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Old Aug 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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Old Aug 14, 2003 | 08:02 PM
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whos gallery is it?...i want to take a look
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Old Aug 14, 2003 | 08:13 PM
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check out taweki something like that.... he did his... do a search....
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Old Aug 14, 2003 | 08:22 PM
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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.
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Old Aug 14, 2003 | 09:15 PM
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Believe me, this conversion is damn awesome!
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Old Aug 14, 2003 | 09:35 PM
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hey ...you said you wanted to do the led conversion..ever get around to it?
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Old Aug 15, 2003 | 05:07 PM
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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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Old Aug 15, 2003 | 06:24 PM
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^ nice,
does any one know who did it to there spedo gauges also?
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Old Aug 15, 2003 | 06:29 PM
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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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Old Aug 15, 2003 | 07:34 PM
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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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Old Aug 15, 2003 | 08:05 PM
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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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Old Aug 15, 2003 | 09:05 PM
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hmm..i really want to do this also...it looks so involved tho
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Old Aug 15, 2003 | 09:13 PM
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hmm...nvm..to much work and to much money
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Old Aug 15, 2003 | 09:33 PM
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I'd love to do that, but it's a LOT of work.
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Old Aug 15, 2003 | 10:15 PM
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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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Old Aug 16, 2003 | 09:20 AM
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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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Old Aug 16, 2003 | 10:54 AM
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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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Old Aug 16, 2003 | 02:56 PM
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Dimmer switch still works with LED there
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