Sunday, July 27, 2008 - 08:12 pm, by: Jason Munro(Jason_munro)
Hi all.
been looking round for ways to restore / change the climate control backlighting.
my climate unit works, but has no backlight. i picked up another unit today (thanks to Andrew McKellar) now i'll stick that one in my car next weekend.
once that's done, ill have a bash at modifying the old one.
came across these two posts and thought it looked promising....
Friday, September 04, 2009 - 05:00 pm, by: Michael Larcombe(Lextcy_tas)
Im in the process of doing this now myself, just replaced the LCD screen (just before the group buy, DAMN!)
At present I have bought 3 screw type blue LEDs to replace the stock backlighting (didnt see the need for cold cathode tubes, this places a nice even spread of light as it is!)
I am just trying to source some blue LEDs for the A/C, and fresh/recirc lights. Thinking i will keep defoggers stock...
Problem is I am in TAS, and short of dick smith and useless jaycar stores, I cannot find LEDs small enough to place in the spot where the stock bulbs go! Can anyone help with this? I plan to do the blue dash conversion also, and change all interior lighting to blue (instruments) and pure white (interior lights) LEDs eventually
Will post pics of my failures / success when I am finally done.
Thanks for the heads up too Daniel, but once i installed my black / blue screened apexi t/t, the whole blue lighting looks appealing