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Old Jul 14, 2009 | 02:21 AM
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im trying to change my colors to blue , if anyone can do it or knows someone that can let me know , just name a price
Old Jul 23, 2009 | 02:24 AM
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Old Aug 5, 2009 | 06:52 PM
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I've done the led change for the center console so far to blue. I am waiting on some parts to do the same to the gauge cluster. What questions did you have about it?
Old Aug 5, 2009 | 08:34 PM
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i actually got brave and did them both myself, they look good
Old Aug 6, 2009 | 10:59 PM
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how hard was it to do? im thinking about doing it myself too.. were u really good at sodering before?
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ive never sodered anything that small before, but it just takes patience, follow the DYI on the forum and it should go smooth
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did you have to add any soder to it or were u fine just heating up the soder to take the old leds off and then reheating it to put the new ones on? cuz i think i can handle that but if i have to add more soder im afraid i wont be able to
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I did add soder to the circuit board, its not to hard its just that the leds are really small, I used a tweaser to hold it in place while I soder it back to the board, and for the hvac, the clock you are supposed to desoder to get to the leds behind the screen, I just slowly bent the pins so I didn't have to desoder the clock
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