QUESTION: LED A/C Units
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From: East Side Louisville KY
QUESTION: LED A/C Units
Have any of you went this route? Who does this work and whats your feedback?
Thanks!
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Corve...Q5fAccessories
Thanks!
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Corve...Q5fAccessories
Drifting
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From: McCall Idaho
Contact JW@JWMotoring.com 
Or go here...
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c5-g...od-thread.html
...and contact forum member tstar
good luck...
Or go here...
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c5-g...od-thread.html
...and contact forum member tstar
good luck...
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From: East Side Louisville KY
Im afraid this might be a little out of my league. See, someone vandalized my car by throwing a slushy in it while the top was down and now the buttons stick and the lights don't work. This person on ebay offers to clean, refurbish, and install the LED lights. Thanks for the link, good stuff there.
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Im afraid this might be a little out of my league. See, someone vandalized my car by throwing a slushy in it while the top was down and now the buttons stick and the lights don't work. This person on ebay offers to clean, refurbish, and install the LED lights. Thanks for the link, good stuff there.
if you are comfortable working on the car at all that unit is fairly simple to take apart. you can probably use contact cleaner on the board if there's any mess there and a variety of cleaning methods on the unit and buttons. as for the lights not functioning LEDs are a good option, but I'd point you in the same direction mtndv8. what happens if the ebay guy sends you the unit back and it still doesn't work because there's some other reason for the bulbs not working than the bulbs themselves? if JW takes care of it he'll have your back if it doesn't work. of course he'll test it first anyway...
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From: East Side Louisville KY
wow that really sucks :-(
if you are comfortable working on the car at all that unit is fairly simple to take apart. you can probably use contact cleaner on the board if there's any mess there and a variety of cleaning methods on the unit and buttons. as for the lights not functioning LEDs are a good option, but I'd point you in the same direction mtndv8. what happens if the ebay guy sends you the unit back and it still doesn't work because there's some other reason for the bulbs not working than the bulbs themselves? if JW takes care of it he'll have your back if it doesn't work. of course he'll test it first anyway...
if you are comfortable working on the car at all that unit is fairly simple to take apart. you can probably use contact cleaner on the board if there's any mess there and a variety of cleaning methods on the unit and buttons. as for the lights not functioning LEDs are a good option, but I'd point you in the same direction mtndv8. what happens if the ebay guy sends you the unit back and it still doesn't work because there's some other reason for the bulbs not working than the bulbs themselves? if JW takes care of it he'll have your back if it doesn't work. of course he'll test it first anyway...
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It's not difficult at all. If you're handy with wrenches, then you will have NO trouble doing this job.
Like all the good folks that have helped me from these boards,
I would be happy to walk you through step by step.
Once you realize how simple it really is, you'll be changing LED's everywhere, and while your in there you can make the temperature read VERY bright with a little quick, handy work and ZERO dollars.
Let me know if you need assistance.
I'll tell you what to buy and walk you through the entire process.
You need cheap LED's with resistors (I bought 100 led's with resistors for under 10 bucks on e-bay) and of course a nice big roll of solder.
http://www.spdkilz.com/techtipledhvac.html. Great write up here but there are a few things not listed that you will need to know.
The whole job will take you a few hours because it is your first time.
Like all the good folks that have helped me from these boards,
I would be happy to walk you through step by step.
Once you realize how simple it really is, you'll be changing LED's everywhere, and while your in there you can make the temperature read VERY bright with a little quick, handy work and ZERO dollars.
Let me know if you need assistance.
I'll tell you what to buy and walk you through the entire process.
You need cheap LED's with resistors (I bought 100 led's with resistors for under 10 bucks on e-bay) and of course a nice big roll of solder.
http://www.spdkilz.com/techtipledhvac.html. Great write up here but there are a few things not listed that you will need to know.
The whole job will take you a few hours because it is your first time.
Last edited by wascapsfan; May 14, 2011 at 12:06 AM.
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Instructor
Joined: Jul 2009
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From: East Side Louisville KY
It's not difficult at all. If you're handy with wrenches, then you will have NO trouble doing this job.
Like all the good folks that have helped me from these boards,
I would be happy to walk you through step by step.
Once you realize how simple it really is, you'll be changing LED's everywhere, and while your in there you can make the temperature read VERY bright with a little quick, handy work and ZERO dollars.
Let me know if you need assistance.
I'll tell you what to buy and walk you through the entire process.
You need cheap LED's with resistors (I bought 100 led's with resistors for under 10 bucks on e-bay) and of course a nice big roll of solder.
http://www.spdkilz.com/techtipledhvac.html. Great write up here but there are a few things not listed that you will need to know.
The whole job will take you a few hours because it is your first time.
Like all the good folks that have helped me from these boards,
I would be happy to walk you through step by step.
Once you realize how simple it really is, you'll be changing LED's everywhere, and while your in there you can make the temperature read VERY bright with a little quick, handy work and ZERO dollars.
Let me know if you need assistance.
I'll tell you what to buy and walk you through the entire process.
You need cheap LED's with resistors (I bought 100 led's with resistors for under 10 bucks on e-bay) and of course a nice big roll of solder.
http://www.spdkilz.com/techtipledhvac.html. Great write up here but there are a few things not listed that you will need to know.
The whole job will take you a few hours because it is your first time.
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From: . New York
Just an opinion but, if it were me Id want to know that the whole unit wasnt doa before I started replacing bulbs and such (in light of the slurpee assault). You get no lights at all....no nothing?
It really does come out easey. May want to just take it out, open it and clean the boards off with some spray contact cleaner), plug it back in (dont need to put everything back together to just see if it works) and see if you get anything out of it. Then if some lights are blown, decide if you want to replace those yourself or have someone else do it.
It really does come out easey. May want to just take it out, open it and clean the boards off with some spray contact cleaner), plug it back in (dont need to put everything back together to just see if it works) and see if you get anything out of it. Then if some lights are blown, decide if you want to replace those yourself or have someone else do it.
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I did my whole interior myself with LED's (replacing stock bulbs).
Don't let anyone tell you its easy.
If you understand how to ohm out a circuit then you should be ok doing this.
MANY people have fried there HVAC, and or Radio trying this.
It took me about 20 hours to do my entire interior. You have to have a LOT of patience to say the least.
I took it on as a challenge for myself and it turned out very well (luckily)...
Don't let anyone tell you its easy.
If you understand how to ohm out a circuit then you should be ok doing this.
MANY people have fried there HVAC, and or Radio trying this.
It took me about 20 hours to do my entire interior. You have to have a LOT of patience to say the least.
I took it on as a challenge for myself and it turned out very well (luckily)...