Dashboard mod

[geoff5093]

I was getting tired of the ordinary green backlight from the instrument cluster and shifter, so I decided to change them. For the dash, I just took off the green covers, and decided to paint them blue to give a blue tint to it. I also added cathodes to the shifter panel. Heres a quick DIY guide that I made, tell me what you think.





First, locate the two screws above the spedo cluster:


Remove both the screws using a standard philips screwdriver:


Unscrew the two other screws located near the radio:



Carefully pry out the retention clips on the sides:





Disconnect the cables from the back of the dash:



Remove the 4 screws holding the instrument cluster together:



Disconnect the cables from the back of the instrument cluster:


To remove the green "condoms", remove the 4 large bulbs by turning them (and dont forget the two smaller bulbs, which have a blue housing and can be removed by a philips:


Remove the green sleeves:


Also remove the top-most bulb from the shifter display:



Re-install the shifter display, along with the bulbs:







The following pic was taking yesterday with my camera phone, but I had forgotten to replace one of the blue side bulbs, so thats why theres a hint of green on the right. It was also before painting the bulbs blue:

[geoff5093]

Here are some pics from the shifter panel mod:

[MIC0417]

Hey thanks man I was getting around to doing that and this makes it easier.

[midnightmach]

Nice write up, i took my green condoms off too. But i dont see much of a differance on the speedo and tach, still looks yellow.

[ASG14]

Finished all of mine the other day, clickey for video.

Hard to see on video, but the cig and ignition ring are blue, and so is the Climate Control unit, minus the green indicators for them.

You need to either change the covers, or get LEDs to rid the yellow.

[Tuner571]

Nice job, looks really good.

[Venom_5]

i would take the solder off the LEDs and replace them with OLED white ones if you want to paint them blue ... or blue LEDs [but they are sometimes expensive and hard to find]

nice DIY tho

[Axel Kain]

i just yankerd the bulb condoms...leaving me with a nice orange...

[Venom_5]

the only problem i have with my green display is that my receiver is blue with red accents ... which looks bad when everything else is green

[bigbird]

ooh nice, this should be a sticky or put in the general camry discussion.

[geoff5093]

Just got home and took some pics with a much better camera, here they are!

[213solider]

i notice that ur shift indicater is lighting up^^^^ maybe there is no bulb might wanna chk.. anyways it's a nice write up..

[94CoupeV6]

Originally Posted by 213solider

i notice that ur shift indicater *ISN'T* lighting up^^^^ maybe there is no bulb might wanna chk.. anyways it's a nice write up..

[geoff5093]

Originally Posted by 213solider

i notice that ur shift indicater is lighting up^^^^ maybe there is no bulb might wanna chk.. anyways it's a nice write up..

I noticed that to, actually when I was taking the bulb out it fell on the tar so im guessing its blown. I'll have to pick one up.

[geoff5093]

Hijacking my own thread here, but does anyone know the type of bulb that the instrument panel used? Im thinking about buying some LED's to replace the stock bulbs.