Finally got around to doing this a few weeks ago. I totaly forgot to post this up. I've only seen a few other members that have done this. Everything was purchases as kits from ledautomotive.com. These guys are really great. Responded to my emails promptly and the customer service was great!



They have all the install instructions on there website, so I didn't need to do a write-up (thank god). This took about an hour with my buddies help. I've taken the dash apart several times so don't be afraid about that part, its just a little scary the first time. But so simple. Really happy with the results. Pictures don't do it justice cause it looks so good in person! Even adjusted the color on my Head Unit to match the same blue!



Picture didn't turn out real good for some reason. There are no hot spots at all! This picture really doesn't show it well. I'll have to try again with a diff cam so you can get the full effect!

 

Looks good.

Yeah we need some new pictures because judging by that the lighting looks very inconsistent.

I wanted to do this for a long time...but it's been placed on the back burner for now.

 

Yeah the pictures are really shitty for some reason. It looks amazing! With the solder less kits they have, its insanely easy!

 

I'll get around to it sometime.

Never taken apart the dash though...

A little worried about scratching or messing something up.

Have the projects I do myself I f*** something up!

 

Yeah, if you weren't so far i'd offer to help man, I could take that thing apart with my eyes closed! I was freaking out the first time I had to do it to. As long as you take your time and aren't in a hurry you can't mess it up. Didn't scratch a thing, and it all goes back together nice and snug!

 

Thanks for the confidence booster...

 

Haha, no prob man. It really is easy though. Its two screws above the gauges, under the hood that shadows over them. Then its just all pop out clips. Unplug all the harnesses and she slides right out! Really is that easy

 

Cool.

 

I did mine a while back and I could barley see anything and I used 12 leds when I get a chance Im doing CCFLs back there

How many Leds did you use to do yours ?

 

I'll take the dash apart for you Noah I've done that before too. and then im gonna make you put it back together like the cabin filters haha

 

Its pretty easy just hurts your hand alot!!!!!

 

^huh?


Taking it out is VERY easy noah

 

Yea, the first time I honestly thought I was going to crack it. But that panel is thick, so you cant break it unless you really try. Ive taken the dash apart numerous times.

LEDautomotive are good people. I used to have the blue kit, now I have whats in my avatar.

 

It scratched my hand to shit when I was reaching behind and unpluging everything

Ive done it like 15 times now if you have a way that wont hurt your hand please tell me, Im dieing to know

 

Yeah I'm really happy with the blue. I didn't bang up my hands at all. I mean I have pretty big hands but they were tired from all the twisting... Weird...

 

Haha...well making me do it is good for me to learn.

Cool.

Damn man...that sucks.

 

Whats the total solderless kit go for now? Last I talked to him, he wanted something like $250 for everything (AC / option buttons / cluster)

 

No its gone down then. Cause I don't trust myself to solder to I went all Solder-less. It ran me about 150 for everything. Gauge Cluster & Odometer, Sunroof & Cruise Control Buttons, Clock & Climate Controls.

Plus I had an aftermarket HU so I dont have to worry about the all the radio lights. I just changed the LED color on my HU to match.

 

Ive said this a million times and tried to save everyone cash. If you want to pay ledautomotive go for it but heres a link to the person I bought all of mine from, same quality and same brightness. Only downfall is its out of country so it takes a little bit longer to recieve. I can vouch that these are reliable since ive been running them for over 6 months. My grand total was about 40 dollars and thats because i ordered a LOT of extras.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/2pcs-...Q5fAccessories

 

Now that's more like it. Any idea on count of how many bulbs are needed of which shapes and sizes to do the dash, A/C and all the option buttons ?

 

I just took a look at ledauto's install diagram to count the bulbs, for the entire gauge cluster the bulb size is 74 and that includes the turn signals and odometer. everything else is size T3 from the link that I provided. I would order about 8 sets of them for a total of 16 bulbs.

I think there are 3 in the cruise control switch, 3 in the In the sunroof switch, 2 in the select/reset buttons, 1 in the seat heater buttons, about three or 4 in the climate controll if you have navi and one in the dimmer switch. I think that adds up to a total of eleven. For the autostick if you have it you need to custom make all the letters and numbers so that it is clear and the bulb size for that is a single 74, theres a how to on the tl side if I remember right.

If you want to see the way my dash lights up its in my pro in the photo album, I used all hyper white bulbs.

 

Damn I never saw that link! Shit I know where I'm gonna get the rest of my bulbs! I need to finish it with the turn signals and seat warmer switches. Damn I feel like I got ripped off now! Maybe he'll take them back, haha!

 

Here are some better pics. My camera doesn't like taking pics though...

 

Haha...looks the same but good effort.

 

lol, thats what I was afrait of. I swear it looks better in person...

 

Depending on the camera your using, you can set it to slow exposure, but you run the risk of getting blurry pics.

 

yeah its just an old digital. i mean it takes great daytime photos but dark ones like that without a flash its no good...

 

Gotcha. I never took any good pics of the blue LEDs when I had them. All of them were with my G1.

 

Alright, this took a really long time, but I finally got some decent pics! I used two different exposures to give you guys a good feel for what these puppies look like.

This first shot is what the light output looks like to the naked eye:



And this shot is a better representation of the true colors of the gauges. Its blown out with a higher exposure to show the color. But the first pick is what the light output actually looks like.

 

Don't feel like you got ripped off, you paid for great customer service and for the expertise. Also, other companies do not offer installation guides.

If you were to spend time and money into making a product, as well as making a guide for the product, and you found out that some people were purchasing product from another company, but using your guide, then you should feel as if you were getting ripped off


Pics look good, hope you enjoy the lights

 

Definitely have to put this on my 'to do' list. If I wanted the gauges to be white instead of blue would I just need hyper white lights and to remove the blue film with finger nail polish?

 

True, very true. I was just bummed at the idea of saving that amount of money for the same results. I see where you are coming from though. I love the lights, very happy with the results! So much better than the stock green...

 

That would be my guess. I got the blue look with white bulbs and left the film alone. The only white gauges i've seen have been with removing the film.

 

I think it looks pretty cool, I just don't think I could justify all the work needed to do it and the PITA it would be if one of them burns out lol

 

Its actually not bad. Taking the cover off the dash is the toughest part. But once its off it didn't take me more than ten mintues to put all the bulbs in and plug it in to make sure it worked (checked that none of the bulbs were turned the wrong way).

I would rate the difficulty of the install to be maybe a 5/10 at the most.

 

I went the LED route too. Heres how the type S Manual looks with the conversion.

 

I had the blue, but it wasnt going with my theme, so I switched to red:

 

Looks good! almost identical to mine. So much better than stock.

Civic man, i never get tired of you posting that pic. Even though its your avatar, haha! Looks great. Mine is blue across instead of read! guess i'll have to get a shot off the entire dash now to compare

 

Haha, sometimes I feel like a pic-whore though

I never was able to get a good pic of the blue dash. Thanks for the compliments.

 

i see these trick LED setups and want to do it but dont ever see anyone post a list of all the bulbs needed to do the conversion

can anyone make a list that says you need X t5 wedge and X t2 wedge and and and ?