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Old 07-25-2005 | 08:20 AM
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Full red LED swapout

Ok, so i finally finished the LED project. I added them into the climate control, the shift light, and the vents above my HU. Here are the pics:







Old 07-25-2005 | 08:25 AM
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outta hand! ... must have been a mission eh?
Old 07-25-2005 | 08:41 AM
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How about some credit to those who helped...?
Old 07-25-2005 | 08:48 AM
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Wow....that looks awesome.....great job
Old 07-25-2005 | 08:49 AM
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nice.. looks good....how long did it take??
Old 07-25-2005 | 09:17 AM
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Thats the same color I want in my interior. Is there a writeup for the 5.5 gen?
Old 07-25-2005 | 09:20 AM
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write up, PLEASE!
Old 07-25-2005 | 09:28 AM
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This is how you look to people when you're driving past them at night:
Old 07-25-2005 | 09:48 AM
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what bulbs did you use? i have been meaning to do this also since my aftermarket stereo is red like yours.
Old 07-25-2005 | 09:57 AM
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wow that looks excellent! i was just talking about trying this the other day...i will once i get time and i get my damn springs/struts on! (i've had them for over a month now! )
Old 07-25-2005 | 09:58 AM
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metal max is right. Credit for help goes to:

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It wasn't very hard to do..just some patience.

I didn't really keep a time limit considering if i wanted to do it all at once, it easily could have been done in a day. I just did it in sections when i got around to it.

as for a write up...i just used Irish and Metal Maximas write ups from when they did it. Not sure exactly where to find them but they are here somewhere.

I didn't use bulbs, i used red LED's. A combo of 5mm and 3mm both around 5-6k mcd.
Old 07-25-2005 | 10:00 AM
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whoops, yea i forgot irish has a write-up for this. oh well thanks anyways
Old 07-25-2005 | 10:33 AM
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Originally Posted by merovi
metal max is right. Credit for help goes to:

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Irish

It wasn't very hard to do..just some patience.

I didn't really keep a time limit considering if i wanted to do it all at once, it easily could have been done in a day. I just did it in sections when i got around to it.

as for a write up...i just used Irish and Metal Maximas write ups from when they did it. Not sure exactly where to find them but they are here somewhere.

I didn't use bulbs, i used red LED's. A combo of 5mm and 3mm both around 5-6k mcd.
What headunit do you have?
Old 07-25-2005 | 10:59 AM
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Looks like the Eclipse 5-series.
Old 07-25-2005 | 11:19 AM
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Thanks, dude...looks GREAT!!! I have some more 'sweet-spots' I will be tapping during my install...I'll let ya know.
Old 07-25-2005 | 12:43 PM
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What headunit do you have?
eclipse cd 5425.

i personally recommend the cd5435 if you have the extra $100 but to me a remote and aux input were 2 things i didn't need.
Old 07-25-2005 | 01:08 PM
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merovi of course it looks nice but isn't your eyes get tired because of red light?
Does it annoying at all? RN i have blue leds(rice) and i'm thinking about swap to red or green.
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I'm going for a nice and elegant white LED swap.
Old 07-25-2005 | 02:03 PM
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no the red color does not tire my eyes nor does it get annoying.

the reason i did it in red was because my cd player has red buttons. i felt as though have blue with red would through off everything, considering i also have done the LED door switches swap.
Old 07-25-2005 | 02:12 PM
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looks good...your photos are much clearer than mine. I originally had the blue setups, but they were kind of harsh on the eyes at night and a little ricey IMO. I switched over to red a while back and am always happy with them...red is not distracting at all (look at how VW, Audi, and Mazda use red lighting all over the dash and gauges).

I also did the window switches and key ring surround, plus an LED in my dash pocket under the HU (fun fun). Anyhow, looks good, happy you figured it out. Oh, and it looks so nice with the red eclipse HU (my alpine lights up red also)

I'll have to take some nicer pics of my setup...these SUCK!!
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no the red color does not tire my eyes nor does it get annoying.

the reason i did it in red was because my cd player has red buttons. i felt as though have blue with red would through off everything, considering i also have done the LED door switches swap.
Sh*t...the HU can't change colors? I thought it could.
Old 07-25-2005 | 02:44 PM
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This is how you look to people when you're driving past them at night:
Hmmm... impression of a blood.
Old 07-25-2005 | 02:54 PM
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Originally Posted by NYPD-Arnold
Sh*t...the HU can't change colors? I thought it could.
i bought the cd5425 for $199 and no it does not change colors. The cd5435 that i mentioned above was $299 and came with a remote, aux input ready, and had the color change ability. But $100 for these features was not worth it to me, especially when i can purchase them individually if i really needed to.
Old 07-25-2005 | 02:59 PM
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Originally Posted by merovi
i bought the cd5425 for $199 and no it does not change colors. The cd5435 that i mentioned above was $299 and came with a remote, aux input ready, and had the color change ability. But $100 for these features was not worth it to me, especially when i can purchase them individually if i really needed to.
Oh nevermind. I'm getting the 35 next month. =)
Old 07-25-2005 | 04:03 PM
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Dam tha looks mad hot.Literally. lol. It looks mad tight the red is nice different from the usual blue.
Old 07-25-2005 | 08:29 PM
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it was very, very, very cool
Old 07-25-2005 | 08:48 PM
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wow i like it..looks a lot like an S4's interior
Old 07-27-2005 | 08:40 AM
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looks good, reminds me a a jetta
Old 07-27-2005 | 02:01 PM
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so who wants to help me do this?
Old 07-27-2005 | 04:33 PM
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i'm telling you man this is deff DIY. i had never even done anything electrical before. I had to go buy a soldering gun and everything. They only thing was i ruined my master switch for the windows before i used Metal Maximas way of doing it and that came out perfectly. I didn't break a single other thing!
Old 07-27-2005 | 09:56 PM
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wheres the write up?
Old 07-27-2005 | 10:52 PM
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check metal maxima homepage,theres some ish on there...or look back in the old posts,i remeber he posted it like less than 2 months ago
Old 07-27-2005 | 11:25 PM
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here,i came across it while searching for a y-pipe comparison thread
http://forums.maxima.org/showthread.php?t=410671&page=1
Old 07-28-2005 | 07:45 AM
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thats the one. I also made a write up for my shifter light mod and if you are interested in doing the LED in your vents i can copy what Metal Maxima told me, only I dont have the pics anymore.

if you need the pics for the shifter light let me PM me
Old 07-28-2005 | 04:34 PM
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This is SWEET and original (as far as I know)
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