whoa.. huh?!

okay... that's just WEIRD.... i dunno what's going on and if anything is normal and uh... i dunno if you just thought it wasn't.. uhm.... hmm...

yea.... crap.. next friday i take off for the weekend.... would have to be tues or thurs afternoon between 12pm and 5pm...

 

no, I am not asking what impedance to use. I am asking if it is possible to use ceramic resistors, the ones you get a radioshack with axial leads on the front of the board. I know you used it on the back of the board, but the SMD resistors are used on the front. I am doing this mod this weekend (while my wife is out of town) and need to know if I can hit up the 'shack and be ok!

 

no, I am not asking what impedance to use. I am asking if it is possible to use ceramic resistors, the ones you get a radioshack with axial leads on the front of the board. I know you used it on the back of the board, but the SMD resistors are used on the front. I am doing this mod this weekend (while my wife is out of town) and need to know if I can hit up the 'shack and be ok!

 

yep, you'll be ok. But you'll have to cut up the plastic shrouds that surround the LED's after re-assembly... Ridiculous Shack only has enormous 1/2 or 1/4 watt resistors last I was there.

 

awesome. thanks alot. I already did the gauge switch and HU switch. This weekend I will finish up the HVAC, steering wheel controls, and door switched.

** sorry about the double post

 

Just a little note:

I've done 2 HVAC boards now, one with engifineer's kit and one without. I can't explain how much easier it was having all the pre-bent wires, I didn't even have to think about what I was doing. If you are thinking about changing the LED's on the HVAC, do yourself a favor and talk to engifineer first. It'll pay for itself in time saved (not to mention frustration avoided)

 

Are the prebent wires just hook-up wires?

 

engifineer's kit contained all the wires and resistors needed to modify the circuit. The resistors were all the right values and perfectly bent to fit. I was also able to pick up some LED's from him as well.

 

No offense but how hard is it to bend a wire ? I dont know about u, but i use the really small wrapping wire at radio shack and you dont even have to bend those at all

 

uhh... take wire... bend...?

resistors can be bought anywhere too...

 

bump because people are.... yea....

 

so, squall said i was missing a trace... what trace am i missing? i've looked at all the intructions and pictures... don't know what trace.

 

I made the kits more as a response to those asking for something along those lines. I like using a little stiffer wire and running beneath the light surrounds to make it sturdy and keep everthing from vibrating around as much. I also send illustrated instructions with marked up pictures to make it a little easier. The idea for most that buy them is that they dont really have to worry about soldering to the wrong points by mistake as much. With everything cut to length and bent, you just have to cut the traces and solder everything in place. It is just less to worry about for those doing thier first electronics mod like this... and easier for those of us doing them over and over

But, this morning I built up a new kit, that works on all models and requires no cutting of traces and has much less work involved for installation. It is on my car and will be tested for a short while to make sure everything is ok. I am also adding some failure protection to it to reduce problems if something is not connected properly, parts fail or short for one reason or another, etc. As always, I dont want to sell anything that I havent finished testing thoroughly on my car first. So I will update soon :D

 

between D310 and D316

and go dave.. waiting for an update..

 

oh now i see, so i just cut it. alrighty thennnnn

 

Look like you miss R307 too, take that resistor out and short that connection

 

Yep, short R307, cut the trace coming into the left side of D316 and you should be in business

 

ohh.. totally overlooked that.... eyah.. ^^ what they said..

 

Testing looks great so far on my car. If all looks well through the weekend, I will do more of a stress test and order the final components to make them (the no cutting HVAC kit). I will then be able to start offering them. The other nice thing about it is that it build the foundation for another mod someone brought up for the lighting, so hopefully I can test that at the same time. I will update this weekend.

 

How much would one of these new kits, along with all the LEDs needed for the guages + hvac, run for?