LED project part 3. GAUGES REVEALED (56k haha)
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How many leds did it take to do the whole job? Including the center dash, clock, Cluster's. I want to do the same to mine.
ok as some of you know i've been working on my BLUE led project beginning with the VDC button and the heater seat buttons. Those were a sucess with no hot spots.. now i have the center console ALMOST complete with over 50 LEDS that had to be changed. I only ordered 50 so i have to order some more LOL.. the navigation panel is only 1/4 done right now but the a/c radio is complete except i have to fix a few dim spots..
and as for the gauges... as you all know it's made up of a ORANGE film.. read below for further details... =)
now on to the pictures!!
lets begin with the center console.. as you can see there are many LEDS.. here i am testing the blue LEDS i just soldered.. works great! oh yeah one more thing these are SURFACE MOUNT LEDS.. i couldn't find any at any store so you prboably have to order them online.
after testing those.. i soldered the rest of the LEDS.. all freakin 35-40 of them!!!
the result..... i have to fix "disc" ," mode" and "am/fm" somehow.. it's not that bright for some reason.
the pile of orange LEDS
OKAY now on to the gauges after many hours of soldering those tiny *** LEDS...
ok about that annoying orange film... ready??
whenever you shine a light through the gauges it's orange no matter what... now here's what you do....
you SAND IT OFF hahaha YUP you read corerectly.. SAND IT OFF.. the orange film is on the back and i had to sand it all off.. then i cleaned it up with alcohol. MAKE Sure you DON'T sand the turn signals or high beam indicator also.. just the gauges itself.. don't worry it won't sand off the numbers just the orange crap. look at the pictures below...
as you can see the orange film shines through with a clear light bulb in the back
and here... i sanded off some of the film already..
and so a WHITE LIGHT shines through!!! whoo hoo
got most of it... as you can see the "x1000r/min" a little big of orange is showing through.. i sanded that off after i took the picture...
after sanding i had to test the blue 5mm LED...testing phase... testing where the hot spots are at and how well it lights up...that's just 1 bulb
after 4 hours of soldering and bending the LED wires....
....i finally got most of it to work!!!
final note... if you're going to buy LEDS.. you have to buy the WIDEST angle which is like 3 bucks a piece.. Buy a piece of thin plastic sheet and cut out the shape of the cluster to diffusors to diffuse the light. (http://www.tapplastics.com/shop/product.php?pid=253&)
I recommend getting the 8-10mm LEDs.. or flux LEDs (search it on google, i'm not here to hold your hand ) LOL
ok so towards the end.. i finally realized that silver i35 clock i installed wasn't too great because i couldn't see the needles at night.. so i put the black one back on and modfied it to match the rest...... hehehe
the blue lights matches my twilight blue car hehehe
the end.... =)
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RIP
1994 accord coupe ex
269whp / 281wtq @ 14psi
now:TB 6mt w/ nav
<P ID="edit"><FONT class="small"><EM>Edited by gsedanman on 11/07/04 02:17 PM.</EM></FONT></P>
and as for the gauges... as you all know it's made up of a ORANGE film.. read below for further details... =)
now on to the pictures!!
lets begin with the center console.. as you can see there are many LEDS.. here i am testing the blue LEDS i just soldered.. works great! oh yeah one more thing these are SURFACE MOUNT LEDS.. i couldn't find any at any store so you prboably have to order them online.
after testing those.. i soldered the rest of the LEDS.. all freakin 35-40 of them!!!
the result..... i have to fix "disc" ," mode" and "am/fm" somehow.. it's not that bright for some reason.
the pile of orange LEDS
OKAY now on to the gauges after many hours of soldering those tiny *** LEDS...
ok about that annoying orange film... ready??
whenever you shine a light through the gauges it's orange no matter what... now here's what you do....
you SAND IT OFF hahaha YUP you read corerectly.. SAND IT OFF.. the orange film is on the back and i had to sand it all off.. then i cleaned it up with alcohol. MAKE Sure you DON'T sand the turn signals or high beam indicator also.. just the gauges itself.. don't worry it won't sand off the numbers just the orange crap. look at the pictures below...
as you can see the orange film shines through with a clear light bulb in the back
and here... i sanded off some of the film already..
and so a WHITE LIGHT shines through!!! whoo hoo
got most of it... as you can see the "x1000r/min" a little big of orange is showing through.. i sanded that off after i took the picture...
after sanding i had to test the blue 5mm LED...testing phase... testing where the hot spots are at and how well it lights up...that's just 1 bulb
after 4 hours of soldering and bending the LED wires....
....i finally got most of it to work!!!
final note... if you're going to buy LEDS.. you have to buy the WIDEST angle which is like 3 bucks a piece.. Buy a piece of thin plastic sheet and cut out the shape of the cluster to diffusors to diffuse the light. (http://www.tapplastics.com/shop/product.php?pid=253&)
I recommend getting the 8-10mm LEDs.. or flux LEDs (search it on google, i'm not here to hold your hand ) LOL
ok so towards the end.. i finally realized that silver i35 clock i installed wasn't too great because i couldn't see the needles at night.. so i put the black one back on and modfied it to match the rest...... hehehe
the blue lights matches my twilight blue car hehehe
the end.... =)
--------------------
RIP
1994 accord coupe ex
269whp / 281wtq @ 14psi
now:TB 6mt w/ nav
<P ID="edit"><FONT class="small"><EM>Edited by gsedanman on 11/07/04 02:17 PM.</EM></FONT></P>