Hi guys my friend is a lighting expert and wanted to see if he could tinker with some of the lighting on the dash so if someone knows how i could take out my dash cluster that would be greatly appreciated!

 

I was thinking the same thing. Can anyone direct us on removing the Cluster?

 

Why would you let someone, friend or not, 'tinker' with the lighting on your dash?? If he is such an expert he should certainly be able to figure out how to extract the dash cluster. This sounds like a disaster in the making. I wouldn't let any 'expert' fool around with my car. But that's just me.

 

well said...but hey, its your car so do as you wish. but you may want to re-think this one

 

A big 10/4 from me also.....

 

This is a forum for Q & A

and yes it is my car and i can do with it what i wish.

If you don't have anything to contribute - please reframe from posting.

 

First 6 steps in this thread show you how to remove the dash.

https://www.clublexus.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=193739

Tons of great info in the FAQ section.
https://www.clublexus.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=196853

Good luck to you and your buddy taking it apart.

 

think he means the dash instrument cluster, not radio center console

 

If you're planning to swap out the LEDs with another color, it would be interesting to post about it. I swapped the LEDs on my tC from amber to red. I didn't like the amber at all, and the red is ideal for maintaining night vision. I could see the IS benefitting from a red gauge cluster illumination, but I'm not sure I'd be all excited about messing with it. Yeah, I know it's not rocket science, but there's a lot of activity on the combination meter, and one mistake with ESD might toast the whole thing. I'd really be unhappy about that.

The LCD on the Scion's center console was absurdly fragile. I've never worked with a component that died so easily in quite a few years of electronic bench work. It would really bite hard to crack the multidisplay while replacing the LEDs for just a color change.

 

if you plan on doing it and it works.. please post pics and a DIY!!!! that would be awesome. wish u the best of luck

 

Well, did you do this?