Well, I knew I couldnt do this by myself. So Billy (VSGTS14) reached out and helped a brotha. So we did this all tonight at my house and just finished around 11:30. Here are some pics!
he got his LED's from team celica and for the turn signals, it was a matter of scratching off the green film on the back of the stock face and putting a blue source on the back of the stock face or the bulb or even both in his case to make it appear blue...he used a blue sharpie on the bulb and on the part we scraped off on the stock gauge face..
i did this to my wrx, scraped off green film, then put a blue condom over the bulb and they light up realllllll nice. i think the condoms are much nicer and told him he could switch it for a better effect whenever or see how it compares with his setup.
he got his LED's from team celica and for the turn signals, it was a matter of scratching off the green film on the back of the stock face and putting a blue source on the back of the stock face or the bulb or even both in his case to make it appear blue...he used a blue sharpie on the bulb and on the part we scraped off on the stock gauge face..
i did this to my wrx, scraped off green film, then put a blue condom over the bulb and they light up realllllll nice. i think the condoms are much nicer and told him he could switch it for a better effect whenever or see how it compares with his setup.
Tim's setup is awesome
where can i get those blue condoms at??? i want to use it for my dash!
he got his LED's from team celica and for the turn signals, it was a matter of scratching off the green film on the back of the stock face and putting a blue source on the back of the stock face or the bulb or even both in his case to make it appear blue...he used a blue sharpie on the bulb and on the part we scraped off on the stock gauge face..
i did this to my wrx, scraped off green film, then put a blue condom over the bulb and they light up realllllll nice. i think the condoms are much nicer and told him he could switch it for a better effect whenever or see how it compares with his setup.
Tim's setup is awesome
where can i get those blue condoms at??? i want to use it for my dash!
i got mine at www.partsexpress.com [partsexpress.com] search for lamp covers, there are two sizes, so get a few of each. i used them on my wrx dash and wasn't too satisfied... so i made everything red with transparent paint and imo, blue transparent paint will be more blue and brighter than the condoms. you can get blue transparent paint from here. http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXVT57&P=7 this is the same kind i have, but in red and it worked awesome on my HVAC and radio.
removing the old face is like taking off .1 of a milliter off..it won't make a difference he installed his just fine and htey don't touch at all... you have to install them right and make sure they are stuck down all the way.
I have the leds. Which ones did you replace to make the needles glow blue? I only have 9 left, so in this pic which ones are the most necessary for the needles to glow properly?
Thanks!
Originally posted by RICOGT: i wanted to get the vac gauge because it constantly moves. more of a race feel i think
I put blue sharpie on it and it turned out awesome. And the only ones you need to do for the needles are the ones for the gauges, and nothing for the LCD.
Id say, going from left to right, do the first 9 and it should turn out fine.
I have the leds. Which ones did you replace to make the needles glow blue? I only have 9 left, so in this pic which ones are the most necessary for the needles to glow properly?
Thanks!
if you want your needles blue, then it's going to change the color of your gauges you know? you have to change the LED's marked with little yellow arrows in the pic.
I have the leds. Which ones did you replace to make the needles glow blue? I only have 9 left, so in this pic which ones are the most necessary for the needles to glow properly?
Thanks!
if you want your needles blue, then it's going to change the color of your gauges you know? you have to change the LED's marked with little yellow arrows in the pic.
Yeah I just installed the same S7 gauges and was jus wondering if they all need to changed to blue to make the needles glow because I only have a few blue ones left. But I think Tim answered it already. Thanks.
Originally posted by RICOGT: i wanted to get the vac gauge because it constantly moves. more of a race feel i think
now when you seen how its done do you fhink you can do it your self???
I could deff do the needles, the recalibration of the needles, and the turn signals w/o a problem. But the soldering I've never really been good at. But after this I have more confidence to do that part myself. And Id deff try it, I dont know if id succeed though.
hot mine will hopefully look as good when i'm done.. dunno if you changed ur dome light or not but i got a blue led bulb from www.superbrightleds.com [superbrightleds.com] ,gotta change my signals and ac controls still great work! hey anyone know the size of the light behind the ac pannel? i guess i could just use the "film" but i'd rather get a blue light..
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