My Celica's Interior : 6/11/11(update) Pics are all up!, I know what you are thinking, and yes im crazy Options

[njccmd2002]

this is the first of many posts. I will do some things like showing you how to hook up a subwoofer to the oem radio. (running 2 amps), how to chage the LEDs in the A/c unit, several other thingys, nothing major, just quick tips and see if i can come up with something in the way. Plus, i dont have a thread, felt like starting one....

the first pic





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This post has been edited by njccmd2002: Jun 11, 2011 - 4:08 AM

[njccmd2002]

Ok, i had to redo my ac lights to blue, because i changed LED type.

Before anybody embarks into this, you must need to know.

1. It requires soldering techniques,
2. One member around here can do this service for a fee,
3. If you dont want to solder, you can buy the following





from the following... they are replacement with a base

http://www.superbrightleds.com/cgi-bin/sto...403&next=50

now after the disclaimer, this is how i did it, i soldered because i added more, im no professional, not i have a degree in electronics, im simply crazy next....

how to remove the ac. First, after you remove the radio bezel, there are two screws that still hold the cluster in place....

Look at the pic...



you can see it has two cables. The blue cable is held by a clip, that is located near the accelerator pedal. On the left side, under the dash. There is a plastic cup to removed, and remove the blue cable from the clip....

the black cable clip is located under the hood. Its near the brake master, between the brake and intake manifold i believe....

Once removed you have what you see im the pic. Some members ask me what i put in the front..



its a white fascia (sticker) i bought from ebay. It matches my gauges...

this is what i will be using, i have removed the bottom part of the led, carefully to bent the wires and solder them, this was tricky, and i messed up a couple of them



this is the board. To remove it you have to undo 10 to 14 screws, and carefully take it out. Be careful not to damage it. You can see a blue wire, , well i messed up when testing my lights, it caused a short and melted the circuit road.. I had to recreate.. So be careful.....



i decided to solder 5 LEDS, because they do not have full coverage, like a bulb, i had to solder an extra 2, in a diferent orientation, so it could give light appropriately. This was a pain, cutting one to the bare led, and exposing the led....

after it looked like this...



the one located on the right (between the fresh/recirc, and A/c) there are two, one is cut and bent to guide light into the AC button.. sorry i dont have a better pic. You can only do 1 here, but the A/C button will look dim. For the defroster button the same, soldered a LED...

since i had an extra cut led



i decided to mount that one in the bulb holder of the cig lighter. This one was tough.... Warning, if you use the lighter it can be a fire hazard... i only use it to charge my cell phone.



i had to create a wire that contained the resistor and the diode, of course watching my polarity, so the led did not get burned...



then cut the original bulb harness from the car, soldered the resistor with the wire in between the LED and the power source. (always watch the polarity) and the result is this



i dont have a pic of my dashboard because im still working on my car, and plan to take the carpet out. I think it has a smell, and want to lay it out in the sun...

so there you go, its not an easy job, never said it was easy. There might be other ways like painting the inside plastics, using a blue sharpie on the bulbs, i wanted LEDS, because im doing LEDs all over the place.... Im going LED crazy. I have ordered 100 blue 1206 SMT. for something i have planned and also some 94 LED for my gauges, cluster they are still on the mail.

This post has been edited by njccmd2002: Jun 11, 2011 - 1:32 AM