Blue LED Dash Conversion

[Ev0LuTioN]

thx man ay - i'll let yah know when i start this lil project hehe - oh and did u fix the blown globe :rofl: ?

 

[deserthead]

I found out it was only loose a few days later.

So now I just whack the dash and it works.
I'll fix it wen I fix the fuel gauge. . . . .

 

[Kickars2]

hey guys.
i was talking about doing the exact same thing to my vx.
could you give a list of bolbs and stuff i need.
cause i very keen to do this mod.
i want to do the fuel gauge speedo rev rage and fuel.
not with the display for the km's lef till empty and odometer can ya change them?
oh and deserthead i like the interior of your car.

 

[Spyper]

Ok the dash is off and work has started. How the hell did you scratch this green paint off without removing the white? And last thing, how do you know which way is the right way to put the LED in? It's not like there's + or - marked anywhere in the dash ahah.

 

[deserthead]

HA ha ha ha lol. like I said, u need patience!!!!

A mate did mine at work. He sat there with a stanley blade and scratched it off very delicately. U could try nail polish remover. . . .

Thats y I just bought my dash insert, couldn't have been shagged!!!

You have to use a multimeter to find out which side is the active side where the lights twists in.
U can tell on the LED by the flat side on the edge of it or the shorter leg. This is the negative side. The resistor must be hooked up on the opposite side to this.

Hows it goin btw?

 

[Spyper]

A multimeter I have, but there's no power to the A/C controls or Cluster, so can't find which is active. ahah

Working on the A/C controls at the moment, got 2 dials done (green film). I've taken SOME of the white out by accident, it's so friggin hard to do. Using tiniest flat blade screw driver I've got. About to try stanley knife blades. I know the polarity of the LEDs. Dunno how I'm gonna change all 6 globes in the A/C controls to LED's and have them all fit.. today is gonna be testing. Complete the job monday. Gah, this is annoying.

 

[deserthead]

Lol, I told u it was fun. . . . . .

You'll have to plug it in and find out the polarity of each of the holders.
Fiddly pain in the arse thing to do. . . .

The way I sat the LEDs was I put the actual LED inside the control unit, where the globe used to go. Give it a little bit of play on the legs cause you'll more than likely have to move the LEDs to get even light spread. I placed the resistors out the rear of the unit, there is heaps of room for them to poke out the back.
Just make sure they dont touch or rest against ne thing cause they get hot. . . .

Keep at it dude, its worth it in the end!!!

Anymore q's just ask!!

 

[chevy_big_block_bro]

The long pin it the Anode and is hooked up to the positive
The short pin is the Cathode and goes to negative.
The cathode (-) has the flat edge.
Hope this helps.
Ive thought about changing the colours to blue but now that i work full time, i have no time accept weekends and i realy cant be $%#&ed on the weekend.
If i was to do it id spend a few hours at the wrechers on saturday and get all the faces and bulb holders needed for the job.
Id sit down and intergrate the leds and resistors into the holders and scrape off all the green in my own time knowing i dont need to hurry.
Then its just a case of changing over when im ready.
All id have to do is the light switch and buttons slowly over time.
Im saying that i might start soon:w00t:

 

[chevy_big_block_bro]

You have to use a multimeter to find out which side is the active side where the lights twists in.
U can tell on the LED by the flat side on the edge of it or the shorter leg. This is the negative side. The resistor must be hooked up on the opposite side to this.

Hows it goin btw?

Opps, just seen that you already said that.
Sorry jumped the gun

 

[deserthead]

Thats kool!

U don't need to use lamp holders, the legs off the LEDs are stiff enough to hold it all in place.
The worst is scraping off the green!!!

Im thinking that a new thread on this subject in the How To section is a must.

Hey spyder, u takin fotos as u go?