Im wondering if anyone has done a writeup on changing out the LED lights on the GLE auto climate control.. window switches or anything else....

Like the LCD clock, or Bose Radio (though i would imagine this would be expensive if you screwed it up)

I want to switch out everything with Blue LED's
As for the LCD's i would even settle for something like white... anything but green.

Anyone done any of this themselves? Even just LED part numbers would be great, since ive done plenty of circuitry/soldering myself.

Any suggestions?
Any writeups?

Thanks,
Dave

 

You could check the 4th Gen How-To Sticky at the top of the page. Just the title, 4th Gen How-To's, would make me think that there might be some writeups in there.

 

BTW, nice car and color

 

LED window switches, check out the How-to Sticky...To change your LCD display to red, blue, white, go to you local partty place (party time, party city) and buy a roll of celophane (cost= $1.00) use pink/magenta to get the blue color you desire. Place a small piece of celophane directly to the LCD glass. (you will need to remove the clock to do this) I used double stick tape to stick it. It works great but make sure you don't have any bubbles between the glass and the tape!
That's all you have to do! You can also add a second layer of celophane but then the LCD becomes a little blurry!

P.S I would post pics but my digital camera is broken, looking at getting a new one soon!

 

http://www.z3d.com/maxima/blueclimate.html should help with the climate control..

 

Thanks, i didnt even see that sticky thread.
Though i did look though the.. "4th Gen Modification FAQ's"
before i posted this.

Has anyone been brave enough to pop open the Bose radio?
Looks like this is the only one that doesnt have a writeup...


Thanks for your help guys!
Dave

 

Just a reference for anyone else who may read this.
The 4th gen howto's include...

How to Make Climate Control Lighting Blue
http://www.z3d.com/maxima/blueclimate.html

How to Change Color of the Clock
http://forums.maxima.org/showthread....hreadid=207107

How to Install LEDs For Rear Window Switches
http://www.max-world.org/writeups/ot...indowleds.html

How to Install LEDS For Front Window Switches http://www.geocities.com/multiplexor...edinstall.html

How to change LED's in you window switches (new write up by Blkmax95c)
http://www.cardomain.com/memberpage/479058/5


Ok as for the Bose radio I found one related to diassembly, but not replacing the LCD/LED's
http://madchef.5u.com/maxima/bose/bose.html

 

I did that project and the results suck. The light output just isnt enough...

 

Which one? What size/voltage led's did you use?

 

I got the ones that the write up said...not good enough for me. I just ordered 4 $7.00 OEM ones from the dealer and will be picking them up tomorrow.

 

the 300 mcd ones I originally used are pretty dim...I'd take out the reference to them alltogether if the higher output LED's radioshack sold were the same shade of blue. The dim LED's are like the violet-blue most other blue LED accessories are, but radioshack's bright LED's are more of a sky-blue and don't quite match anything else.

I did take apart the Bose unit too...it's got some little tiny incandescent lamps inside. I could probably find the pictures I took, but they wouldn't be nearly as easy to replace as the climate control lamps