Question about climate control Options

[trdproven]

Is there a way to remove the cover of the climate control panel without removing the cables. I just want to remove the face plate of it so that I could replace the bulbs. I know you can remove the front plate just by itself.

[trdproven]

Also, I noticed you guys changed the color of just your needles on the gauges. When I changed my bulbs to amber, everything pretty much changed to amber. How do I get the effect of the amber bulbs not blending in with the arrow cus I want to make the needles red.

[Zimluura]

on the cc unit: no sorry. you have to totally remove it from the car. then dissassemble it a little to get at the bulbs. you might be able to replace the bulbs without disassembling it...but they twist in from the back of the unit, so it must still be removed.

gauge cluster: i think to get the needles a different color than the numbers you'll need to buy indiglo gauges for your car (not just do bulb swaping). and with the indiglo gauges you'll probably be at the mercy of what color combinations they have available.

[blu94gt]

for the gauge cluster, the needles will be whatever color the bulb color is. I have blue gauges therefore my needles are blue. To have individual needle colors you either need to get an indiglo kit that will make your numbers one color while the backlit stock bulbs light the needles or you need to pull apart your entire gauge assembly and put a color coating on the numbers on the gauges

This post has been edited by blu94gt: Dec 28, 2005 - 3:54 AM

[RocketScott]

If you want your numbers to be amber and needles to be red you can change the bulbs like you've done and paint the needles. Tamiya and Testors both make translucent red paint. You can get it in just about any hobby store. I have reverse indiglo guages and painted my needles red with the Tamiya. I brushed on two coats which is a little too thick. Next time I take them apart I'm going to clean them off and airbrush on a thinner coat.