does anyone know how to make all the control panel and gauge lighting red?? kind of like how they are in audis. i think ours is all light green....i think red would make a good contrast with my blue exterior.

 

spend alot of money on led's soldier them in. thats teh only good way to do it. do a search for led conversion

 

i think someone has said before they regret doing LED conversions on the buttons and the gauge cluster................ i was planning on doing it to super white but i read some regrets so i didnt do it... ALL i did was LED conversions on ALL other bulbs, int and ext of car all super white it looks really good... even though ur car is blue, DOnt do blue LED's it looks really gay IMO

 

spend a lot of money?? i thought i've seen led's for pretty cheap on ebay....is there A LOT of bulbs i would have to hook up??

also, so basically, the reason they're green is because under all the panels, the glowing bulb is green colored? so i just want to switch it to red?

 

yea, definately....actually, you said you're doing super white, wouldn't that hurt your eyes?? from what i've heard, green and red are the most soothing to eyes, meaning that they are ideal for indoor lighting. i could be wrong tho.

 

the only worry I will bring up is how fragile the gauge cluster is, and everything on it....I would attempt that on a spare gauge cluster only.

but, Good Luck

 

i did red led conversion like the Audi's. you have great taste. check out my acurainspired.com gallery for pictures

 

dude, ur car is downright SICK....love the lighting, BTW, what % is your tint??? looks amazing. makes me want to rip my car up for red leds too.

 

Lot's of good led stuff here

 

I think my back is 80% and my front is 40%,

My interior is hot... it really is, and I have the ambient mood LEDs on top where they beam down on the shifter console area lightly as well in red.

 

only if turbox777 could post up a dyi on how to do the inside like that.

 

Always good to have someone who knows what he is talking about! 80%40%?

Save your money guys, and just get rid of the stock HU, instead of making it beautifuil with RED/Blue/whatever LEDs...

And unless you are planning on changing ALL of the lighted areas in our cars, like Im sure turbox777 did, dont just change the appearance of one instrument...it will look :ghey:

 

hey turbox, want to do my car

 

by the way, if you guys want to experiment, I have an OEM HU from my 2000 that i can sell.

What I really want to do is to install blue LED for the A/C controls and the Clock...give me info on that!!!! That will match my neon blue interior beautifully.

 

hey teknoking, i did change all the lighted areas of our car.

I didn't know what percentage tint I had so I just guessed. shees

 

click on my pix, tell me how junky the interior looks.

 

i dont like being called an idiot. I didnt call you an idiot.

 

your interior is junky hahahaha

 

jealousy is a motherf*cker isnt it?

 

jealous for what man hahahahaha

 

doosh, dont look at the Stock HU, click on the Sony Xplod CDX-M9900 folder

 

also,if you look a few posts up, i actually do want to do the LED on the A/C controls and the clock...i was about to ask you on how to do it..since I believe I did give you a compliment, that u must of did the whole car like that, which is a lot of work...

but you are being a bit childish, i dont get

 

ok, my bad, i thought you said "yeah right turbox777 didn't do the interior conversion"

anyway, back to the thread, I did something like the A4 gauges,

 

i love the 2nd pic! i would love to make the numbers sharp blue, and do the A/C controls and the Clock, if you can post any info it would greatly be appriciated, since i do not wish to desoldier my whole car, and then probably knowing me, nothing will work.

 

ok and here is my car because i like to look at it so i will share it too

 

dont get off the topic, lol, do a DIY on the Clock & A/C controls..all it is taking the stuff out of soldiering the LED? now which LED you've used. share the knowledge!

 

i would love to do the second pic. have everything white

 

haha yes... I shall when I have time. ie. right now i have to clean up my house because i just painted the walls black, so when i have the time i shall.

 

man all i want to know is how exactly and properly to take everything out, and what brand or where to get the proper LEDs.

The rest I can manage.

 

excuses excuses excuses.

Dont get me wrong, I love the NBP look too, but taking the color into the house a bit too much?

 

^^^ haha

so, those led's you got were quite expensive....what about those cheap ones on ebay, are they trustable, as long as they have the proper degree amount ( i believe u said get minimum 120) ??

 

cool colours such as blue and green are soothing on the eyes. warm colours are colours such as red and orange. personally, i would find the latter to be very harsh on the eyes at night. i would much prefer blue, green, or soft white.

 

tatewaki has done the interior LED conversion. his interior now lights up blue. from what he's said in the past, it was a lot of work.

 

BMW has the specific hue of orange because it is the most relaxing + it keeps the driver alert and awake, this is from their research.

 

I had to sand down my LEDs and they were not the ones on ebay. Definitely not, you will also need 2 types of resistors, standard and SMT (surface mount) the thin ones on the cell phones for the navigation unit.

I may write a DIY when I have free time this month.

 

please write one!!

 

turbox777, yo man, im still waiting for you tell me which LED bulbs I need to use to change stock lighting.

 

word turbo....


we're all jockin your setup, now we need to know how to do it

 

This is what you want:
http://www.acurainspired.com/gallery...d=385&uuid=112

 

i can't seem to access the gallery.. its password protected..