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Old 08-14-2003, 07:50 PM
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Interior LED Conversion

I saw this TL in www.acurainspired.com that had converted his interior LEDs to red (making the entire interior look red instead of the stock yellow/green we all have) anyone knows how to do this? Where can I find instructions for DIY? Thanks
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whos gallery is it?...i want to take a look
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check out taweki something like that.... he did his... do a search....
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Damn, I can't seem to find the user who had that LED conversion on its car... but its somewhere in the www.acurainspired.com webpage.
Old 08-14-2003, 09:15 PM
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Believe me, this conversion is damn awesome!
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hey ...you said you wanted to do the led conversion..ever get around to it?
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Originally posted by Mr
check out taweki something like that.... he did his... do a search....


This is how my car looks like. The rest of the pics can be found here

http://www.acurainspired.com/gallery...umName=album93
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^ nice,
does any one know who did it to there spedo gauges also?
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Originally posted by njtls
hey ...you said you wanted to do the led conversion..ever get around to it?
Never got around to it. But I still want to do it...

Tawekiti - What kind of LEDs did you use? Do you have website?
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Tawekiti - What kind of LEDs did you use? Do you have website?
I learned most stuff from here

http://natestl.seattleone.com/LEDProject.html
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I'm into ripping cars apart, but even this project I don't think I would take on...I give NATE a LOT of credit for being the test car on this one and even more for helping everyone else out with write-up....
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hmm..i really want to do this also...it looks so involved tho
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hmm...nvm..to much work and to much money
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I'd love to do that, but it's a LOT of work.
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I have to admit that that blue looks totally awesome!!! Damn... there is so much work involved and $$$ to accomplish such a thing, congrats men... truly.
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I agree that the LED conversion is a very big undertaking, since if you screwed up it'd take even more effort to repair it/get parts from dealer. But once it is completed, it has impressed everyone that has seen it at night. Garanteed
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see it to believe it

Hey,

I've seen Tatewaki's car in the dark -- that thing is **HOT**. I don't know if I would want it that bright at night though ... (eye strain?) but it sure looks awesome. (Hey Tatewaki, does the brightness gauge still work even thoug you've used LEDs? I'm not EE like you, OK?)

- derrick
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Dimmer switch still works with LED there
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