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Man if you would be so kind it would be great.. I've never soldered anything but would like to learn how to do this in my car
This looks amazing. GREAT job man. Quick question, where did you mount all of these LEDs to? Did you have to drill holes in the circuit boards? I'm assuming they didn't just sit where the old bulbs did...
-I'm assuming you're talking about the window switch LEDs? If yes, I actually didn't do anything to the circuit boards. In the back, there aren't any circuit boards... you just take the switch apart (being extremely careful to keep it upright, as there are 2 ball bearings and 2 copper pieces inside. (you don't want to lose any of those, and if they fall out, you have to figure out how to put them back together... just be careful and keep it upright. I soldered in a 5mm blue LED in each of the back switches with a resistor in exactly the same place as the stock green LED. For the front window switches, there is a circuit board that snaps in to the black casing with the switches. I dremeled "channels" in the side of the black casing so the wiring would fit in and simply put pre-wired LEDs (that I had made) over top of each of the stock green SMT LEDs on the circuit board. I used 5mm LEDs for all, and used a dremel to flatten the end of the LED so as to get even light distribution. Note: I was extremely careful to make sure I had electrical tape covering any bare wires on my prewired LEDs, cuz if you don't do that, and the bare wire touches the circuit board it'll fry it and you'll have to buy a new switch...
LED Problem PLease Help Anyone
Hey Coo LED's. I have a problem with some LED's in ma step courtesy lights. Even with my doors closed the LEd's still dim.. When they open obviously they light up. Do you think with trhe LED's dimmed while my doors is closed will drain out my Battery? Also is there anyway to have that taken care of? Please Help
Hey Coo LED's. I have a problem with some LED's in ma step courtesy lights. Even with my doors closed the LEd's still dim.. When they open obviously they light up. Do you think with trhe LED's dimmed while my doors is closed will drain out my Battery? Also is there anyway to have that taken care of? Please Help
Last edited by jowo9; Dec 5, 2009 at 02:47 PM.
One of my bulbs burned out on the right side of my manual climate control. I'm ordering (or trying to order) replacements for all 3 off of autolumination but I can't figure out what size base I need. They have a Type A (T3), Type B (T4), or a Type C (T5). I've measured as close as I can and as far as I can tell it uses the Type B.
PS Jowo, that is awesome looking!

PS Jowo, that is awesome looking!
One of my bulbs burned out on the right side of my manual climate control. I'm ordering (or trying to order) replacements for all 3 off of autolumination but I can't figure out what size base I need. They have a Type A (T3), Type B (T4), or a Type C (T5). I've measured as close as I can and as far as I can tell it uses the Type B.
PS Jowo, that is awesome looking!

PS Jowo, that is awesome looking!
As far as I can tell I should've bought the Type A size base.
Sorta random question, I was looking at your radio and it looks like the numbers for changing the presets (1 to 6) are lit up? Am I imagining that? Cause on my car, it doesn't light up like that =/
Yeah, they all light up. If you're talking about the numbers on the display (not the buttons), they're for the CD changer. Mine was full of CDs at the time so all 6 numbers lit up. If you're referring to the buttons, then yes, they are all supposed to light up.

I'm going to have to do one of these threads soon, not too far away from being complete. I am impatiently waiting on my LED restock. I had to hold off on my mods to do a customers gauges

Hope I get to see this in person tomorrow




