jrSS
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- Dec 4, 2011
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I tried cutting 2 sets of those and the black Shit flung up on my face and now have some scars from it. FUK those lights!
LED Mod Thread
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PapaBear229
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- Feb 11, 2014
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I really think I'm going back to my stock headlights. These "projector style" headlights are garbage the light beams are terrible. They'd be good if I was going to do a retro because it's the easy to pop open sealant, but I just don't have the funds. May put them up on here soon if anyone wants to snag them for cheap for a project.
Sparky
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- Dec 4, 2011
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Yeahhh definitely not gonna try opening these then lol.
Dang it. So do I give give it a whirl taking my current ones apart and hope they open OK, or order yet another set of lights and try to return these
I want to get these lights redone before June 6.
*edit* Hey PapaBear you wanna buy some lights
Dang it. So do I give give it a whirl taking my current ones apart and hope they open OK, or order yet another set of lights and try to return these
I want to get these lights redone before June 6.*edit* Hey PapaBear you wanna buy some lights
Boricua SS
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The route I was taking was buying a set of used OEM lights. After talks with Carlton (and after trial and error of destroying the used lights I bought lol) I just ended up cracking open my original ones on my truck. For some reason the OEM ones are easy to dremel open and cut through the adhesive. But I don't know if thst would help you since you have your modded lights already
PapaBear229
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- Feb 11, 2014
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Haha nahh, im just gonna pop open my stocks and paint them black and seal them back up.Sparky said:Yeahhh definitely not gonna try opening these then lol.
Dang it. So do I give give it a whirl taking my current ones apart and hope they open OK, or order yet another set of lights and try to return these
*edit* Hey PapaBear you wanna buy some lights
Aarkon
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- Nov 6, 2013
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I dont but I spose I can rip it apart again and take pics[emoji14]
You shoulda took pics anyway!! Such a nooblet!Really need more info though, what kinda LEDs did you use, what are the specs on em? What size resistors? Did you wire up more than 1 together? If so, in series or parallel?
Midnyteryder196
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Slack is for the weak. We can't have that! 
Aarkon
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Rear of buttons
Positive is the opposite side of the numbers on the board
So it looks like you have 1 LED in the middle of 4 buttons, and the light isn't shining directly on any of the translucent parts of the button faces. Since the strawhats usually have about a 90 degree beam, you're not getting much light to the sides, which is where you need it. This is the same complication with the door modules, which is why most of us opt to put 1 LED under each button.
If I had the memory buttons, I would go with 2 LEDs at least, try to angle them as close to horizontal as I could, as it appears each button has a diffuser built into it. That's where you need your light the most, not shining at the back of a dark bezel.
If I had the memory buttons, I would go with 2 LEDs at least, try to angle them as close to horizontal as I could, as it appears each button has a diffuser built into it. That's where you need your light the most, not shining at the back of a dark bezel.
Aarkon
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Actually since I took it back apart for the pics I re adjusted the led and it looks much better now thats what the last pic is so I think it was just off center the first time[emoji2]
djthumper
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The golden rule of posting things as this... Pics or it didn't happen....Aarkon said:
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Rear of buttons
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Positive is the opposite side of the numbers on the board
Aarkon
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Time for the 4wd switch matt said I shouldn't need resistors for the indicating just wanted to double check if anyone has done these
Aarkon
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Thanks man so for some reason I woke up early and just decided to do my 4wd switch green and purple
I think we all have one of those types of burn experiences. Sucks like hell too!! Those modules are pretty easy, you already know how to make the LED short with the resistor out to the side, so that one should be a piece of cake for you. The sunroof, and cargo glass switches, for those that have them, THOSE are a royal pain to get right.
They are much easier if you have a test bench and a wiring diagram to know what pins do what. But at the time, I didn't, so I had to reassemble the overhead console (mostly) and go out to the truck every time I wanted to see the output, which also sucks if you live in an apartment and have to go out to a parking lot. 
Midnyteryder196
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Nothing wrong wit the ext's.. Lol. I have more lighting in mine so its cooler than urs.. [emoji13]Aarkon said:
That's funny, I did the same thing, by losing one of those torx screws. Took out the other one after finding some Philips head screws that fit it the same. Much easier getting that thing down later.
jstrut
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- Jul 31, 2013
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All this talk of lighting up switches has mad me HATE the ones that i have that don't work right. So if your going to fix it why not make it better! I had 3mm leds in there and since it was one of my first soldering projects i toasted some of the contacts and they wouldn't light up. But even the ones that did weren't enough light for me so this time i used some strategically places strip lighting i had and i think it turned great!
End result
End result
IllogicTC
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- Dec 30, 2013
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Just a shame the red half of the temp dials don't really work with blue light, lol. Maybe get some reds to put in behind there?jstrut said:All this talk of lighting up switches has mad me HATE the ones that i have that don't work right. So if your going to fix it why not make it better! I had 3mm leds in there and since it was one of my first soldering projects i toasted some of the contacts and they wouldn't light up. But even the ones that did weren't enough light for me so this time i used some strategically places strip lighting i had and i think it turned great!
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Looks like he still has just the single LED in that spot. Swapping to a white one would solve that issue.IllogicTC said:
You really need to get the wiring diagrams and get yourself acquainted with them. All the info you need is in them.Aarkon said:
