then undo the wiring harnes for the LED



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then unscrew the led housing from the dash finisher



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here's the led housing with the stock led(bad pic but you get the idea)



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remove the two screws on either side that are closest to the LED, to separate the board from the black plastic housing



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desolder the stock led, and solder on a new one. here's a pic of the stock led on the left and the blue one that i'm using on the right



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solder on the new led, if you notice I actually soldered the blue led onto the opposite side of the board, this is because the stock one folded over the board from the backside. since the new blue led that I am using is larger, I decided to mount it on the opposite side to make it fit easier.



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that's it. screw the board back on to the black housing and screw the housing back into the dash finisher.



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The LED that I am using is a panasonic LED that I got from Digikey. Part# is P467-ND. There is no need to order this from Digikey. Go to your local Radio Shack and pick up a blue LED there, Part# 276-316, for $3.99.

-alan

 

Thanks for the write-up. I have some other blue led's in my car already so I'll probably do it this weekend and take some pics that aren't blurry.

Russ

Black 6MT Coupe
Jax, FL
PS2 and Headrest thread

 

Thanks, thats great, it does look easy, only question is how did you get that dash finish pice off, does it just pop out or hre there a special place you need to put a screwdriver? I dont want to break it.

 

I usually grab mine from the top corners with my fingernails and pull. It's a bitch to get off the first time, be careful with it.

-Alan

 

Trentacinque,
Please do take better pics. All I have to work with is the digital camera that I gave my girlfriend for her birthday, it's the really slim Casio Exilim S3. Nice lil' camera, crappy close up pics.....

-alan

 

Ok, so i got everything off and i put the new LED on the circuit and plugged it in, but it doesn't work? I checked to see that the light was good and then i put the old one back on the check all the circuitry. I am stumped, HELP!

Ivory Pearl / 6MT / Aero / Premium / Xenon Lights Everywhere / Mirror Tint / Injen CAI / Tanabe Racing Springs

 

?? That's odd. The only thing that I can think of is if you have the LED backwards, but you probably already checked that....

 

Yeah, i checked that. It just doesn't make sense because the old one goes back on and works perfect. This sucks

Ivory Pearl / 6MT / Aero / Premium / Xenon Lights Everywhere / Mirror Tint / Injen CAI / Tanabe Racing Springs