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Old Feb 15, 2007 | 12:59 AM
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Default Philly area LED Swap

is there anyone in the Philly area that can do a LED swap for me.. wanna change the gauge lights and HVAC lights to blue..

let me know where you are and how much you want

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Old Feb 15, 2007 | 01:02 AM
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well.. if you need help, if you want to do them yourself... you ask me or any of the others...

i'm not sure if i know anyone in your direction.. sorry..
Old Feb 15, 2007 | 01:04 AM
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i've done some soldering in the past (modding game consoles) but i'm not sure if i'd feel 100% comfortable doing it myself. got a link or something that i can see whats involved in the swap
Old Feb 15, 2007 | 01:09 AM
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look up top... look under features > tech

there you'll sort by vehicle, and browse the list down until you see all the led swap diys

if you've done some soldering before... i'm sure you'll be fine.
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thanks for the heads up.. i'll check it out..
Old Feb 15, 2007 | 01:26 AM
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that looks rather involved for me.. i dont wanna mess it up.. i'd rather just pay an experienced person
Old Feb 15, 2007 | 01:32 AM
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how about an experienced person to walk you through it?

it's not that complicated as long as you know how to solder... taking stuff apart is where most people feel iffy about, but it's not difficult.

could give you pointers/tips.. etc... i've done it before... even with people that didn't know how to solder or never have before.

once you get to the leds.. it's just soldering then.
Old Feb 15, 2007 | 01:38 AM
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are the resister swaps necessary? i dunno.. i'll have to consider it...i'm fine taking apart the HVAC unit (had it apart plenty of times for my stereo installation and addons), but the gauge cluster freaks me
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the resistors are needed for the HVAC, unless you swap out to red

other than that, everything else is just a direct swap... the only thing that most people freak about is taking apart the HVAC and dealing with the LCD without breaking it.

the gauges, imo, are much simpler than the HVAC
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thanks for all your help.. i'll consider it if i can't find someone in my area soon..
Old Feb 15, 2007 | 01:52 AM
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