removing climate controls., the stickies arent much good since, well, only one of the five works.. Options

[3sgteLuke]

i say: i want to remove my climate controls to change the lights

you say: omfg this topic has been covered a million times cant you check the stickies!?

i say: they dont work anymore.

you say: sad face

so who can tell me how to remove the climate controls? i removed all of the screws but cant manage to disconect the "heater control switch lines" <--- [correct terminology?] there happen to be two of them and they are preventing me from removing the whole assembly. any suggestions?

also, if someone has a dash clock for sale i would definitely buy it... i shorted mine out and 3 of the four digits work now... dont ask..

[Zimluura]

i found a toyota bulb listed on a site once when i searched for the part number in google
(toyota part num: 84999-70007) it said 9.5mm TS

i did my cc unit with modified toyota bulbs and num74 leds before the neo-wedge was available. but i got enough toyota bulbs to return to stock (10 bucks a pop at the dealer) and enough neo-wedges to experiment some if the thing ever comes out of my car again. anyway the 10mm neo-wedge (what was listed like that on superlumination.com) looks damn close in a side by side comparison. i still can't say for sure since i haven't tried it myself.

i've never heard that dimming leds will reduce their life. and, in fact i have a computer mouse with a pulsating led inside. are you sure about that??

also i have a 1mb, lots-a-photos cc unit howto i wrote up the month i removed and dis-assembled it 4 times. if you want i can send you that in an email. at some point this site might allow my to post that one. but i can't add a howto yet, and it seems like it would be rude to mess Coomer's up (since it was pretty helpful to me).