wanting to do mine in red, but i don't want them to be bright. i drive a lot at night on dark roads and the blue from my HU is very annoying. i want to redo all my dash lights with red so it's easier on the eyes.

electric130

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did you do a diy thread on this?

Civicman1988

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so i amm looking at getting these led off ebay

eBay: 100x Blue 5mm LED 5000mcd Bulb Lamp Light Free Resistor (item 300077829435 end time Feb-06-07 17:46:05 PST)

now i have been trying to use taht calculator for n hour and still cant figure it out can someone help me here. Thanks

ok i just got a number not sure if its right heres what i typed in
Total LEDs= 4
LED Voltages= 6
LED Current (mA)= 30
Total Voltage= 600
Series REsistor 20000 Ohms
16.589 watts

Not sure if its right at all

electric130

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where are you getting the voltages? the LED's you linked to will be ~3.4v each. 4 in series would be ~13.6v so theoretically you don't even need a resistor. you'd actually put in numbers like this:

Total LEDs= 4
LED Voltages= 3.4
LED Current (mA)= 20 (safer current)
Total Voltage= 14.4 (approx with car running)

and that returns:

Series REsistor 39 Ohms
.016 watts

make sense?

Civicman1988

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ok now i am doing the led's i the dash like gearbox so i know i am going to need more then 4 i am thinking about 30 for that part of the dash.

electric130

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still do them in strings of 3-4 LED's, just do more strings.

Suzy Q

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Gearbox is the man
he helped me do this....

_unclejuice

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i got 100 5mm blue leds for 10.99 shipped on ebay. came with like 10 free resistors.