 Finallygot my climate control lights blue, thank god to everyone |
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Mar 30, 2004 - 4:26 PM
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Mar 30, 2004 - 8:52 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Mar 3, '04 From Hollywood, MD Currently Offline Reputation: 6 (100%) |
damn sucks you wont even be able to enjoy all of your new blue dash
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Mar 31, 2004 - 1:57 AM
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I'll try to do it this weekend defgeph --------------------  I will return one day. |
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Mar 31, 2004 - 1:28 PM
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how many of the LED's did you have to by to do your whole climate control? I saw the pics, they look good but are they bright enough?
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Mar 31, 2004 - 3:49 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Feb 23, '03 From Florida Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
They are bright enough... in total there where 8 LEDs soldered to the board, 3 lamps that twisted off, and one which was seperate inside the defroster.
I might add two more LEDs on the board to make it even brighter. |
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Mar 31, 2004 - 7:02 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Feb 23, '03 From Florida Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
The picture doesnt do it justice but heres a 80% completed test pic....
 Just to give u an idea of why this pic doesnt do justice just look at the Headunit, believe me when i tell you in real life look those rings around the knobs are bright. This post has been edited by DmVinny: Mar 31, 2004 - 7:04 PM |
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Mar 31, 2004 - 7:16 PM
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Dude that is so bad azz. I really want to get a full on write-up on how you did that. The pictures are nice but I would like some total info on all that was involved. You rule dude and that is exactly what my next project is going to be.
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Mar 31, 2004 - 8:47 PM
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 Enthusiast Joined Oct 10, '03 From Wichita, KS Currently Offline Reputation: 5 (100%) |
Adjust your shutter speed on the camera to stay open longer. That'll help with the low light situation. I think the landscape setting has a pretty long exposure time.
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Mar 31, 2004 - 10:39 PM
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the nighttime has longer... but yeah... do that, and make sure your cameras proped up against something to hold it steady... otherwise, you wont get a clear pic... --------------------  |
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Apr 1, 2004 - 1:37 AM
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Enthusiast Joined Feb 23, '03 From Florida Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
I took a bit of time and wrote a quick how-to... check it out here;
http://home.comcast.net/~dmvinny/ |
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Apr 1, 2004 - 3:47 AM
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Moderator Joined Apr 17, '03 From Rockland NY Currently Offline Reputation: 15 (100%) |
you need to have at least 4 main leds to get the climate control really brite.
otherwise the lighting is all scattered defgeph -------------------- I will return one day. |
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Apr 1, 2004 - 3:56 AM
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Enthusiast Joined Feb 23, '03 From Florida Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
Hence the reason im adding 2 more LEDs. |
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Apr 1, 2004 - 4:14 AM
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Moderator Joined Apr 17, '03 From Rockland NY Currently Offline Reputation: 15 (100%) |
gotta wipe the dust off of these pics
  thats my old climate control and clock. I havent started my other climate control or clock. but I did go to toyota today and I bought the ignition light assembly hey dmvinny how did you wire your led's ? defgeph -------------------- I will return one day. |
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Apr 1, 2004 - 5:08 AM
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Enthusiast Joined Feb 23, '03 From Florida Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
The normal LEDs on the board where just wired straight to the circuit board. The 3 Lamps (backlight) I used the ground off the circuit board, and ran a seperate wire off the resistors into 1 main wire which is hooked up to the interior lights from the cigarette lighter...
defgeph how much was the ignition light assembly... This post has been edited by DmVinny: Apr 1, 2004 - 5:09 AM |
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Apr 1, 2004 - 12:47 PM
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Moderator Joined Apr 17, '03 From Rockland NY Currently Offline Reputation: 15 (100%) |
35 bucks lol I just have to figure out how to run the wire so the lite stays on till i turn the key. hopefully i can just plug it in somewhere. you get the plastic ring, lite bulb and harness oh and Ran my 4main leds the same way. its easier to run them from another source. but I ran mine from the wire strip thats in the control box. I'm gonna paint the stock bulbs in my other control box to see how that will work. if that doesnt work, I'm gonna just use 194 bulbs once I find some sockets I can buy defgeph This post has been edited by defgeph: Apr 1, 2004 - 12:55 PM -------------------- I will return one day. |
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Apr 1, 2004 - 5:02 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Feb 23, '03 From Florida Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
Yea its easier to run it externally especially when the resistors are on..
One idea for the light ring is dome supervision...if your not familiar with it it is used in alarms and newer cars when you open the door handle of your car the dome light stays on for XX amount of seconds. So what i am suggesting is a few relays with a delay, once you open the door to your car of course your dome light turns on, so you splice into your dome light wire, and than hook up a few relays to give you a surge delay. |
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Apr 1, 2004 - 6:42 PM
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Moderator Joined Apr 17, '03 From Rockland NY Currently Offline Reputation: 15 (100%) |
thats good idea ........... to bad the parts are on back order. The parts guy at toyota says they'll be in next week. hopefully!
 I hate back order defgeph -------------------- I will return one day. |
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Apr 5, 2004 - 2:43 AM
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So where do the resistors go? Can someone post a pic of the resistors and where they go.
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Apr 5, 2004 - 4:04 AM
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Enthusiast Joined Feb 23, '03 From Florida Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
Ok, the three (actually four including the defroster) lamps which twist off get resistors if you are using LEDs, basically feed the LED tails thru the original holes of the old lamps assembly fold the negative over like the old lamp was. The positive LED gets a 220ohm resistor soldered to it than from there I than took another wire about 6" in length and soldered it to the other end of the resistor than put some heatshrink over it... i did it for the 3 main lamps inside the climate control... once they where all done i connected the wires to each other soldered another wire to it and used the cigarette lighter lamp wires to tap into... How-to is here; http://home.comcast.net/~dmvinny/ |
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