Has anyone changed the colour in the Climate control and Display unit with different colorur LEDS

Has anyone changed the colour in the Climate control and Display unit with different colorur LEDS
hi there, change mine a week ago as i have brought a vrx. change them to red, looks pretty good. took about 15 - 20 min to do. just pull the lights out and put the plastic colour cover on.

I'll post some pic tomorrow. parents have my dig cam.

DJ, wot vrx did you buy?? when do we see some pics??

DJ, wot vrx did you buy?? when do we see some pics??
brought it fowles auction, some damage. Vrx 04/02 stock with sunroof.
got the parts on friday Vrx front bar, cover and graud. just finished the under coat. same colour as ego's.
i've got the pics from auction, i'll added other pics when i get my cam back from my parents.

brought it fowles auction, some damage. Vrx 04/02 stock with sunroof.
got the parts on friday Vrx front bar, cover and graud. just finished the under coat. same colour as ego's.
i've got the pics from auction, i'll added other pics when i get my cam back from my parents.
nice, i contemplated buying that aswell, there was also a couple of good damaged cars up at the brisbane auctions recently, hail damaged but some not that bad

Nice buy.

What happened to the TE and all of its mods ??

You do realise this car will not be as quick as the TE as well ??

De-wing it and take the flares off and it will look hot !!!

some pics of the red leds

that looks crazy :thumbsup:

That looks really nice :)

so its just the change of different colour sleves on the original led's.???

That looks really nice :)

so its just the change of different colour sleves on the original led's.???
yep, have to pull the whole center cons out to change, but worth it.. :cool:

Do you have any other pics,, looks sweet as,, are they sleves or LEDS

De-wing it and take the flares off and it will look hot !!!

De-wing it and take the flares off it, and you may aswell have bought an exec.. leave them i say.. they are the main distinguishing features that differentiate the VRX from the exec.. looks good :D

what looks better though is the red leds in the climate control.. day off tomorow so i might do mine.. looks fookin awesome!!:thumbsup: blue would look cool but red would suit the ralliart interior down to a tee!!

any chance of a write up or a how-to-do.. i dont wanna go pulling my climate control unit out without any knowledge of what im actually doin..

De-wing it and take the flares off and it will look hot !!! Done your's yet Dan?? :doubt:

Im changing mine over to blue LEDs tongiht,, ill post pics,, very very easy to do by the looks of it

Does this mean TJ VR-X's have a digital climate control / outside temp guage, and TL VR-X's don't? I've got a dial to choose temperature, and no outside temp readout....or am I missing something?

And BTW:

Done your's yet Dan?? :doubt:

Flava, just noticed yout avatar "Grammar Nazi"...being syntactically minded myself, couldn't help noticing your use of an apostrophe in the word 'yours'.

Have a look at http://www.reflectionsedge.com/archives/mar2005/gdtd_sd.html

Before you ask, yes, I have a boring life picking these things - blame my Dad who drummed the correct usage of apostrophes into me as an 8 year old - damn School Teacher Fathers!

some pics of the red leds

Looks awesome at night.. But what's it like during the day? It would be almost impossible to see, right?

Looks awesome at night.. But what's it like during the day? It would be almost impossible to see, right?with the red globes its brighter then the normal one about 10% or so. and night so much better

Do you have any other pics,, looks sweet as,, are they sleves or LEDS
sorry have got any pics, all this quesrions were ask after i had them in. i just put colour sleves on.

Well ive just replaced the 4 bulbs with LEDs, (2 for the screen and 2 for the button backlights) ,,,, they look great except on the LCD they are too bright so ill get some less intense leds tommorow ,,, LEDs give a much cleaner brighter look then the bulbs,, ill post some pics asap,,

Well ive just replaced the 4 bulbs with LEDs, (2 for the screen and 2 for the button backlights) ,,,, they look great except on the LCD they are too bright so ill get some less intense leds tommorow ,,, LEDs give a much cleaner brighter look then the bulbs,, ill post some pics asap,,

Did you put a resistor inline with the LED? You could probably do that to reduce the output. From memory, you may need an in line resistor anyway to stop the LED burning out really quickly because of running on too much current. Could you run a multimeter across it next time you have a go (what voltage and current does tha bulb run on). Oops, so many questions - sorry
Just worried you may fry your dash cluster in the long term (I want a nice backlight myself! On my to-do list)

Did you put a resistor inline with the LED? You could probably do that to reduce the output. From memory, you may need an in line resistor anyway to stop the LED burning out really quickly because of running on too much current. Could you run a multimeter across it next time you have a go (what voltage and current does tha bulb run on). Oops, so many questions - sorry
Just worried you may fry your dash cluster in the long term (I want a nice backlight myself! On my to-do list)

Found a web page with an online calculator

http://www.luxeonstar.com/resistor-calculator.php
This is for those really bright Luxeon leds - no good in this case, but would be for the 'angel eyes' light mod

This page gives the full deal
http://www.kpsec.freeuk.com/components/led.htm

Here's an exert from the page...
Connecting and soldering

LEDs must be connected the correct way round, the diagram may be labelled a or + for anode and k or - for cathode (yes, it really is k, not c, for cathode!). The cathode is the short lead and there may be a slight flat on the body of round LEDs. If you can see inside the LED the cathode is the larger electrode (but this is not an official identification method).
LEDs can be damaged by heat when soldering, but the risk is small unless you are very slow. No special precautions are needed for soldering most LEDs.

Testing an LED

Never connect an LED directly to a battery or power supply!
It will be destroyed almost instantly because too much current will pass through and burn it out.
LEDs must have a resistor in series to limit the current to a safe value, for quick testing purposes a 1k resistor is suitable for most LEDs if your supply voltage is 12V or less. Remember to connect the LED the correct way round!

