[Dyonysis]

Greetings all,

I know it's been done before, but I thought I'd share some pics from my last few nights worth of work. The project was to take this...

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...and replace all the burned out bulbs. I decided to do a LED upgrade a la BBEngineering.com. I started with the Climate Control cluster ('cause I figured it was a cheaper replacement if I screwed up). BBEngineering doesn't show a guide for the polarity of the circuit board, but I managed to wing it. Then I moved on to the cluster as per BBEngineereing, replacing all of the non-LED bulbs with blue 5mm (6000mcd) LEDs except for the High beam (used White 3mm 6000mcd LED). Next, I replaced the illumination bulbs in the heated seat switches with 3mm blue LED. Lastly, I added 3 blue 5mm LEDS under the Shifter Indicator and white LED to indicate the current gear.

In the pics, the cluster and climate modules look purple, but are actually the same blue as the floor shifter indicator.

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Left to do:

Trac Off Switch (in console)
Door Switches (windows and locks)
Dash Switches (Fog, headlight/dome light)
Steering wheel controls ( <--really not looking forward to this)

This post has been edited by Dyonysis: 17 February 2010 - 03:51 AM

[cak387]

Very nice. I was planning on doing the exact same thing but I don't trust myself with it. That and I also need to replace the stepper motor motor for the speedometer. Looks good though and good work.

[mrclean]

ive been wanting to do this, but since the digital speedo is that same green color as ur odometer, i figured it would look bad. but i think ill go for it. not sure what color i want to do. ive got some blue leds, so i may just do that

[zipper778]

That's pretty cool. I can imagine the steering wheel controls will be the hardest.

[Dyonysis]

cak387, on 17 February 2010 - 05:13 AM, said:

Very nice. I was planning on doing the exact same thing but I don't trust myself with it. That and I also need to replace the stepper motor motor for the speedometer. Looks good though and good work.

Actually, it wasn't that tough. The Climate Control cluster is a bit sensitive because the circuit board material is kinda like cardboard and the traces are very easy to damage. The Cluster was actually pretty easy. I can't imagine a stepped motor would be much more difficult.

mrclean, on 17 February 2010 - 05:53 AM, said:

ive been wanting to do this, but since the digital speedo is that same green color as ur odometer, i figured it would look bad. but i think ill go for it. not sure what color i want to do. ive got some blue leds, so i may just do that

Ya, sux you can't change the colour of the odometer panel. Might play with a transparent overlay to colour shift it. Unfortunately, the LEDs are also a slightly different blue then the lighting of my headunit, so my hopes for uniformity across all the lighting are lost.

This post has been edited by Dyonysis: 17 February 2010 - 12:06 PM

[BrOnXxBoMbAz213]

mrclean, on 17 February 2010 - 08:53 AM, said:

ive been wanting to do this, but since the digital speedo is that same green color as ur odometer, i figured it would look bad. but i think ill go for it. not sure what color i want to do. ive got some blue leds, so i may just do that

talk to fatwhite guy... he used LEDs and changed the color of his digital gauges in his impala

[mrclean]

I transparent overlay may work, good idea.

Bronx, know how to get a hold of fatwhiteguy? He hasn't been on in almost two months