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Mark Paddick
Goo Roo
ACT
Soarer UZZ31
Posts: 1555
Reg: 07-2005
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Depends on clour. I sometimes use 12 white LEDS for the backlight. It also depends on which circuit board you have as the bulb wire spacing differs. |
Sam Schreck
DieHard
ACT
vvt-i JZZ31
Posts: 762
Reg: 07-2005
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Are the light bulbs/globes for the buttons available from places like JayCar, or Toyota only? |
Mark Paddick
Goo Roo
ACT
UZZ31 V8 Soarer , JZZ30 TT Soarer
Posts: 2295
Reg: 07-2005
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Jaycar etc do stock some bulbs that can be used but not direct replacements.
I have a collection of good 2nd hand bulbs from doing LED conversions. |
Sam Schreck
DieHard
ACT
vvt-i JZZ31
Posts: 763
Reg: 07-2005
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I might grab one off you on Wednesday or Thursday evening if that's alright  |
Mark Paddick
Goo Roo
ACT
UZZ31 V8 Soarer , JZZ30 TT Soarer
Posts: 2300
Reg: 07-2005
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No worries. |
Sean Tusler
Tinkerer
NSW
JZZ30 TT
Posts: 48
Reg: 10-2005
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your dash looks great mark, was it very hard to do?
im a fairly mechanical person but not that marvellous with electrial and wires stuff,
part of my a/c display does not light up anymore (thats how i bought the car) but its only the part that says auto. is it any easy fix?
any step by step guide?? |
Phil Gibson
TryHard
WA
'94 black/black UZZ31
Posts: 414
Reg: 07-2005
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http://www.ledshoponline.com/automotive_leds.htm |
Sam Schreck
DieHard
ACT
vvt-i JZZ31
Posts: 784
Reg: 07-2005
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Mark did the buttons around the air-con display for me in that nice blue... Love it! Now I'll have to do the ECT switch and TEMP and VOL buttons...... And the P,D,2,L I guess.
Why is it that the hazard button isn't back-lit? Can it be done? |
Sam Schreck
DieHard
ACT
vvt-i JZZ31
Posts: 800
Reg: 07-2005
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Thanks Mark.... I love blue. Luke, thanks for the inspiration. A bit out of focus though, sorry.
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Don Bagnall
Moderator
New Zealand
I have LESS Soarers than Hayden :-(
Posts: 3227
Reg: 05-2005
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Very nice Sam............is the speedo next for the Blue treatment?  |
Sam Schreck
DieHard
ACT
vvt-i JZZ31
Posts: 801
Reg: 07-2005
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Na Don, I like the white. It keeps me awake  Though I have thought about doing it in red, sort of like a BMW I guess. |
Don Bagnall
Moderator
New Zealand
I have LESS Soarers than Hayden :-(
Posts: 3229
Reg: 05-2005
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Oops! stoopid me. I didn't look at the pic hard enough........it does look good in white, but now RED, there's a thought Hmmmmmmmm............. |
Joe Aliano
Tinkerer
Nsw
91 UZZ31 Soarer , 2004 CV8-R Monaro
Posts: 71
Reg: 08-2005
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mmmmmmmm I like that ....this has got to be the next thing I get done |
Joey Chow
Tinkerer
Vic
na
Posts: 12
Reg: 10-2005
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damn you all, :D:D
i just did my air cond light to blue LEDS, and now the suggestion is growing on me as well. aparantly RED is better for your eyes at night (dosent ruin your night vision) |
Matthew Sharpe
DieHard
North Island
3.0 GT
Posts: 881
Reg: 10-2005
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Joey Chow wrote on Friday, May 05, 2006 - 10:53 am:RED is better for your eyes at night (dosent ruin your night vision)
Quite correct, but it doesn't look as cool. |
Nick Finn
Tinkerer
NSW
Soarer TT
Posts: 11
Reg: 01-2006
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also might be hard to see a red dash during the day |
Perry Morgan
Goo Roo
Qld
UZZ32 ( V8 )
Posts: 1038
Reg: 07-2005
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Red on my mate's old beemer looked awesome. |
Luke Middleton
Tinkerer
NSW
V8 Limited
Posts: 99
Reg: 07-2005
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Very nice Sam. Congrats.
