alex_00s

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I've got a 2003 JDM STI with red dash cluster and all the red Defi's going on and have seen a face lift centre console as per late Blobs and Hawks with red illuminations.

Most of the time I've seen them with green, but with the red was this an actual thing brought out for a specific model or did I just see someone that's modified the green to become red??

alex_00s

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Thank you Mattybr5 for clarifying... all green from factory.

I'll need to do a bulb swap as and when

Samwise

If you find a guide on how to do this please link it here thinking of doing the same soon

B9SLJ

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Have a look at this video to make ur heater controls red

Cpt Jack Sparrow

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Awesome link B9SLJ

I now have a bank holiday project

Cpt Jack Sparrow

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Can any electronics wizzards confirm the LEDs and Resistors he's using

Cpt Jack Sparrow

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Strike that..... Found them, and they are on their way....

fat-thomas

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i did this some years ago with my blob i just resoldered some red leds in place of the green ones if i recall.
no issues at all and was still working fine when the car was sold.

Cpt Jack Sparrow

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I thought about that, did you use the little flat LED's ?

fat-thomas

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i quite honestly cant remember now it was that long ago.
its pretty simple to do and worked fine.

Cpt Jack Sparrow

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No worries

Compared to most job on the Hawk this looks a simple one..

MATT93

What resistors / LED's did you get / need? Just thinking, might be handy incase anyone else is looking in the future

Cpt Jack Sparrow

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Ok so I have started this already and will post progress on here to help others that may wish to also attempt the mod

First off I ordered 10 of these on eBay, they were delivered 20hrs after purchase

Resistors are already wired in as needed

Cpt Jack Sparrow

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so for comparison, here is the before shot

Cpt Jack Sparrow

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And the HVAC controls out of the car

Cpt Jack Sparrow

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HVAC stripped, watch the video, it makes it very simple to do

Cpt Jack Sparrow

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on the video he uses 3 LED's the ones I ordered are flat ended which gives a wide spread of light, also ultra bright 12V this is with just 1 LED as a test, going to try a second in these to see if it is any more RED as it is still shining through the green plastic filter

Cpt Jack Sparrow

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DONE!! very simple job, just a little fiddly at times.

fat-thomas

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Top job!!!
Looks much better

ZANY

Excellent job captain

Cpt Jack Sparrow

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Thanks guys, quietly chuffed with this mod...

rich__88

hi pal,

I've been wanting to do this to my car since i got it. Would you mind dropping in a link for the LEDs you used?

Is there any tips you'd reccomend after doing this yourself, or is the video pretty spot on?

Cheers

Cpt Jack Sparrow

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Hi matey

The video is pretty much spot on, I only used 1 LED per dial not 3, and a small dot of super glue to hold in place.

These are the LED's

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/5mm-Pre-Wi...KO5x5gOjxyEq8A

rich__88

Thank you very much!

TurboAndy

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Looks spot on mate. Looks like I'll be doing this next time I have some time off.

Did you try it with 2 LEDS and was there any difference?

Andy.

Cpt Jack Sparrow

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Hi,

No I didn't bother with two, after a bit of playing around with the location of one it looked OK, so went with one.

A lot less faff with wires too....

TurboAndy

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Jolly good I've ordered a set of those LEDS today.

Cpt Jack Sparrow

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final piece of the puzzle completed

THIS



TO THIS

B9SLJ

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I Did this mod too, looks good with the clocks etc all being the same 👍🏻

CharlySkunkWeed

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