Finally got some pics of my work
Enjoy all






HU is my final step

Here this is just for fun..but i love it!!!!
http://www.putfile.com/media.php?n=Knight-Rider1

 

Fsu i can figure out how to do the window buttons but how you get the gauges like that ??? please tell me im upsessing!!!

 

Same way... There is a DIY in the tech section..

 

just got mine done a few minutes ago. looks great! my car's interior is finally complete. thanks kaeon!!!

 

So these are the right leds for the mod?
http://www.lc-led.com/View/itemNumber/39

 

1206 for doors... yes.

 

I noticed you used plcc LED's instead of 1206. Obviously they work, but the 1206 is a direct swap. If you are buying a bunch of led's for the gauges and hvac, then you can just throw in one of those in the doors to save some money.

 

Those temp control button leds are awesome. I flows with the blue. What was the led setup for that color scheme?

 

led setup?
you just replace the stock leds to whatever color you want...
plus the "engifineer fix" for the HVAC.

 

what's the engineer's fix?

 

^^ https://www.scionlife.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=77876

the guy's sn is engifineer.

 

what did you use too wick away the old soder

 

So i finally did mine today, but on the drivers side i "flicked" with the soldering iron a little to hard on 2 of the LED's and broke the contact off the PCB itself Now the only LED that works on it is the drivers side window swicth but all the switches themselves still work .

Anyone know of someone who wants part out a door panel?

also did the steering wheel, so now all i have left is the radio and HVAC, and i'm not gonna bother with those. Gotta save up some moneys and send those off to be done accepting donations

 

just wire something in to make the contact to fix the broken pad... that's about the only thing you can do...

otherwise the best way i've found to remove 1206 leds is to litterally flood the led out with solder until the led flows off and remove the excess solder afterwards.

effective and won't risk any damage to the pads... and a very useful technique if you ever think of doing the radio with its 0603 sized leds.

 

i tried to put solder back on the PCB hoping it woud grab onto something on the layer below but no go, its just raw PCB there now where the pad was

 

how about the trace where the pad was connected to?

 

stole these from the DIY thread




Was LED2 and LED3 i think, LED2 on the right side on the photo, dont remember on LED3

 

there are ways to salvage a ripped off pad by trying to get the electrical connection by other means.

the trace itself hopefully is still intact and/or there would be somewhere to get that power to the led.

 

after being bored and some brainstorming i had an idea. Now i'm not electronics genious so let me know if this wont work.

if i get some small guage wire and solder it to the + of the worling LED and run that to the + of the busted ones would it short, work fine, or dim the working one since it would be stealing voltage? It probably depends on how they have the board set up but i have no clue

 

it wouldn't short unless that wire touched something else... however i would still try to salvage the original circuit trace.

you can try that method with that if you can get it connected.