I just completed this and wanted to show it off. Since I have not seen green on this thread here is my new clock.



This was my first attempt at soldering anything.

 

Well Max2K's is green, but thank you for your pic, we all have a better view what the green looks like in dark.

 

i jsut did mine with blue it is not as smooth a color as the green but i think my camera made it worse than it is. (talking about the 4 little bright spots)

 

alright i have some extra time at work so i was going to do my led mod to my clock cause i just recieved my LEDs in the mail yesterday afternoon. well before i ____ anything up i took a few pictures to make sure i have everything cause something doesn't look right



here are the LEDs i bought from eled.com



and here are the ones that are in the circuit board.

now as you can see the original ones are square and seem a lot smaller. i followed wegee's directions and i'm pretty sure i got the right leds (just in case here is the part number - E7104QWC-D). now has anybody run across this problem because for one i didn't know if they would fit and two was that im now not sure that i got the right leds cause i got the 3mm x 1.5mm like im sure everyone else did. so if there is something im missing or if someone who bought leds of this site could please tell me that either i got the wrong ones or the right ones for that matter that would be great. please help i don't want to ____ this up amd make my signature true!! thanks

 

i also noticed that wgee said that in his first post with all the great pictures that they were 1106 SMT leds so when i ordered mine that was i was looking for 1106. but as i was just reading on, he said on page 2 of this thread that you needed 1206 leds or something like that. so now im really unsure of whether my leds are the right ones.

 

hey if those pictures don't show up i have them stored in my picture album...link is in my signature.

 

I don't really know what to say but you got the wrong LED's. The ones you should have gotten were Surface Mount Device LED's with chip type packaging. Both 1106 or 1206 size will work fine. Here's the post with pictures of how the LED's should look like --> Link

 

But if I were you just keep the ones you have cause you can always put a 1/4W resistor to them and use them for interior lighting accents.

 

yeah i've been scanning the internet and this thread frantically and i think i realized what my goof was haha. well all i need now is a soldering pencil and what not and i think i'll have it. also i think hotbox said that the leds in the speedo were 1411 so i think when i return those leds if i can i'll get the clock ones and the speedo ones and i'll post pics as soon as im done. oh yeah it'll be green. sorry Max2k i don't mean to be like copying you or anything although you are a light god but i really like how it looks. sorry im not as original as you are

-X

 

i'll probably think about it i just don't know where to put them cause they're white and i got green interior lights and ____...i dunno i'll figure something out but thanks for the idea i'll proably think of something.

 

If you want green then I think these are the ones you want --> Link

 

yeah those were the exact ones i was looking at part number and everything. i emailed eled to see if there was a possiblity of return or exchange since they're unused but if not i'll end up getting these no matter what. do you know for a fact that 1411 is the led for the speedo or no?

 

nope, sorry Hotbox05 would be your best bet on that one cause he's done them already.

 

alright well thanks a lot for all your help i really appreciate it.

 

Ha, it's cool. Imitation is the highest form of flattery.

I got my LEDs from this guy on eBay: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...sPageName=WD1V

Now I have a bunch of little green LEDs in a drawer.

 

I buy my leds from a friend so am not 100% sure on the size for the speedo , I will see him tonight and ask , whenb I was looking online from measuring the leds he gave me 1411 came the closest to that size.

 

Hi,

I wanted to mention www.digi-key.com as a ossible sources for some of the lamps/LEDs around.

I am not sure if they will have them, but if anybody does, they probably will.

Dave

 

hey thanks max i'll probably check those out. i haven't been able to do anything lately cause ive been so busy trying to save money for college and to take a few of my ASE tests and stuff. i want to buy ____ for my car so bad and i can't which is a-hole. oh well it'll end up getting done sooner or later but thanks for all the help.

-X

 

What did you end up doing to change the lights behind the AC controls, i know it was said that 74 was close, but not perfect. I see in the pic that Hotbox05 accomplished this.

 

here you go -> https://www.scionlife.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=11283 ha its about 3 threads down below this one in the FAQ section but its ok though i used this when it first came out and it worked great. Good luck.

-X