Clock Light, and Climate Lights.., questions.. Options

[cnelson]

hey, i'd like to change the clock and climate lights to blue, but not really sure how to.. I heard useing paint for the climate but does that work as good as LED lights? I'd like LED lights, but not sure how to install them? And how to install a differant color for the clock, and how to i take out the clock and climate box to change them, i read the articles but still a bit confused. Thanks. -cneslon.

[Zimluura]

tackle the clock first. basic dis-assembly...
1. first take off the plastic around the gearshift. just pull, but watch the cig lighter which'll still be attached.
2. remove 2 little screws at bottom of center plastic trim. then pull that big piece off. clock and i think hazard button are attached with wire harnesses.
3. undo the wiring harness(es) for the big piece.
4 take it inside and disasemble the clock part from the back (this, for me, was much easier than actually getting the clock module away from the big piece).

what i did to get a blue clock. broke the little transparent brown plastic piece out of the big trim. cut up an 8th inch thick rectangular piece of plexi-glass. file it so it fits perfectly. then put it at the front, and a few lighting gels (or office file folder tabs) behind it, sandwiched between the plex-glass, and the clock assembly. it isn't bent like the original brown piece, but it's snug and now it's blue.

i have a 1MB html howto for the climate control. if you pm me with your email address i'll send it to you.

have fun
ny