I'll have to sort out the "N" and "R" with green and red. Looks great. |
Mark Paddick
Goo Roo
ACT
UZZ31 V8 Soarer , JZZ30 TT Soarer
Posts: 2397
Reg: 07-2005
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I just did a mate's Mercedes dash in red. Totally different setup to soarers so daylight vision is no problem. Looks great at night.
The N and R LEDs in the gear indicator are just two LEDs in 5mm holes drilled into the white plastic housing. You have to fiddle a bit with some sort of way to stop the light getting to other places. I use a black Texta on the sides of the LEDs to stop light from there interfering.
For anyone thinking of red the backlights for A/C and radio look horrible in red! but buttons are OK. |
Vinh Bui
TryHard
NSW
94 UZZ31 (V8) / 96 JZZ30 (TT)
Posts: 370
Reg: 07-2005
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Neil told me that a red dash can't be done in Soarers? He said the colour won't come through or something. Only possible colours he listed were:
Purple
Blue
Green
Lime |
Ryan Rankovic
DieHard
Victoria
Soarer TT GT-TL
Posts: 565
Reg: 07-2005
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Patrick Chan
TryHard
Victoria
Soarer TT
Posts: 142
Reg: 08-2005
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ANyone in melb know how to do these blue light dash converison very interested.
But I dont know how to do it and I will probb stuff soemthin up in my car lol |
Daniel Lee
DieHard
Victoria
Soarer GT Limited UZZ31 V8
Posts: 589
Reg: 07-2005
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Patrick,
Contact Steven Taun and see if he can help you out.
Click Here |
Greg Radion
Newbie
Victoria
TT
Posts: 3
Reg: 06-2006
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Hey Guys I'm new here but the tutes and discussion really helped me out with mine. One thing I couldn't find was the size and how many LED's I would need for various places. If anyone else needs this info I'm putting it up so others can benefit from my experience.
Here goes
Drivers door: 3x3mm (I used blue)
Passenger door: 1x3mm (blue)
Gear selector: 1x5mm for each position plus 2 or more 5mm to light up the Letters
I used Blue for P and D, Red for R, 2 and L and Green for N. I used two white ones to light up the letters, with 1k resistors.
Power Switch: 2x3mm (blue+1k)
TRC Switch: 1x3mm (blue+1k)
I don't have any other switches/buttons in the centre but it will be either one or two and you will need current limiting resistors.
Volume Knob: 2x3mm (blue+1k)
Temp Knob: 2x3mm (blue+1k)
A/C Unit: The indicator lights are 3mm but I replaced them with 5mm, these fit if you take a little bit off the rim off on each side, 1 each for AC, Recirc, Fresh, Front and Rear.
I used Blue for AC, Green for Recirc and Fresh air and Red for the Demisters.
You'll need 7x3mm or 5mm to light up the buttons and around 6x3mm or 5mm for the LCD.
I used 6 blue 3mm leds facing away from each other under the LCD and got rid of the Diffuser. The distribution of light is really quite even and you can only notice a difference when its pretty sunny.
Some other notes.
I started by getting LED's from Dick Smith and Jaycar, but at $3 ea I thought it was a bit steep, especially after I accidentally blew a few by shorting them out. I found www.ledsales.com.au and I was totally shocked when they were around 30c ea not $3.
Next up I reckon I'll do a Blue Dash conversion. |
Paul Bernasconi
Tinkerer
wa
soarer tt
Posts: 77
Reg: 11-2005
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good stuff. will come in handy |
Leon Wright
Tinkerer
WA
V8 UZZ31
Posts: 86
Reg: 08-2006
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Great info Greg, much appreciated 
Likewise with pictures and info on the rest of the thread, saved me plenty of trial and error. |
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