Interior Lights DIY Here ya go guys and girls

Interior Lights DIY Here ya go guys and girls

here is the diy

http://www.cs.wayne.edu/~w20339/InteriorLightDIY/intlightdiy.htm

Very nice.

lol, thanx jae, did u see the messy job i did painting the stuff lol

Achint

Yea ur red drippings

i did it in 20 mins, before i had to go to work, but it lights up fine so i guess its cool

Good work on the DIY page.

While you have the center console off why don't you add how-to take out the bulbs for the AC, air circulation, and defroster buttons. And you can also get to the cigerettle lighter bulb with the console off.

hey stylin, i never did figure out how to take those appart, can u give me more details so i can post that up too

Achint

it'll be easier to explain with pics, so i'll try to get that for you. it's pretty easy.

thanx that would be greatly appreciated

here you go achint, i gave a breif description with the pics, feel free to elaborate if you want. And i noticed you had a manual tranny, so i've got pics for us guys with auto tranny's. If you've got any questions, ask.

for the cigerette lighter bulb, unplug the bulb harness & 1/4 turn on the buld to remove it


pic of the bulb


for the defroster button bulb, while you wedge the tab down push from the front of the button (towards you) and it should slide out


1/4 turn and then wedge out the bulb


thats the bulb removed


thats the AC and air circulation button bulbs


1/4 turn and wedge out bulb


AC and air circulation button bulbs (they're red, not orange like the pic shows)


unscrew to slide shift knob up enough to make getting to the bulb easier


4 tabs holding the chrome surround on


there is the bulb ( i just removed the green condom. didn't paint the bulb)


painted the back of the plastic piece with the "PRND2L" (instead of bulb, cause i didn't want all the letters red)


front of that plastic piece (the line beside the "PD2L" done by scratching off the white coating on the back with a knife b4 painting)

Re: Interior Lights DIY Here ya go guys and girls

Don't use the flat-head screw driver to pry out the center console...it will scratch the area surrounding the console.

ROFLMAO, did u scratch yours, i said use it and usually you are supposed to be gentel with it

no i didnt :!: ... there is another way to pull it out. Stick your finger in where you removed the knob from... and pull it out

oh i see, yeah that works too but i got big hands and there is not enough room in there to pull it out for me. plus you gotta pull real hard too so i just did the screw driver instead. i used a very fine one to do it, but good looking out

Stylin,

Thanks for your pictures first. Did you also paint the bulbs or you replaced them with new bulbs? How hard is it to install LEDs?

Darren

hey,

did you photoshop your corners? If not, what kind of blubs did you use? Where did you buy em?

Thanks.

yeah he painted his bulbs too. its not too hard to replace with LED's but it will take some time, cuz you have to get to the power source for each of the bulbs, add resistors so the LED's dont blow out and then add the LED's to the whole system. this is the easiest and simplest quick fix for the whole deal

hey darren, I painted my bulbs with some glass paint. I actually just dipped the bulbs in the paint instead of brushing it on.

And nomes, my car is still in stock form (except the console lights). the pic in my sig. is completely photoshoped.

cool DIY

hey stylin, i did the lights on the switches too, looks much better

i'm waiting for someone to change the lights on the stock cd player. I wanna get to that soon. (sucks not to have money for a nice aftermarket deck). The cheap ones are sh*t and the nice one are to expensive.

I will be doing that soon

Woah...very well done DIY 2003C-RollaCEl and stylin. That was a very sleek and clean DIY 8)

thanx

Maybe Ill go do the sterio right now. I got nothing better to do like mabey .....work!

Ill let you know tonight if I get it done or not.

sweet, i'll try it if its the bulbs, make sure to include a lot of detail to make it easier

well, good news and bad news time.

The whole inside is lighting up with about 30 tiny LED's. there is about 15 - 20 of them directky behind the main display. then one for each button, and 2 for the part around each dial. They are the low profile style and will most likely be $2 - $3 per light.

I rate this mod as

NOT WORTH IT!!


The good news..........?



I was feeling finda distructive when I pulled the face of the deck and figured since my "stained glass" paint is "non conductive" a few coats of that over the whole circuit board should do SOMETHING!? right?? well I'll let you know when the paint dries. I painted the whole front side of it. If it doesnt work I can always get a cheap deck for around $100 - $150. Worst case scenario is that the lights are a pukey green/blue color, and I dont like it. But I didnt like the green anyway. We'll see how it goes in about 30 minutes after I get it all back together.

Got it all in and done. I cant tell what color I have now for the radio. Its too light out. It looks like it might be more of a whitish color. But its hard to tell right now. I will try and see tonight then take some pics if I can. I think it may be worth it.

Thanx for the laugh, and for trying the deck first. I can't wait to see the pics.

thanx cant wait to see the pics. and is there really that many LED's in there. are they soldered in or can they be replaced. i would absolutely willing to replace them if they are replacable