For an accurate value please see Calculating an LED resistor value below.




I'll get to doing this properly soon - and write it up. Unfortunately, I'm way to busy at the moment, which is a bugger. Using a tri-colour led would be the best!...

Done your's yet Dan?? :doubt:


Nope, mines a Ralliart, not an exec like most people aspire to be !!!

Never connect an LED directly to a battery or power supply!
It will be destroyed almost instantly because too much current will pass through and burn it out.
LEDs must have a resistor in series to limit the current to a safe value, for quick testing purposes a 1k resistor is suitable for most LEDs if your supply voltage is 12V or less. Remember to connect the LED the correct way round!

*cough* bull **** *cough*

What's connecting a resistor in series gonna do to the current... apart from nothing?

I've always read these sorta things and asked, surely they mean voltage...?

Any two impedances in series are always gonna have the same current going through them.

*cough* bull **** *cough*

What's connecting a resistor in series gonna do to the current... apart from nothing?

I've always read these sorta things and asked, surely they mean voltage...?

Any two impedances in series are always gonna have the same current going through them.

Sorry mate, current (I) = Voltage (V)/ Resistance (R)

Take a cheapie LED from jaycar, cat no #ZD0152, 5 mm LED, red output
Voltage limit = 1.8V (max it can handle on specs is 2.2V)
But you are powering it with 12V from the car - it won't last
So, the resistor you would need if there was only 100 mA flowing, would be a 102 Ohm resistor
Resistor needed (in ohm) = (voltage from car - voltage limit of LED) / Current

Not trying to be a w@anker here - I just don't want to screw my dash up when I do it myself :)


Or is this all bull**** and unnecessary? Want triggered this off is I remember screwing leds up many years ago, because I ignored this stuff

Not trying to be a w@anker here - I just don't want to screw my dash up when I do it myself :)


Oops - just saw your avatar - no pun intended! :)

http://users.tpg.com.au/jaypaul/Image003.jpg Ive done it with an inline resitor,, they work fin but because an LED is focused light it looks to bright ,, who can host pics for me,,,,

I can make more of these if anyone is interested,,,,,,,

i'm very interested how much?
cheers
Rhys

that looks hot as

can you do that to the stock exec magna inside lights?

I was thinking of doing this to mine too but in red...

I had a brain wave :shock: Is it possible to put some small cuts in the glass of the LED to try to diffract the light out sideways???

that would look dodgy wouldnt it??

I was thinking of doing this to mine too but in red...

I had a brain wave :shock: Is it possible to put some small cuts in the glass of the LED to try to diffract the light out sideways???
you dont need to put led's in to $$$, just place a colour covers over the existing globe, their only cost $1.20 for 6 covers of auto one. they come in blue, red, green etc
i did mine a couple weeks ago.pics below. RED

I've found that over time they fade though.. I had red ones on my parking globes and after a month or two they were pink, then after about 3 or 4 they were clear again :nuts:

I've found that over time they fade though.. I had red ones on my parking globes and after a month or two they were pink, then after about 3 or 4 they were clear again :nuts:
the one a had in my te. still blue after 9 months.
probably the product was bad

Where do you get the "good" ones from then? I got mine from Sprints...

these dash ones should fade the slip on covers as the wattage and heat isnt as hot as what headlights run at

But the parkers would be pretty similar wouldn't they. I think off memory they're only around 5W in the parkers.

I've found that over time they fade though.. I had red ones on my parking globes and after a month or two they were pink, then after about 3 or 4 they were clear again :nuts:

Why make the lights at the front of your car look like the back a car driving away? :nuts:

I know of an incident where a car had red park lights on and was driving towards an intersection at dusk and only had these park lights on. A car has been waiting to pull out and has seen these lights and thought it was a car travelling away from him. He has pulled out infront of this car and had a pretty bad crash.

Bloke with the red parkers was booked for his part in it.

Plus they are a "pull me over sign"

Lucky they only last 4 weeks I say.

But that is just my opinion, do what you want, its your car.

Why make the lights at the front of your car look like the back a car driving away? :nuts:

I know of an incident where a car had red park lights on and was driving towards an intersection at dusk and only had these park lights on. A car has been waiting to pull out and has seen these lights and thought it was a car travelling away from him. He has pulled out infront of this car and had a pretty bad crash.

Bloke with the red parkers was booked for his part in it.

Plus they are a "pull me over sign"

Lucky they only last 4 weeks I say.

But that is just my opinion, do what you want, its your car.
i agree with that. if going to have different colour lights on your car. Try to keep them inside the car.

The Red comdom cover things work really well,,,, but if you want the Ice Blue look you have to use LEDs as when i pulled my climate control apart they already had blue covers,,,

*cough* bull **** *cough*

What's connecting a resistor in series gonna do to the current... apart from nothing?

I've always read these sorta things and asked, surely they mean voltage...?

Any two impedances in series are always gonna have the same current going through them.

LOL - What's connecting a resistor going to do for the current?! It's gonna drop it ofcourse...

V=IR or I=V/R so given the same voltage drop (as you do when you power the device from a battery or alternator) the higher the total resistance of the circuit the lower the current through it...
Granted that two components in series will have the same current through it, but it will be a lower current.

Hope that cures your cough :P

Hmm... I spose when you look at it -that- way... lol

I was thinking of it as a resistor only dissapating heat and causing a voltage drop :redface:

Oh, and cough cured! Cheers :D lol

It's all good - I am a doctor - that's what I do - cure coughs! lol

so how much for them then hey?? i'm very interested
cheers
Rhys

Just i thought though,,, if you change over to LEDs and dont like it,, replacement bulbs from Mits are $24 ,,, Very exepensive..