Here's my LED change, i've seen a lot of people doing it so I decided to try it out.

1. Headlight indicator


2. Key, sorry about the blurring


3. Gear panel, ect, vsc buttons


4. A/C, Stereo


5. White dome light and white footwells

 

So what did bulbs did u use? Looks clean.

 

any diy on how to do this?

 

its easy...come over I'll show you after you actually BUY A CAR

 

10 character

 

on the radio how did u get to the bulbs for the buttons?????

 

I got the LEDs from ebay, just typed in Car LED and bought the cheapest set I could find, you'll need about 20 blues and 10 whites. It's better to have 10 left over LEDs than missing one. Btw, I'm trying to do the door lock lights, anybody know what voltage those are running? The LEDs i have for them run 3v but they wont light up, I think they need lower voltage but don't know what.

 

what bulb does the headlight indicator take? t3?t4? info please

 

Did you meter out the voltage first? The voltage is usually around 12 to 14 volts. Also, CHECK the polarity. LEDs can only be hooked up one way - and they NEED a load resistor, otherwise they'll fry the LED.

 

Just about all the lights on my radio are burnt out. Can i do this mod or do i have to buy a new radio?

 

As long as you take voltage and polarity readings, you should be able to get the LED lights working in your radio. If you're doing it the more creative way (LED and resistor - no base) be sure to have all your homework done first. Not all of the polarity will be in the same direction.

There are very bright LEDs available. The ultra bright green ones are about 34 candlepower. That's wicked bright!

 

These are the lights I took of from the board, I really just pulled them out with some needle nose pliers. I'm sure the hardcore guys would cringe at that.


This is the bulb I got from ebay


This is the bulb out of its housing with the resistors that came attached


It took me a couple of hours to do this. I had never soddered before so I knew there was a chance I would mess it all up. I guess I got lucky and it worked out good enough.

For the t5 and t4 for the A/C I just took out the bulbs from their stock housing and replaced it with the LEDs.

 

Good work...she look perty!!

 

Hello from South Austin, my Tranny Gear Panel light is out, could it be a fuse that is causing it not to light?

 

I doubt it's a fuse, if that were the case you may see more than one light out. I'd try replacing the bulb and then the fuse.