LED Mod Thread

[jstrut]

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[Aarkon]

This thread needs updated you guys are slacking from all the posts ive seen. As for me im gonna do the envoys stock cd player not really liking the android stereo

 

[Sparky]

I did an LED mod to my garage. Put new light fixtures on the outside as there was nothing at all, then I used these Philips bulbs.

And this is the final result

 

[Trkdrvremt]

This thread needs updated you guys are slacking from all the posts ive seen. As for me im gonna do the envoys stock cd player not really liking the android stereo

Trying to do the same in the TB.... Not going so smooth...[emoji36]

 

[Trkdrvremt]

Anyone know which lights are in what series on thestock bose 6 CD player? I can't seem to get the middle lights to work.. Power, tuner knobs and the far left 3 lights on top work.. What am I doing wrong here?

 

[Mounce]

If they don't work, flip polarity. If they still don't work, I imagine you melted the pads off. I inadvertently melted one off in the cluster, lucky it was a turn signal light and not one for illuminating the gauges.

 

[Theblackarrow]

Finally i made the LED Converstion to my Cluster last weekend and here is the Final result it's actually blue but i don't know why it looks Purple LOl

As you all can see i am really annoyied now with the Needle it's not matching well with the color so any suggestions i checked the Ebay and the Needles avaialbe are really expensive and i don't know which one shall match the blue color i beilve it shall be red needles right or White on Silver Needles or the last one which will look really awesome the red Black Chrome Escalade Premium Pointer needles

also here is the Led Dome light upgrade as well

 

[Aarkon]

did a little tinkering with the voys stock radio

 

[mcsteven]

20150507_000759.jpg did a little tinkering with the voys stock radio

Holy crap. Got to angle that camera a little more. Dang - I need to get my steering wheel buttons fixed, and I want so much more but it'll be a while. Hey - lots of stuff lined up for when I have money, time, and ability to hold a soldering iron again.

 

[Trkdrvremt]

Finally!!!!

 

[Mounce]

HVAC module next? Looks good.

 

[Blckshdw]

Finally!!!!

Almost...

That HVAC controller though....

 

[Trkdrvremt]

Yes yes Hvac and cluster will be next... I tried the magenta film for the display but couldn't see it in the daytime...

 

[Trkdrvremt]

20150507_000759.jpg did a little tinkering with the voys stock radio

Do the buttons!!!

 

[Sib]

How difficult, if at all possible, is it to throw leds in the dic screen? I plan on doing leds so was just curious.

 

[Blckshdw]

How difficult, if at all possible, is it to throw leds in the dic screen? I plan on doing leds so was just curious.

Not possible. It's a dot matrix display.

 

[Aarkon]

Do the buttons!!!

Go figure I had only those two left and I cooked the board somehow so guess I will hard wire them all

 

[Trkdrvremt]

Go figure I had only those two left and I cooked the board somehow so guess I will hard wire them all

Awww son of a......

Stop trying to be like me..... Lol

 

[Sib]

Not possible. It's a dot matrix display.

That's what I figured. Leds will be my summer project. Gonna start re-reading this thread. Doesn't seem difficult just kind of time consuming.

 

[Aarkon]

Awww son of a......

Stop trying to be like me..... Lol

Man I was so pissed but if I run jumpers to them all I can get it to work just more time consuming

 

[Trkdrvremt]

Man I was so pissed but if I run jumpers to them all I can get it to work just more time consuming

I know the frustration...

 

[mcsteven]

What do you guys do for the buttons where the black covering is coming off? My steering wheel buttons and some of the radio buttons are doing this, and before I do LEDs on the wheel I'd like to fix that part.

 

[Aarkon]

They make a sticker set to cove the buttons I believe

 

[jstrut]

EBAY!! They make replacement knobs and buttons for both of those areas

 

[Aarkon]

little extra wiring and she is up and running

 

[Aarkon]

time to hard wire it

 

[Tiggerr]

Here's a simple question that I'm sure has been answered but when you put these LEDs in the dash... Etc will they dim with the dimmer? I hate super bright dash lights and indicators at night

 

[Mounce]

They will dim to an extent but not as much as the stock bulbs.

 

[Aarkon]

well I finally won this battle! Ran jumpers and changed a few things the ran straight wires from the loop circuit down to the wiper switch and got it running smoothly

 

[Theblackarrow]

20150509_001037.jpgwell I finally won this battle! Ran jumpers and changed a few things the ran straight wires from the loop circuit down to the wiper switch and got it running smoothly

Damn Man you really made me Jealous right now i feel that what i have made is nothing compared to this LOL

Any guys any suggestions for the Needles i would love to see some Pictures

 

[Blckshdw]

Any guys any suggestions for the Needles i would love to see some Pictures

Most people stay with the stock needles, unless there's a specific color scheme they are changing to. I changed to blue needles, Capote changed to green ones. Off the top of my head, I don't remember anyone else switching to different color needles. The big thing to worry about, is mixing colors. This doesn't work well with LED light.

For example, in Aarkon's pic, those are the stock orange needles, but with a blue LED light behind them, they look red. Only way for an LEDs true color to show in the needles, is to have needles of the same color, or white/clear. Any other combination, and you'll get a mixed color.

 

[Trkdrvremt]

How difficult, if at all possible, is it to throw leds in the dic screen? I plan on doing leds so was just curious.

What color are you thinking of going with?

 

[Trkdrvremt]

Ok before I go ahead and do the cluster I figure I'll ask your opinions first. Being I'm still new at this, should I get stepper motors before I tear into it? All my gauges work fine now but we all know how well I break stuff... What says you?


If this is the wrong section to ask this I apologize.. Please move if necessary...

 

[Blckshdw]

I will say first you should read through the warning point thread in my signature about double posting vs using the edit button

Then you should find out how much a full set of steppers cost. If you can spare the expense, then it wouldn't hurt to change your motors out since you'll have everything open, although it's not a requirement.

 

[Sib]

What color are you thinking of going with?

Not sure. Probably white or blue. I dont really feeling like de-blueing the cluster so white or blue is the laziest way. Plus I like the way both of those colors look with the ebony interior. Good thing is I can just switch the color on my headunit to match as well.

 

[Trkdrvremt]

Not sure. Probably white or blue. I dont really feeling like de-blueing the cluster so white or blue is the laziest way. Plus I like the way both of those colors look with the ebony interior. Good thing is I can just switch the color on my headunit to match as well.

You can put a piece of magenta flim over the display to make it more blue. But when I tried it with the radio display it made it too dim to see in the daytime. Not sure if you care about that but just giving you a option...


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[Aarkon]

Ok before I go ahead and do the cluster I figure I'll ask your opinions first. Being I'm still new at this, should I get stepper motors before I tear into it? All my gauges work fine now but we all know how well I break stuff... What says you?


If this is the wrong section to ask this I apologize.. Please move if necessary...

Thats what I did with my tb when we did my guages its only like $30 for all of them

And black arrow all my needles are stock but I am planning on buying clear ones for the new guages I put in the tb

 

[Sib]

I will look at that. Would only need it for my HVAC controls.

 

[Trkdrvremt]

I will look at that. Would only need it for my HVAC controls.

Someone on here did that and it looked great. That's where I got the idea from, maybe it works better due the display being closer..