is it me or are the links broken now. I'd really like to see. the amber is one thing I hate about the interior of the tC.

 

right click

view image and youll see it

 

Where did you get the LED's from? and how much was they?

 

can u post the pics again they dont work

 

I think its unanimous that some simple instruictions would be awesome!

BTW- great pics! I might do this to tie my blue themed tC together, (Dash, Floor, paint, underbody)

 

In short, no. The LEDs glow amber already. Changing the color by using a filter on top of the amber doesn't really work. I tried to do the xB sharpie trick to see if I could get the amber LEDs to glow red. Since they are both on the same side of the color spectrum, I thought it would just result in a dim, but still red, light. It didn't. All I was able to get was an orange.

To all the people wanting instructions, it isn't very easy to desolder small surface mount components. There are a few ways to do it, but you need to practice first to get the technique down. You can use a soldering iron, but if you want go that way, you need to get a decent, temperature controlled Weller or Metcal soldering station. An unregulated iron from radioshack won't cut it. Too hot of a tip and you burn your board. Too cold of a tip, you end up spending too much time trying to desolder the connection and the board delaminates. If you screw up, there goes a $300 gauge cluster.

 

uh... i deffinitely used just a regular soldering iron from radio shack lol 10 watts is what i used... you dont need anything special... just a steady hand and a keen eye

 

Did you use a desoldering wick or chipquik? I like to get the pads clean so that I know I get a good solder connection.

 

nope, not at all ;)

just the gun and solder

 

anybody bought that thing on TV... Cold hot or something

it automatically shuts off when your not using it..

Will that work?

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its called cold hear

heres the link on ebay

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...339372229&rd=1

 

Info on LEDs PLEASE!

 

That cold heat thing looks pretty neat, but as I am wary with ebay things....anybody try it?

 

That thing is a real POS. You'll have better luck with a Radioshack soldering iron.

Read what some techs have to say about it.

 

Much thanks. I'll be buying something that works like it should.

 

That is really, really tight... I miss my blue glow from my last car, and it might be comin' back!

 

I started on this mod a while back myself, but I couldn't find a source for the LEDs. I couldn't find them in the correct voltage and sizes, so I gave up. So If you could give me a part #, and a place place to buy them, I would greatly appreciate it.

 

OMG I love it! That is just what I would like to see in my dash. Nice work!





Anyone want to do mine? ;)

 

Solder party?

 

where are the led's from

 

yup great gauges i was going to do that myself over winter when the car is stored...but wut about the needle???its hard as a _____ to see the needle at night...I KNOW cuz i took the orange off my needles too and it sucks i want to do blue and then red needles anyone or TIMO got a way to do that???