I've seen it done w/ 4th gens. Is there a way to change that LED to the color of your choice? Is it DIY?

 

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yep. Man its funny to see a Soul Fly Post

 

Yes, you can change LED to any color you wish - but don't be a riceboy & install a BLUE LED (really can't understand WHY blue LED's are popular - they're like fluffy dice of the '70s ). BigTip: Rice ain't Nice
Remove door switch, go to RadioShack & match up new LED. However, don't remove the resistor or you'll blow your new LED (resistor to reduce 12v to 2v is approx 560ohms).

 

Man Richard, ure a wealth of knowledge!!! We need to get 2gether to trade secrets(u probably have more than me anyway )

 

Good info to know...

 

Alright... Now... If you can change the door LED lights, how would you be able to change the dashboard console lights?

And I am a rice boy...

=->Evil Twin<-=

 

yea i wanted to change my lights, like the radio lights, the HVAC lights, ect. to white. can you change them ?

 

to white is easy. The colors for everything is achieved one of 3 ways. The led (I think the only one is in the door switch),

A condom covered bulb...radio and some of the switches.

and lastly is the actual piece that has the writing on it (such as with the hvac lights and such) have a green coating on the other side of them. You can scrape off that coating if you take the plastic cover off.

So with white it will work prett easy but if you want colored buttons then just get a good sharpie in that color and re color the button on the side that you scrape the green off.

I did some testing with this in blue and it looked good but I decided to just stick with the green and not worry about it.


I would not advise anyone to just go scraping off the color of their buttons without having a spare though...you may not like the look after all.

 

There's a good reason why most dash & radio lights lights are green - it's clearer to read & easier on the eyes at night. Manufacturers have tried all sorts of colors; orange, blue, yellow, white, red & green. Green has by far been the most popular over the last 50 years. I guess an opthamologist would be able to tell you the physiological reason why.
My guess (based on TV experience) is that red & orange (and to some extent, blue) tends to 'bleed' when you're tired & could be too similar to street lighting making it harder to read when over-tired, whereas green and white/blue is easier to read.

And if you wanna be a rice boy, be a rice boy!. I just don't get the look, thats all.

 

Hey Eddie, have you been to that Max-World.org site Chris -aka CHCHMAX - has got set up?

Experience only comes from having to fix these things & not having the money or the trust to let some grease monkey to do it right! I bought my Max so I wouldn't have to spend time working on my car - except I like this thing so much I'm actually enjoying having to do the little fixes
Wait until I post my "how to" on replacing drivers side window switch relays - saving you NZ$300 or so on a new switch