Monday, April 17, 2006 - 10:44 pm, by: Steve Petkos(Vipimp)
Sam Ferguson wrote on Saturday, April 15, 2006 - 10:29 pm:
thats looks cool where did you get them from and how many are needed to do this?
5-7 led's are needed....my memory is •••• house!! Then another 4 (CF pack) for the ash tray buttons.
I ran out of leds....so i put a different one i had lyeing around in there....you can see the difference in the pic. will fix this soon.
Rhong Hua Xie wrote on Sunday, April 16, 2006 - 12:04 am:
Wow good work. Does it get distracting at night driving with the shade of colour?
Not distracting at all...infact the lighting looks stock! There is NO harsh lighting points behind the lcd screen like with many of the Soarer ones i've seen done.
Still got a little work to do to make them look 100%
Monday, April 17, 2006 - 11:00 pm, by: Steve Petkos(Vipimp)
you have to use instrument cluster wedge base led's....or simply put "small •••••• wedge bases"
Then i bought twist lock connectors to hold the leds and fit in the stock mounting hole.
AFTER getting them all in i was studying the stock bulbs & bases...and it turns out you can take the little light globe out of the base !!!
Well •••• me !!
So i took one of the led's out and started to see if i could get the led out of the wedge base mounting.....yep !!
SO, this made the job ALOT easier !
You can use the stock mounting base, and just stick the led in place of the globe
You COULD do this with any led i guess BUT , if you buy the wedge base ones then take them apart the led already has a tiny resistor fitted AND a diode....so if you stick it in backwards you wont blow up the led
Go the camera phone !! lol
LED out of the wedge mounting base, next to the stock globe
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