Steering Wheel Audio Controls

[LE05]

does anyone know if the lighting for the gen 5.5 4 spoke steering wheel audio controls are LED based or incandescent based? I want to switch the lighting to a different color as well as go a little brighter.

[LE05]

bump, anyone?

[xpeed]

It isn't LED for sure, not really sure what it's used.

[LE05]

so I finally got around to removing the audio control and opening them up... turns out the lighting is indeed SMT LEDs. There are 3 of them... one for each "block" of controls. I ordered 3 of these:
http://www.eled.com/product.asp?cata...id=EA3528PBC-J
and will do a DIY in a couple of weeks if anyone is interested.

[xpeed]

Oh well, guess I was wrong.

[drunken_panda]

I'm interested ...

[arcimpulse]

im interested as well, the default lime green led looks pale, needs to be brigther

[i 1a 05 Camry]

Hope you are successful. I would love to change mine as well..

[LE05]

when i took the audio controls out, it was actually relatively easy. took about 15 min to get the assembly out and apart. seems like there's quite a bit of interest in a DIY, so look forward to it in a couple of weeks! got a couple papers and exams to finish first...

[05CamryGuy]

Originally Posted by LE05

when i took the audio controls out, it was actually relatively easy. took about 15 min to get the assembly out and apart. seems like there's quite a bit of interest in a DIY, so look forward to it in a couple of weeks! got a couple papers and exams to finish first...

How did you take the controls apart? Can you post some instructions? I'd like to try removing mine too but a bit afraid to break anything. I want to change mine to a brighter color on both sides of the wheel.

[LE05]

i'll be posting a DIY in a week or two, bit busy with college at the moment. I think pictures would help a lot more than text instructions anyway