Blue Dials, A/c Unit And Switches

[5chulzy]

looks good..

what were the 3x3mm inverted leds you used??

seems to spread the light a lot better

sorry, I should of explained more. They are just single 3mm flat top leds, I soldered 3 of them together on a pcb board and put them in the orignal holders and glued them in. I had to keep taking them out of the dials and keep adjusting the position of the leds so I got a even spread, time comsuming but worth it. (I brought a 13.8v power supply so luckily i didnt have to keep putting the dials back in the car)

I'll take some pics of just the leds wired together but not in the holder and post them up tomorrow

[DJ Wozza]

they do look to give a better spread of light mate, good effort :D

[chrisis200]

yes they look smart an brighter than just changing over the bulbs :) for t10's or t'5 alone good work

[5chulzy]

A few more pics

dials

A/c without clock

Heated seats and trc/snow switches

Ignition and rear fog and headlamp washer switch

courtesy light

I know the photo qualitys crap but had to use my phone again

The bright spots in the photos are not as bright as they appear to the naked eye. you can hardly notice them.

I'm gonna buy some more leds and redo the whole lot and try and eliminate all the bright and dull spots. want them to be perfect.

All i got left to do is the stereo and window controls.

Once i sort my camera out hopefully i'll post some better pics up

[FuntimePhil]

what method did you use for the ac mate?

[5chulzy]

what method did you use for the ac mate?

I was going to use stavs method (thanks for the guide) but decided to solder 6 individual leds (3 leds-blower position and temp dials, 2 leds- A/c dial, 1 led- button illumiation) onto the circuit board and then spent the most part of the day sorting the position of leds to get the best spread of light. most of the time was spent taking the unit apart and putting it back together to test them.

When I redo them, ill take some pics of the poccess i used although i might use stavs.

[sparkystav]

Looks great mate,

Thoughs its Fargo's method not mine, dont want to take credit for his hard work.

[Fargo]

lol why thank ya stav.

[5chulzy]

just done the stereo and window switch

makes me want to redo the rest again even more now to try and get a match in brightness

[DJ Wozza]

Good effort mate :)

[hawk77]

here's the latest pic of dials and stereo, sorry for terrible photo, was in a rush so kinda looks naff, looks great in the dark tho (even better when stereo on!! DOH!!)

Looks quite cool mate. So what type of LEDs did you use for the A/c unit and the watch? And how many? I already have a different stereo(*blue...) so I wont need to replace that.

[FuntimePhil]

my photo looks poor cus i got the flash on but they are bright lol

The ac i used strip leds like THESE, there great, just fold em in and solder one connector

The clock were just 2 t5s if i remember right, but you have to file the bulb down and dab superglue over the lens other wise there too bright and you have two big dots in the clock

[5chulzy]

here's the latest pic of dials and stereo, sorry for terrible photo, was in a rush so kinda looks naff, looks great in the dark tho (even better when stereo on!! DOH!!)

did you do anything to the stereo leds to make them more of a match to the rest of the dash as mine are a lot brighter. I used 0805 smd's brought of eBay

I made these up out of the remaining leds for the stereo for the time being untill i get some others sorted. Atleast the wirings all in for now, i just took a feed of the ignition.

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I know that i need to clean my car and get some decent mats lol

[DJ Wozza]

Do you have those footwell LED's on all the time ?

Mine are connected to the dome light circuit so are on only when you open the doors,

then have the time delay before fading out. You can use the IGN ring light as a feed :)

[sparkystav]

If you watch the Vid mate thats what he's done

[5chulzy]

yeah I connected them to the ignition barrel light

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[DJ Wozza]

Sorry I am slightly confused, are they connected to an IGN Live or the IGN Ring Light circuit ?

[5chulzy]

Sorry I am slightly confused, are they connected to an IGN Live or the IGN Ring Light circuit ?

Sorry my fault. They are connected to the IGN ring light so they go on and off with the dome light.

[DJ Wozza]

:D

[HiTnRuN]

I've changed my LEDs, but the smaller bulbs that I used for the fuel gauge bit and the low revs doesn't appear to be working, but I used the same bulb type for my ignition barrel and that works fine. Anyone got any ideas? I tried turning the bulbs around but didn't seem to make much of a difference.

The bulbs I used are (item no 200290951444)

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...N:IT&ih=010

[FuntimePhil]

not sure about thos mate, i think most people on here have just used T5 bulbs that have the harness (or whatever its called) already attached

[HiTnRuN]

not sure about thos mate, i think most people on here have just used T5 bulbs that have the harness (or whatever its called) already attached

Yeah, I used the same harness in the dials, I put the bulbs in them, but doesn't seem to work

[momo88]

be careful on the stereo mate, i bought a broken one off ebay first to practice and i demolished it! there just so damn small!

Just a quick tip, when doing the stereo, you dont actually need any solder. if you just heat up the existing and pic the led off with tweezers, place the new one on and just heat it back up again, when i tried using solder i got in a right mess and ended up with solder across both connectors. Bad Times!!

sorry to bring up an old thread but im looking to change the bulbs on my instrument panel ( the clocks, speedo etc) and the heaters,A/C etc.

just to confirm, i need 3 of these for the heaters and A/C

http://shop.ebay.co.uk/i.html?_nkw=neo+wed...e&_osacat=0

and for my intstrument panel i need 5 of these

http://shop.ebay.co.uk/i.html?_nkw=neo+wed...0&_osacat=0

not so sure but if someone could correct me that would be great

thanks

Mo