I could have sworn there was a Sedan that had resoldered red leds in their interior lights that posted this year. No worries, that info in Rob's post is very helpful.

 

Yep

03/04 = easy to change color
05/06 = huge re-soldering PITA

 

 

Nice Ashley, thanks.

 

im thinking about doing that...i changed the LEDs on my celica's cluster, it wasnt that hard

 

^There's no led changing needed on the Comp/AC/Temp display on the 03/04s

 

Hmm, maybe time to go green (of course, LOL!)

 

^Snot hard

 

but isnt the pic of an 03-04?

 

^Yes it is. As-per: I have a 03/04, it's a pic of mine, I said "Yep " in response to Danny's post.

 

so if u dont need to change the leds what do you do?

 

Do you guys think I could pull of white TE37's or CE28's assuming I slam my car?

 

^The display on the 03/04's may look like a LED segmented display, but it's actually a VFD (Vacuum Fluorescent Display)

The reason it's amber is because of a very dark filter. Once that filter is removed, the display emits a strong bluish white light, that looks much like this:



The trick is to then make a new filter for it using a piece of plexi/lexan/acrylic/etc... and then smoke it and color it.

For mine, I used VHT NiteShades, a headlight restore kit (vht tends to have a satin finish, which I did not want) and some translucent red vinyl film from eBay (I think it was marketed for 'taillight repair' )

I plan on redoing mine though. It looks fantastic at night, but I went a little heavy on the VHT, so it's hard to see on a bright sunny day.

I'll probably use window tint instead of VHT this time. Gives a more even finish, and I can pick the opacity I want.

Honest opinion? No

 

interesting