NEW Interior LED Mod Thread
Racer
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Thanks, Feel free to pm Me aborice Tim. But I'm kinda hesitant to spend money over the Internet like that again right now. Bought an ac compressor from 1SikVette (vendor) and well things are not going to we'll (search my started treads if you like) for more info. That's why I'm kinda wanting someone local, other wise I might just go buy a solder sucker and give it a try.
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Ouch... I can understand that. Hopefully someone can help you out in Houston. If not all the info to do it properly is in here... Somewhere! 
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I understand your hesitation, but getting the HVAC lights fixed from JW Motoring is a great option and Tim (tstar) will take care of you. 
Racer
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Thanks for the heads up Jack, Hope it didn't come off thinking your not trust worthy or anything Tim. Obviously your not him, I just have to make sure I'm more cautious when buying online now, sadly. Please pm me info and I will keep you in mind for sure.
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It's also worth mentioning that the HVAC buttons have a slightly blue tint in them from the factory. If you use Pure white LEDs, this causes them to appear light blue when installed. To get a pure white color, you need to use warm white LEDs.
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I replaced all my interior bulbs with hyper white, but tstar wisely advised that we put warm white LEDs in the HVAC to match; otherwise, the HVAC would have been light blue and would have stuck out. If you want to go LED, I recommend tstar. He did great work on my radio and HVAC .
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Not wisdom so much as the school of hard knocks my friend!!! 
I've stopped doing white though, it's a real pain getting it to look right as a complete package.
Tim
I've stopped doing white though, it's a real pain getting it to look right as a complete package.
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Bulb covers
Its mentioned early in the thread that you can use bulb covers on the original lights if you want to go with red lighting. Is this doable for the whole system including radio and HVAC? How many? 14?
As a test I removed the original blue covers on the door lights which gave a brighter almost amber color FWIW.
Thanks for all the info guys!
As a test I removed the original blue covers on the door lights which gave a brighter almost amber color FWIW.
Thanks for all the info guys!
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Oh yeah, it's very doable... That's what I did intially 7 years ago! Wow, 7 years!!!!!
Anyway, it is very inexspensive to do it that way BUT it was also VERY dim... If you have younger eyes, it may just be that ticket for ya, it's certainly worth it to try a few components and see how you like it!
Tim
Anyway, it is very inexspensive to do it that way BUT it was also VERY dim... If you have younger eyes, it may just be that ticket for ya, it's certainly worth it to try a few components and see how you like it!
Tim
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I went with Tim and JW Motoing to rework my radio and HVAC and i'm extremely happy with the results. He did a great job and was able to get my stuff back to me from one Saturday to the next. From Ks to Pa and Back. I had a few questions afterwards (several times) and Tim replied same day with the answers i needed. The blue LED's look incredible.
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What all have you finished with them? I know the HVAC and Radio look perfect with just the LEDs
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St. Jude Donor '11-'12-'13-'14-'15
I went with Tim and JW Motoing to rework my radio and HVAC and i'm extremely happy with the results. He did a great job and was able to get my stuff back to me from one Saturday to the next. From Ks to Pa and Back. I had a few questions afterwards (several times) and Tim replied same day with the answers i needed. The blue LED's look incredible.
Russ
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not very sucessful in search...
What are the latest options for the gauge faces? Speedhut doesn't seem to list them.
I prefer a black face with numbers lit in red.
Previous owner put in white faces, I'd even prefer stock over that.
Thanks!
What are the latest options for the gauge faces? Speedhut doesn't seem to list them.
I prefer a black face with numbers lit in red.
Previous owner put in white faces, I'd even prefer stock over that.
Thanks!
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St. Jude Donor '11-'12-'13-'14-'15
Not successful in your search for gauge faces????
Contact XtremeVette, not 100% on the spelling, he can hook you up with customized EL faceplates and I can personally vouch for them!
Tim
Contact XtremeVette, not 100% on the spelling, he can hook you up with customized EL faceplates and I can personally vouch for them!
Tim
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I haven't played with it again, that's going to be one of my winter projects. I'll convert my whole interior over to purple! Not too sure what to do about my HUD switch or the Map Lights yet... I'm thinking I'll replace the middle row of Red LEDs with Blue ones and that should give a good purple...
What all have you finished with them? I know the HVAC and Radio look perfect with just the LEDs
Tim
What all have you finished with them? I know the HVAC and Radio look perfect with just the LEDs
Tim
my advice for your HUD switch, coming from a little bit of color mixing LEDs in the theatrical world, would be to do more blues than reds... something like a 3:2~ish ratio. equal power between the two colors creates magenta & the more red you have, the more pink it gets. purple is super-hard to get right with LEDs. you could play around with swapping reds for blues to get the color you want or you can try making them an even split & using the gel. i ain't sure which would end up being easier. i can't wait to see it because i still wanna do mine, too