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Old Nov 29, 2003 | 03:32 PM
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Doing some interior things this weekend...

Swapping out the leds in the window switches. 3mm to 5mm. White leds. Also did the bose, auto CC, and the clock. I was gonna swap out all the leds in the bose, but they are flush mount and very very tiny.




Old Nov 29, 2003 | 03:34 PM
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looks hot! keep up the good work
Old Nov 29, 2003 | 03:40 PM
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Haha, thats exactly what I'm doing right now.

But I have Blue LED's and I don't have enough of them
Old Nov 29, 2003 | 04:03 PM
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That does look good how hard was it for you?
Old Nov 29, 2003 | 04:20 PM
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welome to the club, looks real good.
Old Nov 29, 2003 | 04:57 PM
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looking good bud keep it up it's the litlte stuff that counts good job................
Old Nov 29, 2003 | 05:49 PM
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That looks really nice. Is it possible to match the dome lights and the lights on the doors to that?
Old Nov 29, 2003 | 07:12 PM
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Sweet Wayne...


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Old Nov 29, 2003 | 07:44 PM
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nice and clean sty-o. i like
Old Nov 29, 2003 | 09:10 PM
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that white light is clean...looks great...I bet it looks brighter in person..
Old Nov 29, 2003 | 09:41 PM
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Looks great! I might go with white now instead of blue. Does the white leds give off a bluish tint and what is the mcd on the leds u used?
Old Nov 29, 2003 | 09:58 PM
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Originally Posted by JeEvE
Looks great! I might go with white now instead of blue. Does the white leds give off a bluish tint and what is the mcd on the leds u used?

i used these to do a few peoples cars:

http://www.eled.com/product.asp?cata..._id=E7104QWC-D

and they come out in a very nice cream white, which i think looks great

Old Nov 30, 2003 | 01:37 AM
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mine come out white , not greenish. clock, bose, and climate took about 30 minutes to do.
Old Nov 30, 2003 | 05:18 AM
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Originally Posted by 96shogunmax
mine come out white , not greenish. clock, bose, and climate took about 30 minutes to do.
all white looks hott.
Old Nov 30, 2003 | 07:02 AM
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Im planning to buy leds from cwithk on ebay. How do you think the white 5000mcd leds will look?

edit: I was searching and found a list of all the types of bulbs needed by 97' SEan. He has 5mm leds for the window switches, did this change to 3mm in 98 and 99? Is there any other sizes that are different?

Gauges= 5 x 194 replacement leds
Shifter= 1 x 194 replacement led
Glove box= 1 x 194 replacement led
Trunk= 1 x 194 replacement led
Door lights= 2 x 194 replacement leds

Security= 1 x 5mm led
Window swt= 9 x 5mm leds
Dome= 3 x 5mm leds
Map= 3 x 5mm leds
Vanity= 4 x 5mm leds & 4 330 ohm resistors
Homelink= 1 x 5mm led
Keyring= 1 x 5mm led & 1 330 ohm resistor
Ashtray= 1 x 5mm led & 1 330 ohm resistor

Acc= 4 x 5mm led & 4 330 ohm resistors
2 x 3mm led & 2 330 ohm resistors

Hazard= 1 x 3mm led & 1 330 ohm resistor
Defroster= 2 x 3mm led & 2 330 ohm resistors
Dimmer= 1 x 3mm led & 1 330 ohm resistor
Cruise= 2 x 3mm led & 2 330 ohm resistors


Totals

194 leds= 10
5mm leds= 27
3mm leds= 8
330 ohm = 18
Old Nov 30, 2003 | 08:58 AM
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did u use red celophane to change color? i did and mine turned out white with pink
Old Nov 30, 2003 | 01:57 PM
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i used red celeophone paper in mine.
Old Nov 30, 2003 | 06:59 PM
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Question, is there like a write up on how to do this? And where can I get the Blue LEDS from at a good price, and how many will I need? Im clueless with this and wondered if maybe someone wrote a write up on this. Thanks guys

PS, The white looks really good bud. But Im gonna go with blue, cause all the lights from indiglos aqnd gauges are blue.

Nick
Old Nov 30, 2003 | 07:28 PM
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buy leds from cwithk on ebay, thats the guy tony and i got ours from.


-I will post the auto CC buttons done in white leds in a few minutes.
Old Nov 30, 2003 | 09:16 PM
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Im trying to get some white leds from cwithk on ebay but I cant fine the 3mm and 5mm with the same mcd. 3mm 4000 TYPICAL/5000MAX and 5mm is 5000 TYPICAL/6000MAX. Is this going to make any difference in color? Where did you get your red celeophone paper?
Old Nov 30, 2003 | 09:33 PM
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local party store
Old Nov 30, 2003 | 10:08 PM
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Way brighter in person. Its hard to take a good pic of these.


Another shot of the pass window switch
Old Nov 30, 2003 | 10:16 PM
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alright, bose has like 15 super super small surface mount leds that look impossible to do. So this bose might be up for sale soon.
Old Dec 1, 2003 | 08:43 AM
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Originally Posted by 96shogunmax
alright, bose has like 15 super super small surface mount leds that look impossible to do. So this bose might be up for sale soon.
Yes its for sale in the audio section now. I plan on getting the VRX935VD clarion.
Old Dec 1, 2003 | 09:41 AM
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Originally Posted by kevlo911
did u use red celophane to change color? i did and mine turned out white with pink


I did blue originally but it was hard to read during the day.

Wayne- So your CC display is just celophane too right?

Looks great!!
Old Dec 1, 2003 | 11:12 AM
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Originally Posted by ohannon7
I did blue originally but it was hard to read during the day.

Wayne- So your CC display is just celophane too right?

Looks great!!

the LCD display is celophane but the buttons have white leds in them. There are originally 4 bulbs in it, I stuffed 2 5mm leds in each hole. So it has 8 leds in there.
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