Yet another Climate Control Color thread..., What is the best combination? Options

[blu94gt]

Ok guys, I know there's a million threads about this I've searched and read things about this and the clock and everything all day long. What is the best method to make the climate control unit and the selector lights turn blue? I've seen painting, drilling out the bulb holes for LEDs, complete new wiring of LEDs independent of the system, etc etc. Which one works the best and looks the best? If painting it is going to look the same as drilling and changing the bulbs and all that then I'll just paint it.

Otherwise I think the only way for the smaller selection LEDs on the buttons is to just change all the 3mm LED's, but I might try using some glass paint on the buttons first.

And if anyone has pics of the final product to compare how each works that would be amazing, that's been the hardest thing for me to find.

[Predator]

I used two LEDs per button. one for each buttons indicator light and one for the backlighting. The backlighting LEDs each have a resistor and are soldered to the contacts of the original bulb's "socket".

But there's not a backlight bulb under each button originally right?
If not, which contacts did you mean you soldered them to?

thanks

[WannabeGT4]

I used two LEDs per button. one for each buttons indicator light and one for the backlighting. The backlighting LEDs each have a resistor and are soldered to the contacts of the original bulb's "socket".

But there's not a backlight bulb under each button originally right?
If not, which contacts did you mean you soldered them to?

thanks
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That's right. I ran the leads from the LEDs to the contacts where one of the incandescent bulbs were originaly twisted in place. You'll understand once it's opened.