LED's In cup holders
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LED's In cup holders
Hey, I just got back from outside.. I installed some blue led's inside of my cup holders & I have an auto so I have a light that shines to tell u if ur in Park or whatever. I replaced that light with a blue Led,But It's not showing threw that good. I think it looks pretty tight. Though. Just wanted to share.
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UPDATE AND NEW DIY: SHIFTER LIGHTS FOR AUTOMATIC
I've finally tried to do this again and got very good results. Here are some pics of what I did.
First you will need to take out the center console and pry off the shifter trim. You are trying to get to the plastic piece that has the P, R, N, D letters on it. Here is the backside of that piece. Now last time, I tried to use acetone on the #1 icon on the bottom. You can see that it totally stripped the paint away.
Here is what you need to do. Get some tissues and a bottle of 95% alcohol from the store. No acetone!! Now you want to slowly rub the tissue with alcohol on it to remove the layers one at a time. The first layer that comes off is the white on the very back. Then you should start to see a green layer underneath that (may be red or orange on a coupe). Gently rub the green off until you can see white underneath. Be very careful not to take off the last layer of white. Just go over the green parts until most of the color is gone. Don't mess up!! If you take off the last layer of white paint, you're buying a new shift assembly from Honda for $55!
Here it is with all the numbers and letters done. Just take your time and it will work. The alcohol is not powerful enough to take off the surrounding black paint, but it will take off the white from the numbers. Be careful.You can still see a small amount of green around the edges, but that's okay.
Now that the numbers and letters are cleared, you can install the blue LEDs. I got three altogether. One goes under the R, and the other two go under the D, D3, and 2 icons.
IMPORTANT--Take some white office paper and cut a piece to fit under the plastic piece. This is to dim the light to match the rest of the dash. Without this, it wil be extremely bright.
The P and N letters have paint that is just too dark for the blue light to illuminate. They will be dark. Still looks great at night
I've finally tried to do this again and got very good results. Here are some pics of what I did.
First you will need to take out the center console and pry off the shifter trim. You are trying to get to the plastic piece that has the P, R, N, D letters on it. Here is the backside of that piece. Now last time, I tried to use acetone on the #1 icon on the bottom. You can see that it totally stripped the paint away.
Here is what you need to do. Get some tissues and a bottle of 95% alcohol from the store. No acetone!! Now you want to slowly rub the tissue with alcohol on it to remove the layers one at a time. The first layer that comes off is the white on the very back. Then you should start to see a green layer underneath that (may be red or orange on a coupe). Gently rub the green off until you can see white underneath. Be very careful not to take off the last layer of white. Just go over the green parts until most of the color is gone. Don't mess up!! If you take off the last layer of white paint, you're buying a new shift assembly from Honda for $55!
Here it is with all the numbers and letters done. Just take your time and it will work. The alcohol is not powerful enough to take off the surrounding black paint, but it will take off the white from the numbers. Be careful.You can still see a small amount of green around the edges, but that's okay.
Now that the numbers and letters are cleared, you can install the blue LEDs. I got three altogether. One goes under the R, and the other two go under the D, D3, and 2 icons.
IMPORTANT--Take some white office paper and cut a piece to fit under the plastic piece. This is to dim the light to match the rest of the dash. Without this, it wil be extremely bright.
The P and N letters have paint that is just too dark for the blue light to illuminate. They will be dark. Still looks great at night
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Rep Power: 812 Thanks. There's just a bulb there you can replace to get it lit up again. You just have to remove all that center console crap to get to it.
Thanks a lot GearBox 
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