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Old 07-27-2005, 08:49 AM
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Question Blue lighting for interior dash

I did a search and found some people have replaced their white doors, domes, and reading lights with blue LEDs.

Has anyone thought about/tried replacing the "greenish" lights behind the buttons with blue lights so they all match? like in a VW... That would look really nice. Is it even possible and how big a job do you think it is?
Old 07-27-2005, 08:51 AM
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Originally Posted by rtyk
I did a search and found some people have replaced their white doors, domes, and reading lights with blue LEDs.

Has anyone thought about/tried replacing the "greenish" lights behind the buttons with blue lights so they all match? like in a VW... That would look really nice. Is it even possible and how big a job do you think it is?
Yeah, e_lectro was working on this. He completed this on his window switches and was working on the dash, but I haven't heard from him this year. He got his TSX around when I did in 2003.
Old 07-27-2005, 10:56 AM
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i want blue dash lights so badly! They are the only non-blue lights in my car
Old 07-27-2005, 11:15 AM
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This were a mod that lots of US Accord owners did.
They bought LED and resistor/cap from some online part store that specializes in LED lights and replaced the stock bulbs with either super white or blue.
You have to take off the dash and pry open the circuit boards that holds the lights inside. Very time consuming.
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arent they "xenon looking" in the '05...it looks like they match the speedo and tach bright whiteish blue color
Old 07-27-2005, 12:33 PM
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Originally Posted by artmcd88
arent they "xenon looking" in the '05...it looks like they match the speedo and tach bright whiteish blue color
Not really. They are greenish white. If they are even bright white (like the speedo and tech), I am ok but the greenish/off white just doesn't match with the rest of the dash too well. And they make the overall look a bit "older" and "low-tech".
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i get what your saying...i have an '05 with the lit steering wheel buttons...just didn't notice the greenish tint...granted i havent looked for it yet

Edit: I agree though...the blue VW buttons are sweet...my sis has a passat w/ it
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Check these auctiosn out. I have replaced all of my interior bulbs with the blue LED\Bulbs. Looks sweeet! Let me knoe if I can help any further...

http://search.ebay.com/blue-lights-t...fkrZ1QQfromZR8
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you replaced your steering wheel button lights and your radio/climate control lights?
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any picture?
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alright...from the looks of that link I think he just did his map/dome/door lights in blue. I really want the blue dash lights though, I know a shop that does dash kits, maybe they specialize in this kind of thing also?
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