geo1317

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im in the same boat, i have a pink and blue roll sitting on my floor. Buy ONE, get ONE free!!!

Brockster

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Use the cellophane on your Easter basket.

aznsap

iTrader: (29)

how much is it for a roll? and how did the pink and blue turn out? i guess i'll take a good size piece for a $1. you take paypal?

Mad Dhan

they are like $1 to $1.50 in the stores

danimsta

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i had to pay like 4 bucks for this roll

but i cant take paypal sorry, i can only acept MO

and trust me, i will give u more then you need...

also, i use two strips to cover the clock and then it turnerd white... then i colored a piece of tape orange and thats what u see

meccanoble

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geo, is it possible for u to take a before and after picture? same with u too Mad Dhan.

So what exactly do we need to buy to make this blue? i may have missed this...

nadir_s

it isn't necessary for a before / after pic. They've explained it all already... just go do it

max99

hey sprint max I noticed that you couldnt close your top panel flush with your climate control panel. Mine doesnt that a little bit too and I think its cause a little nub that is suppose to hook in a hole broke off but I'm not to sure. Do you know what it does that or does anyone else.?


Max99

geo1317

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Before

After



im going to play with it alittle more when it gets nice again to try and get a more of a navy blue as to the aqua blue i got. I think ill just double up on the paper and see what hapens

Geophrum

???
Ok i went out and got red cellophane from walmart and when i took the peice and put it over the lcd and but it all back together it came out red did i buy to dark of a red cellophane????

jamier2

I have the same problem. I can't get those little hooks to clip back into the climate unit. Does anyone have any good tips on getting those to line up easily? I tried everything I could think of, but I never got them to go on. They look like a little C hanging down from the Clock unit, and there's little plastic anchors that these clips go through to keep it flush.

Thanks for any help, I'm getting pretty tired of my dash looking funky (and my wife's been complaining also).

Speebs

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I have taken this dash piece off many times and never had a problem. I think the trick is to make sure you push the vent/clock assembly straight toward the front of the car, and not try to hook it into anything first. It's kind of hard to describe, but I just made sure my little black plastic tabs lined up with the holes on the bottom, then pushed in. Works every time. I'll try to take some pics if I can get a hold of a digicam this weekend.

Doug

jamier2

I'd like to see the pics, and see if you're doing something I'm not. I tried pushing it in straight, tilted up, tilted down, just about everything. My only idea since I tried last is to take out the two screws in the bottom of the radio unit so I can tilt it up so maybe these clips will line up.

imported_2_tha_max

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cellophane only cost me 49 cents at party city. I think i will try purple to make it blue.

geo1317

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i went in today to see if i can make it alittle more of a navy blue to match the LED's i have in there. for the clock i used 2 pink and 3 blue and it came out great. for referance the ACC right now has 1 pink and 1 blue and i will be adding the extra leyers to match the clock.

Mad Dhan

looks great

danimsta

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i couldnt open up my AC...

anyone got any tips?
i belive mine is manual?

(the non electronic one )

but my clock looks awesome!

Maxtank

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So I would need just 1 strip of red to make my clock red? Whoever said they had theres red, how did you do yours?

Also, anyone know how to 'take apart' the manual HVAC unit, my **** light and air selection lights are out, but I couldent figure out how to disassemble the unit.

Thanks, Maxtank

silver99

Holy smokes dude id be embarrased to post that pic.

dantemaxx

so if i want blue or light blue all i have to do is go through that same process and use red/magenta paper? awesome idea bytheway

Mad Dhan

just get blue cellophane and follow my steps, it really isnt that hard, just do it

danimsta

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i used two sheets of red cellaphane... that made it the white that i wanted to see... then i wanted my clock orange, so i just painted a piece of tape orange and stuck it on there and bingo.. ORANGE CLOCK! wee ! lol

again thanks mad dhan...


u dont happen to know how to change the lights in the ac and climate control and stuff?
mine is the non digital(i belive its manual?)

Mad Dhan

its pretty easy, just take it apart screw by screw and plastic clips. there are two bulbs in there with blue condoms on there. just take them off and make them orage the same way u did the clock.

danimsta

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two 194 bulbs?
ok cool ill have to buy two more

i tried takin it off but it just didnt wanna come off?
it seemed the front button were restricting me from takin it off, but ill try again thanks

Bags

iTrader: (3)

GREAT IDEA and write up

dantemaxx

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Mad Dhan
[B]I am sort of a perfectionist when it comes to my car, and little things like the clock not matching the rest of my interior illumination really annoy me. Anyway, I decided to do something about it.

Here is just the background of my thought process. If you don’t care how this came to be u can skip to the write-up part of this post:

At first I thought the best way to go about this was to get a clock that illuminated white and just wire it up. I wanted to get a white clock because I knew from there I could change it to any color I wanted. I found that newer Lexus models had a white clock but to obtain one was no party. The ones I found were either too expensive or the wrong color. So I put this idea on the back-burner knowing that if I wanted this to happen I couldn’t rely on finding used parts.

