 Climate Control Backlight, Ive read every forum for the past 2 days no concrete answer. Help. |
 May 6, 2010 - 10:40 AM
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 Enthusiast  Joined Jun 13, '07 From Whitby, ON, CAN Currently Offline Reputation: 6 (100%)  |
Just wondering if anyone has figured out the best option for backlighting the climate control, people have modified the base with a new led, people have just bought those neo wedge based led's, and some people have soldered thier own.
Has anyone tried this with a couple different options? I want a nice looking blue for backlight, i already have blue led's installed for the buttons. How can i accomplish this? im not too worried about light dispersion as long as its semi close to being evenly lit. Thanks guys. |
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May 7, 2010 - 10:47 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Mar 19, '09 From Malden, MA Currently Offline Reputation: 2 (100%) |
I took 194 base 5 SMD LED lights and cut the base off of them. Then mounted them in the existing holes and soldered the leads directly to the board. This was very easy, and worked well for light dispersion. (Until the LEDs all went out -- don't get the ****ty ones off of ebay.)
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94celigts Climate Control Backlight May 6, 2010 - 10:40 AM
SwissFerdi Contact pittfirefighter, he does good work as far ... May 6, 2010 - 10:41 AM 94celigts i know he does them, he uses led's and solders... May 6, 2010 - 10:55 AM richee3 You definitely have to solder new LED's into y... May 6, 2010 - 11:25 AM 94celigts Yes you can, members have them its a direct replac... May 6, 2010 - 1:09 PM njccmd2002 leds do not produce light in all directions as bul... May 6, 2010 - 1:50 PM 94celigts thanks ya i took a look at yours it was my biggest... May 6, 2010 - 4:08 PM pittfirefighter i've tried this every way imaginable to make t... May 6, 2010 - 4:28 PM 94celigts has anyone tried just coloured bulbs (not led) ? May 6, 2010 - 4:42 PM pittfirefighter yep - the color is terrible looking... it looks ei... May 6, 2010 - 5:03 PM schmooot I soldered in 2 individual LED's with resistor... May 7, 2010 - 11:59 PM pittfirefighter i have a stock unit in one of my cars now... after... May 8, 2010 - 6:56 PM Aussie_Celica ok the way i done it was custom loom 1 3mm led beh... May 8, 2010 - 7:06 PM
captb QUOTE (Aussie_Celica @ May 8, 2010 - 2... May 8, 2010 - 7:20 PM pittfirefighter white is nearly impossible... oils from the hands ... May 8, 2010 - 7:23 PM captb QUOTE (pittfirefighter @ May 8, 2010 - 2... May 8, 2010 - 10:49 PM Aussie_Celica ummm i think i tapped into the cig lighter ring li... May 9, 2010 - 5:19 AM pittfirefighter i ran mine off the stock circuit board... the uni... May 9, 2010 - 6:59 AM |
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