A running preview of my blue leds

dAsh · Post by **dAsh** » Thu May 29, 2003 11:18 pm

Hi all, just thought I'd show you a quick look at my blue led project.
The centre pod guages are just sitting roughly in place at the moment, not held in by the pod surround.
I started this after work 2 days ago, and only get an hour or 2 each day to play.
Bear in mind I didnt set my camera up for night shots, so as a result you can see the shape of the leds through the screens (this cannot be seen by the eye and is a result of the camera not being set right)
In this shot they also look a bit 'patchy' this is also due to the camera, in reality the are full, even and much bluer than the camera suggests (one day I'll figure out the settings on that camera!)
Hoping to get some plain white dials with either blue or red numbers on them.
Also had a thought that maybe the aircon ecu may look nicer with a contrasting red led?
Any thoughts?
http://www.users.on.net/dash/lites.JPG

G1 · Post by G1 » Thu May 29, 2003 11:31 pm

hey whats the LED i need and how many do i need to do the aircon ecu like yours??

GPXXX · Post by **GPXXX** » Thu May 29, 2003 11:33 pm

looks brilliant mate.... is this your own DYI project?? wouldn't mind having one on mine either...

It'll look sick on the temp. knob surrounds and button leds!

jiba1 · Post by **jiba1** » Thu May 29, 2003 11:43 pm

check all led's on my fto under picture gallery-members cars-jiba1

dAsh · Post by **dAsh** » Thu May 29, 2003 11:43 pm

yeah, she's my own project, I saw someones pic on the web once and thought they looks the mutts nuts, so I got around to figuring out what I needed to do, I'll post some good pics when I've finished it up (hopefully on the weekend)
G1, just go to jaycars website and check out all the leds there, if enough people want, I'll post a 'how to' after I'm finished.
Unless you know a little about electronics, don't just go out and buy leds as you'll get a bit of a surprise when you try them on your lighting circuit and blow the shitter out of them

You'll need resistors etc, and a nice steady soldering hand!.

Edit: Nice work jiba, what dials are they?

GPXXX · Post by **GPXXX** » Fri May 30, 2003 3:36 am

yeh Dash, i'm interested in the blue LEDS for my console controls...

are you in melbourne?

dAsh · Post by **dAsh** » Fri May 30, 2003 9:04 am

Yep, in Ascot Vale.

FTO2sxy · Post by **FTO2sxy** » Fri May 30, 2003 9:02 pm

HEY WHERE CAN I GET THESE BLUE LIGHT SJUST FOR THE CENTRE CONSOLE?????

dAsh · Post by **dAsh** » Fri May 30, 2003 9:11 pm

FTO2sxy wrote:HEY WHERE CAN I GET THESE BLUE LIGHT SJUST FOR THE CENTRE CONSOLE?????

Which part of the centre console FTO?
I have 2 leds in the clock, 2 in the voltmeter, 4 in total in the aircon ecu, 2 general illum and 2 inside the actual ecu (which I changed tonight to red, and boy does it look fantastic!), one in the ciggy, one in the ash and by tomorrow night I should have changed the lighting on the tiptronic shift.
Cheers, Darren.

SilentBob · Post by **SilentBob** » Fri May 30, 2003 11:51 pm

Very interested to find out whats involved in doing such a conversion...that definatly does look impressive

SilentBob

GPXXX · Post by **GPXXX** » Sun Jan 11, 2004 2:30 pm

sorry to dig this up from the grave but I'm really keen on this mod... Reckon u could give us a hand with it dude?

I'll even pay you to do it for me, hehehe...

dAsh · Post by **dAsh** » Sun Jan 11, 2004 3:34 pm

Christ mikey, digging up a ghost from the past!
What are you looking at getting done?

GPXXX · Post by **GPXXX** » Sun Jan 11, 2004 4:11 pm

i really liked your blue LED project hehehe... was hoping to get it done soon if possible.

dAsh · Post by **dAsh** » Sun Jan 11, 2004 4:27 pm

Well, Ive added you to my msn, but you're not online or havent ok'd it yet.

G_A_V · Post by **G_A_V** » Sun Jan 11, 2004 8:37 pm

yeah they look nice, if you could just tell us the parts u used and whereu got them id help out wiht a how to, Also I was looking at doing some of my dash a silver similar to yours, do you have the paint code ?? I need it sort of urgent if possible, getting some repair wokr done and a new bumper put on so i wanna get it done the same time

fto12345 · Post by **fto12345** » Mon Jan 12, 2004 12:28 pm

It seems like it's just me but the link doesn't work for me?

Any one else have this problem?

Thanks,

Adriano · Post by **Adriano** » Mon Jan 12, 2004 12:58 pm

i did mine a couple of months ago but in red LED..
i used ZD1790 (20,000mcd's in brightness) LED available from jcars for 4$ each, this is their brightest LED but i dont know whether dAsh used a brighter one than 20,000 mcds... i think i used a 220ohm resistor/LED..
it looks okay, but i'd like it brighter... and i get an uneven level of brightness across the dash...
the centre console worked okay, its pretty bright, but the lcd panel for A/C, i get 2 bright spots directly where the LEDs are. dAsh do you know how i can fix this?
the lcd panel can be read at night, but very hard during the day because of the LED brightness..
i also stuffed up my clock in the process, i think i short circuited it and now its not working

but that was my fault offcourse..

Raven · Post by **Raven** » Mon Jan 12, 2004 1:57 pm

your not the only one who cant see them, and by the sounds of it they are really cool. damn

ruchi · Post by **ruchi** » Mon Jan 12, 2004 2:08 pm

G_A_V · Post by **G_A_V** » Mon Jan 12, 2004 2:08 pm