Couple weeks went by; no new ideas came to me until two weekends ago when I was studying for midterms. Usually when I study I listen to music on my hi-fi unit. I noticed my cd player had a nice white illumination to it, so I said what the hey, lets take it apart and see if I can find anything. I did. It turns out the cd player had a different color illumination to it when I took off the cover, similar to that of the oem maxima clock. It was the cover that made it appear white on the outside. It was now obvious what I need to do; replicate the cover, and so I did. I can go on about i figured out how to produce a cover, but now i feel like playing some moto gp, so i wont.. Anyway, end result:


Maxima drivers/lovers across the U.S. - Let's all take a minute or two to show some respect and admiration to Mad Dhan... Just another maxima enthusiasts contributing to the ongoing modifications we all love doing. Sure we get ****ed during our mods, sure we sometimes break stuff in the process, but in the end things turn out o.k. Mad Dhan, youre the man dude - my whole max (95 Black SE) is blue - from my gauges, door lights, window switches to my ground effects and head unit. One problem had plagued me for years - my ****ty green clock light, which offsets all the color in my car. The same effect would occur time after time when girls and buddies got in..."too bad your clocks green"...or "awesome lights man, its a shame the clock doesnt blend. That'd be tight."
But, now, April 22nd of the year 2003, I am the man. My clock has become blue, and matches his interior/exterior brothers and sisters. This may seem corny to some, but go ahead laugh - I'm just obsessed with my car and all maximas. I'm proud to represent.
Anyways brothers - props to Mad Dhan, you are the man. Let's all take some time out to think about the fact that we drive maximas. And theres no car on the road like them. We run the streets.
Peace,
Dante

danimsta

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[QUOTE]Originally posted by dantemaxx

Quote:

Maxima drivers/lovers across the U.S. - Let's all take a minute or two to show some respect and admiration to Mad Dhan... Just another maxima enthusiasts contributing to the ongoing modifications we all love doing. Sure we get ****ed during our mods, sure we sometimes break stuff in the process, but in the end things turn out o.k. Mad Dhan, youre the man dude - my whole max (95 Black SE) is blue - from my gauges, door lights, window switches to my ground effects and head unit. One problem had plagued me for years - my ****ty green clock light, which offsets all the color in my car. The same effect would occur time after time when girls and buddies got in..."too bad your clocks green"...or "awesome lights man, its a shame the clock doesnt blend. That'd be tight."
But, now, April 22nd of the year 2003, I am the man. My clock has become blue, and matches his interior/exterior brothers and sisters. This may seem corny to some, but go ahead laugh - I'm just obsessed with my car and all maximas. I'm proud to represent.
Anyways brothers - props to Mad Dhan, you are the man. Let's all take some time out to think about the fact that we drive maximas. And theres no car on the road like them. We run the streets.
Peace,
Dante

just change every time he siad BLUE in that paragrpah with ORANGE.. and thats my exact same story

Ninos_Maxima

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My clock is really bright, its the same color as everything else, The only thing i dont like about is that when I turn my Lights on the clock goes blind in day time!

danimsta

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cut teh red wire with blue tracer and bingo!
no more problem!

Jepht20

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hmmph....it didn't really work for me. maybe the cellophane i used was too light cuz i found this darker pink(no flames!) in my house and used two pieces. i think it maybe lightened it ever so little but nothing like i had expected. really easy to take apart though so maybe i'll give it another shot this weekend.

Speebs

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They are not 194 bulbs. The bulbs that illuminate the buttons are tiny 12V incandescent bulbs that you can replace with bulbs from Radio Shack for <$2. The lights under the buttons are rectangular LEDs, which you'd have to order online.

Doug

Mad Dhan

Thanks alot

danimsta

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well damn.. so they are leds?
ehh i dont wanna mess with it..
o well, ill live though lol

thanks man

I H8 COPS

$1 is way too much man! I'd rather buy a pack of Bubblicious!

danimsta

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lol trust me... u would get a HUGE peice...
i mean u could do like 45 other maximas(exageration) lol

Speebs

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THANK YOU, DUDE.

aznsap

iTrader: (29)

damn that looks good. what colors/layers did you use? did you do the bright clock mod?

GTRBlkMax97

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so in order to change the color you put red paper, then whatever color? would leaving just red make it red?

silvermax2k2

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awsome! i am gonna do this as soon as i get my new 01 max! your freaking briliant! mad props! moderators should make this a sticky. thanks for the info!

Chris

Maxtank

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Just got mine done, 3 red strips, looks awsome...got a whole roll at micheals (craft store) for 3,60...looked at wal-mart, dollar store, then there

Thanks for the sweet idea