wariow

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hey guys,

I got some help from JackBauer on how to get the hazards and rear defroster leds done. He recently posted his blue led interior. Thanks dude for the help.

I also changed my manual climate control LED's also. Writeup coming up shortly for that one but I made the hazard/defrost one already. linky on the bottom. aim/pm me with any questions/errors. All the leds are white cept for the blue leds underneath the picture buttons.

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How To change your 95-99 Hazards/Defrost

myke321

Thant looks really good!! thanx for the write-up! How did you get the light behind the ac **** so bright?

-=PK=-Maxima

really nice write up....thanks!
p.s. your interior looks ballin, gj

wariow

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I changed my climate control bulbs to white leds also. Writeup coming up later on.

Blackwind

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whos got the one for the guages?

wariow

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The guage bulbs are identical I believe to the bulbs behind teh climate control in the 98-99. Just replace the bulbs with LED's w/ resistors and you will not have to dremel the holes to make em bigger.(which I did already =\ so i cannot try this out) If anyone wants to test it out to see if it works, send me a pm/im and I can guide you through on how to connect the leds with resistors to put in the housing.

sk24iam

That look's really ill man. Nice mod. SOmeting I'll have to attempt someday.

skiboarder72

Wow great job!!

JSutter

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Found some errors: From your write up. "Notice the two prongs. The top prong is the negative and the bottom prong is the negative. They're the same with each switch. You will need to match the connections to your LED's." Both negative?
And the sellers name is cwithk.

Just trying to help.

The pictures are making a light (or LED) go off in my head. Nice write up.

87MaxWagon

Looks great!

I'm going to give this a shot in the next few months.

Thanks for the write up!

Mr.P

wariow

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Thanks for the heads up bro, just fixed it. I'm gonna head for a drive now and enjoy being blinded by my LED's

Maxima_Joe

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i'm going to pick up some leds from rs. what is the correct size resistor we should be using for this?

JSutter

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Your welcome....Oh I have a really good question? What happens when you use the dimmer switch? Do the LEDs dim or just go out?

And to all the LED fans... anyone tried an LED plate light or trunk light?

JackBauer

Looks awsome Wariow good job

The LEDs hooked up to my dimmer switch actually dim as they would with the regular bulbs. You could easily do the Trunk or Plate light, you just gotta cut the stock bulb off and hook the LED up to the stock wires with a resistor.

Conrad283

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That write up is awesome ... great job

packetattack

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Nice writeup! Thanks!

Just one recommendation. Where you said, "Solder does not really stick the copper prongs so we'll have to put solder on the prongs before putting the LEDs on."
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I would recommend anyone that attempts this to dip the copper leads in some flux so the solder will stick and flow smoothly. Makes "tinning" a lot easier as well.

You can get the paste flux at Radioshack or the liquid one in the tube. I highly recommend the round tin of the paste.

Echelon

Where can you get all the bulbs to do this? Just any old hardware store or something? And how do you crack into the dash like that. I would LOVE to do a mod like that!

wariow

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Hey guys,

I've taken another hour to put another writeup for all those who have a manual climate control instead of an autoclimate and wish to change their lights. Here's a writeup to change the bulbs inside your manual climate control assembly. Thanks for all the great feedback and to Will(jackbauer) for helping me. Going to be doing the dome/map/courtesy lights next.

HOWTO change your 95-99 manual climate control lights

wariow

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Cool, I'll add that in also to help with the sticking of the solder onto the copper. I have flux myself but after a couple of trys with the solder, it eventually stuck. oh yea, new writeup for the manual climate controls

DAVE Sz

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Dude, both of your write-ups are for manual climate controls. The pictures all look the same, nothing like my auto climate.

wariow

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There's already a writeup for auto climate control so this one is for us less fortunate max owners with the manual climate control.

DAVE Sz

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Sorry about that. Where is the auto write up?

MIXXMAX

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Also, another way, I found easier when working with soldering projects....wrap 22-18 gauge wiring around the copper contacts and the solder will then stick and hold a little better. Yes, paste flux work just as well, too.

|Bijan|

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I'm seeeeing blue agaaaaaaaaain
I'm seeeeing blue agaaaaaaaaain
I'm seeeeing blue agaaaaaaaaain

ny96max

not bad... i prefer blue IMHO. White looks to factory

Ant

lefty

Looks nice. Nice that the dimmer works also.

Do a write up for the dome and map lights as well.

pavelsmax

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did u do ur gauges with leds too if u did can u do a write up on how to do them thanks

pavelsmax

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ok i just replaced my bulbs with red leds but since leds do not shine as brite at all angles the a/c button, face button, defrost button are pretty dim while the feet button, is really bright how do i solve this problem

thanks

pavelsmax

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Before you start installing the LEDs. I used a fine grit sand paper 1000grit to roughly sand all the leds so the light will not seem blotchy at times and help disperse the light.

ok im an idiot answered my own question goin to try this out

pavelsmax

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has anyone done their gauges like this i tried before but couldnt get them brite and even amount of light

thanks

Wisky97SE

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Your gauges look excellent in the pics! Great job!

Brudaddy

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Why would you want your dash to be that bright?
That is distracting and annoying.

I do like the color blue you chose though.

wariow

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weird how my old thread was resurrected. The pictures are actually brighter than the gauges/dash in RL. I took those pictures at night also.

tedo007

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props... ima try to do all mine red