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Old Feb 16, 2008 | 02:58 PM
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I was interested in your opinion regarding interior L.E.D. lights. I have been torn between red or blue...what do you guys think.....imput greatly appreciated!
Old Feb 16, 2008 | 03:00 PM
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red red red! then again, i'm a little biased...
Old Feb 16, 2008 | 03:01 PM
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if your gauges are still amber, then go blue...if not, then red all the way
Old Feb 16, 2008 | 03:08 PM
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Blue is such a common interior LED color, so I say RED...
Old Feb 16, 2008 | 03:18 PM
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yup red and black looks nice.. blue is too common
Old Feb 16, 2008 | 04:03 PM
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yah.. i can vouch blue is really common.. lol

and i pick red.. cuz swapping out leds in your hvac is ALOT easier for me and the others.. lol.
Old Feb 16, 2008 | 04:32 PM
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Or mix it up like I did mine :D



It is correct that blue is very common. I have done a ton of blue setups for people. But, white seems to be the "new blue" : I have gotten a lot of white requests lately as well.

I went for blue when I did mine, but there was a handful at most of people that had swapped them out on a tC back then, and I was the first to have the HVAC in blue that was not dim, so it wasnt as common at the time. Plus, I love blue and have a blue tc, so I am trying to keep it all tied together the best I can. I will have a few red accents in the engine bay this summer as well. So for me, it is all about how you lay it out and how it ties together.
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my vote goes to red
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blue looks good too..i still have blue on mine, but with most going with blue it becomes ordinary, like no biggy.. yeah you can do a mix, blue red and black is cool, just make sure either red or blue dominates not 50/50
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Good advice. I like to make sure that one color accents the other, not an even mix. So for me, I kept the gauges all blue with the red needles, and just did the buttons in red on the HU. You should always try to have an accent color on a dominant color IMO.
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Your car is white, I think that blue would look good on it. But red would look good with white as well. I have a pearl tC so my theme is white and blue.
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Originally Posted by engifineer
Or mix it up like I did mine :D


It is correct that blue is very common. I have done a ton of blue setups for people. But, white seems to be the "new blue" : I have gotten a lot of white requests lately as well.

I went for blue when I did mine, but there was a handful at most of people that had swapped them out on a tC back then, and I was the first to have the HVAC in blue that was not dim, so it wasnt as common at the time. Plus, I love blue and have a blue tc, so I am trying to keep it all tied together the best I can. I will have a few red accents in the engine bay this summer as well. So for me, it is all about how you lay it out and how it ties together.

Thats tight i wish i was capable of doing something like that, but looks too complicated and probably cost a lot to have someone do it for me!
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Much luve to all my peeps up in scionlife...love the feed back I ended up going with the blue because my gauges are still amber, but i did buy red just in case i want a change......another question?.....Is doing the gauges and needles very difficult?
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I got my friend, Scott, aka Amoxapine (scionlife user name) to do my gauges and needles white but with the needles, its white to blue..so the faster you go, the bluer it gets! He did it awesome!!

Glad you went with blue =)
Old Feb 17, 2008 | 03:45 PM
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Originally Posted by dqlostsoulz


... probably cost a lot to have someone do it for me!
You would be surprised Check out doctorisotope.com . I share web space with doc.
Old Feb 17, 2008 | 03:50 PM
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Leave it amber and go with some green or white? haha its so easy to change just do w/e! Its not permanent!
Old Feb 17, 2008 | 09:12 PM
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Originally Posted by ParadoxTC
I got my friend, Scott, aka Amoxapine (scionlife user name) to do my gauges and needles white but with the needles, its white to blue..so the faster you go, the bluer it gets! He did it awesome!!

Glad you went with blue =)
Got any pics of yours? Perhaps a video? (to show the change white->blue) I was thinking of doing the same thing to mine
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Here you go.



The middle part is where I have the white to blue. I'm either going to change the needles to all blue or do the rest, white to blue as well =)
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I'll get better pictures for you later. =)

This is off of KILLERO8TC's



Old Feb 17, 2008 | 09:42 PM
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Originally Posted by ParadoxTC
Here you go.



The middle part is where I have the white to blue. I'm either going to change the needles to all blue or do the rest, white to blue as well =)
DAMN , that looks awesome



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