Climate control switches Options

[Julian_Navia]

A while back I installed a spree dash kit and while all the bulbs worked fine the light didn't pass through the switches. My question is did any celicas come with switches that let light pass through or will I have to file the backs of them down?

[Zimluura]

took a spare cc unit apart somewhat and got a really horribly blurry photo.
http://sites.google.com/site/zimluuraprojects/car

the circuit board is outlined in red, the diffuser in cyan, and the bulb in purple.

the diffuser is actually a litte off to the side of the centerline of the bulb. which, when it comes to leds it probably the culprit. the 2x smt might be better, if they are at slight angles they could disperse light sideways enough. but what you might be able to do is half-way take the led and resistor out of the 10mm neo wedge socket and tilt it (by bending the legs slightly) so that it faces a little more into the clear plastic diffuser. i did this back when i used a num74 led wired into a toyota 10mm wedge base (before autolumination even had neo-wedges) and i'd hazard a guess that the dash pic in my profile came from then.

other ideas: i think a 194 might be too tall to really get in there below the diffuser. but perhaps you could take the parabolic mirror from a cheap flashlight keychain and mount it up in there to dirrect more light toward the diffuser. maybe glue it to the diffuser.

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This post has been edited by Zimluura: Dec 19, 2012 - 9:16 AM