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Well i finally got rid of the 'short circuit' double din head unit and bought myself a new one. I thought i would do the LED conversion to match the new stereo more. I also added a little pocket below with some LEDs.

 

Unfortunately my AC buttons are old and dirty :( so it doesn't shine the nice clear white like the temp and fan knobs - its slightly discoloured, but still much better than before, some didn't even light up before anyway.

 

I still need to do the buttons at the bottom (slip, spoiler) and the odo. I was hoping my dials were going to come out white as well but they have more of a blueish tint to them, again still better than before.

 

The pictures, obviously look really bright on here but there not:

 

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And i just found the fan thingy on my desk that stops the light shining through to light up the inidicator mark :rolleyes:

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Cheers guys.

 

I found it very fiddly and time consuming. I was getting more used to doing it at the end but it isn't really neat and tidy like some of the guides i've seen!

 

I didn't do the indication LEDs because i was running out of LEDs, but they are fairly straight forward.

 

I just looked at a photo i took of it and it doesn't look too messy:

 

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For anyone wanting to do it there are a few good guides:

 

Hecklers:

 

http://www.internetwork.org.uk/led/led.htm

 

Supraforums:

 

http://www.supraforums.com/forum/showthread.php?t=388487

 

Australian forum:

 

http://www.supraforums.com.au/forum/showthread.php?t=33283

 

I just modified the bulb holders rather than soldering direct to the board so that i can change it back to bulbs if anything goes wrong :blink:

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