Sorry for the huge pictures - deal with it.

Center Gauge Lights







Almost done - Testing before put back together - yumm resistors
Center Gauge Lights ^^^^


Out with the old, Bring in the new 5 LED Bulbs


Accessory II


Neutral


Drive - D1-D4 and R are blue

 

Bulb and Condom for moonroof switch


The replacement


Sorry, still working on things - might finish it up next weekend.

Done - moonroof - cruise control - security LED

Still pulled apart for key light in steering wheel column

 

looks dope, did you solder the resisters on yourself.. im thinkin about doin it to my tl. but every bulb in the dash and door window switches.

 

Yup, and i have the burn marks to prove it, I'm in the middle of changing all of them all, have the heated seat switches, center console lights, and climate control left, other than that i'm done.

 

i'm using both carbon file resistors, as you saw on the other picture, in the other thread 470 ohm 1/4 watt, and the chip resistors i'm using for anything else are 470 ohm 1/4 watt. The carbon film ones came with the led's i got from ebay (let me know if you want the seller's name, she was very helpful and flexable about putting together a package) and the chip (aka, smd and chip resistors) i got from nate over on www.ledautomotive.com but i'm sure hes getting them from here or something: also has a forum deticated to these conversion, tons of information over there in the stickied DIY's

 

Surface mounts : not sure of the actual dimentions but alot cheaper then going through led automotive :

http://www.mcminone.com/product.asp?...5Fid=970%2D470

 

wow, thats pretty sweet. I wish i had mad skillz0rz like you. Keep up the good work

 

Looks sweet. I may have to hit up your services when i'm back in Chantilly.

 

good work!

 

sweet.........wanna do mine?

 

nice work, and dont worry if you fuck up. i got another cluster you can buy

 

lookin siiiiick

im right by you almost every week.. do mine!

 

can you post some pics on how you did the security LED and what the finished product looks like?

 

makes me want to get to work on those LED's i have in my room... hehe

 

very very nice....

and those pics are HUGE

 

Holy large pics I needed to log on to a second server to see these

 

Its not that hard, let me get the final product together, i'm down - did either of you go to the dc acurazine meet saturday?

yeah definately, it was the easiest one - the hardest part will be getting my shitty camera to capture the small flash of the LED. The security light already has a resistor so its just a direct replacement. I'm not sure i took pictures of "how" i did it, but i can help you through yours if you pop your out....i'll see what i can do about opening it back up and taking a picture of the final product but out of the plastic.

I'm hoping the climate control isn't all that hard - and i can get my steering wheel column back together with out damaging the ignition switch.

I'm still debating about an 8 mm led or a 5mm led (white) for accent lights near the pax and drives feet and one in the plastic for the rear view mirror (VERY DIM - much like the new benz and lexus)

 

No, i'm still in Blacksburg till next week, then i'll be home for a 6 week internship.

 

security before its put back in.


Put back together....again sorry for the size and the shitty ness, but you get the idea. who ever asked me for help with the security light, i can do that on pm, its the easiest one.

 

I'm very interested in how you did the ignition LED, and the climate control, please take lots of pics for me on the climate control

 

haven't done the ignition led yet, its pulled out, but on my living room floor with the rest of my crap, but i'll take pictures with this piece of shit camera i have. the climate control should be fun.

 

should be fun, that's why i want pics from someone who's done it

 

looks good,i'm very interested too.diy's please. i thought the climate control was near impossible

 

werd good job man...

 

Nothing a little solder can't fix

 

DIY for security LED hope this helps if you guys want more, i might be able to toss something together

http://www.acura-cl.com/forums/showthread.php?t=181599

 

i need a new teperature gauge, broke my needle. link it

 

climate control isnt too hard, make sure you use 3mm LED's for the heated seat switches, they have to go in at an angle and the 5mm doesn't fit very well.. ive gotta get pics of mine up, ive had it all done for a while now

 

werd... I dont trust myself with a solder enough to do that.

props

 

i want to see the climate control
very interested in doing that

 

i dont think i'll get around to it in the next week, going to mexico, but when i get back i'll rip it out and do them.

Mulk - what did you do for the clock and CC - blue film? I'm trying to see if there is a way you can make it brighter but still have dimming function.

 

Have fun

 

thanks.

 

Just did the ignition key LED - That surface mount led is SMALL! I'll get pictures tomorrow night.

 

How small? That's on my list of led's to do, just ordered myself a spare climate control

 

smaller then a surface mount resistor, i used tweezers to get it on there.

 

Damn, that's mighty tiny, can't wait to see pics, i assume u didn't need a resistor?

 

nope, not resistor needed. I'll get some pictures up tonite of the finished product. Its not that hard, i can walk you though it when you get around to doing it.

 

Sweet, thanks man, what size LED did you pick up for it?

 

i have zero knowledge (and therefore skill) in this area, so this DIY is out of the question i suppose.
id rather have green than fuck up my interior trying to get to blue.

but instead of all this LED and soldering work, do you think i could use blue lighting gels on my gauges, like some people have done with the clock and climate control, except put it behind the gauges obviously instead of right over it?
does that make sense?
i mean, take off my gauges, put the lighting gel on the back of them, and put them back on?
in my head it seems like it would work, because you wouldnt see the film at all, but i guess it wouldnt be as pure blue as LEDs would be.
is there something that im not seeing here that would prevent this from working?