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Old Dec 16, 2013 | 01:20 AM
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Blue LED converted Climate Bulbs!

Hello Azine, after finishing exams I finally had enough time to spend on doing the conversion because most of my bulbs were out.

I spent literally the whole night, till sunrise in my unheated below freezing garage stripping the interior trying to get to the bulbs

Since it was my first time taking the interior apart, I used:
https://acurazine.com/forums/3g-tl-2004-2008-93/f-051-diy-video-how-remove-center-console-lower-dash-glove-box-733555/
this DIY thread for a guide

Overall the process isn't hard if you have a lot of patience with the detailed stuff..

-Hardest part was the trial and error of getting the 'positive and negative' of the LEDs in correctly.
-Another difficult part was removing the cup holder..the way is it seen in the video, he was able to remove the whole armrest pack but my armrest would not budge one bit.

Led on the left is the T3 bulb that I bought from ebay (30 for 20$, different colors available)

Bulb on the Right is the stock bulb


The bulbs arnt making the whole car blue btw, its from the dome lights (T10 Blue LEDs)

If your planning on doing this I would recommend getting making sure you have extra bulbs, I ended up breaking like 6 trying to get them to fit.

I'm also planning on doing my steering wheel but when trying to remove the T30 torx screws on the steering, my T30 torx screwdrivers handle actually snapped from the pressure (still trying to figure out a way to get the damn things out without having to drill them)

Oh and im also planning on converting the lower bulbs, also trying to figure out how to get to them lol
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Old Dec 16, 2013 | 01:28 AM
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the lower bulbs on the radio are soldered into the board. So unless you wanna dismantle the radio then I would not recommend it. And I'm interested in seeing how long those ebay bulbs will last. I bought mine from vleds and they didn't last that long.
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Old Dec 16, 2013 | 01:31 AM
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hopefully they last a decent amount of time, now that iv done this i dont mind redoing it again if they go out, better than the shit acura put in...
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Old Dec 16, 2013 | 01:42 AM
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Wintergreen?


LEDs look good.
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Old Dec 16, 2013 | 01:44 AM
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actually, stokers mint. just using it as my refill tin lol
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Old Dec 16, 2013 | 02:21 AM
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So for this did u use 10 bulbs?

Looks super good this is going to have to be my next mod.
Did u do the small ones on the doors as well? Like window button etc
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Old Dec 16, 2013 | 06:06 AM
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Man those dome lights are wayyy too dark on the blue id find that annoying but to each his own
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Old Dec 16, 2013 | 08:26 AM
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Originally Posted by teeeejaay
So for this did u use 10 bulbs?

Looks super good this is going to have to be my next mod.
Did u do the small ones on the doors as well? Like window button etc
12 bulbs r needed. And the window and door locks r soldered like the radio leds.
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Old Dec 16, 2013 | 01:57 PM
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Originally Posted by Gil'sUA5
Man those dome lights are wayyy too dark on the blue id find that annoying but to each his own
Lol, ya they are pretty dark. I don't really use the dome lights much so I thought might as well make em blue
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Old Dec 16, 2013 | 03:13 PM
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Originally Posted by pearl905
12 bulbs r needed. And the window and door locks r soldered like the radio leds.
Ok thanks! Where should I look for the led for the window and door locks? Any part # or type I can look on ebay or something
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Old Dec 16, 2013 | 05:31 PM
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Originally Posted by teeeejaay
So for this did u use 10 bulbs?

Looks super good this is going to have to be my next mod.
Did u do the small ones on the doors as well? Like window button etc
you actually only need 8 for the climate buttons, there is 4 on each side. I would definitely recommend getting a couple extra incase one of the bulbs break while installing
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Old Dec 16, 2013 | 07:43 PM
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^yea ur right, 12 bulbs if u have navi.
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Old Dec 16, 2013 | 07:54 PM
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OEM looks best, but that's just me. Your red arrows aren't even lit up on your temp buttons now.
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Old Dec 16, 2013 | 09:21 PM
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Originally Posted by JTS97Z28
OEM looks best, but that's just me. Your red arrows aren't even lit up on your temp buttons now.
yep. im assuming its because of it being red, its not letting light through or something O.o

I have no idea why lol
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Old Dec 16, 2013 | 09:22 PM
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Originally Posted by JTS97Z28
OEM looks best, but that's just me. Your red arrows aren't even lit up on your temp buttons now.
I hate the OEM color...plus the blue matches the gauges
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Old Jan 15, 2014 | 12:35 PM
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Yup ble looks good
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Old Jan 15, 2014 | 05:05 PM
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Originally Posted by thorws
the lower bulbs on the radio are soldered into the board. So unless you wanna dismantle the radio then I would not recommend it. And I'm interested in seeing how long those ebay bulbs will last. I bought mine from vleds and they didn't last that long.
got mine from autolumination.com 1year later still going strong.
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Old Jan 15, 2014 | 06:21 PM
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Re: the torx screws, get a set of torx bits (not the torx drivers) and use a wratchet and a quarter inch socket to hold the torx bit. that should get them out.
//edit// Also, digging the blue.
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Old Jan 15, 2014 | 07:48 PM
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That looks good bro! I'm planning to do mine soon hopefully
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Old Mar 16, 2015 | 09:40 PM
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that looks really good guy
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