New gauges/head unit (installation pics of HU too)

[CrawlingEye]

I just got back from my father's a couple hours ago and installed my Blaupunkt Monte Carlo.
The night before (some of you may know) I did my white gauges.

Here's the quasi-DIY of a headunit in a gen3:

1) Remove old headunit and disconnect old wiring harness:




2) Install new headunit in brackets with new tray:




3) Match wires on wiring harness and player harness and solder them together:





4) Heatshrink the exposed wire:




5) Tape/tie sections of wires together so they won't be pulled during installation and so the connections won't come loose over time:




6) Install headunit back into car:




7) Fit the U piece back in and enjoy:







Here's a nice shot of the entire interior with the flash off too:



I'm still waiting on the #74 LEDs so I won't have the greenish 140mph section.

[CrawlingEye]

thanks, they came out well, aside from the LED's I don't have (the 74's).
I ordered the 74's last night so hopefully midweek they'll be here and in.

[felkajamine]

dude, your gauges look awesome, me likey

[felkajamine]

hey, i've also noticed how you have lights on your dials for like your ac controls and stuff, i don't seem to have those lit up when dirving, how do you turn those on, or i guess the question might be, how to fix them, cause mine are apparently not active, i hate fiddling around with those dials at night, i cant see crap.

[CrawlingEye]

yup, they should light up. the bulbs are replaceable, IIRC.
I think they're 74 bulbs. I plan to redo them with LED's and use video photography filters sliced up in red and blue to convert them to white, and once I get a working clock I plan to do the same with that. It should get me an entirely white dash/console.

[prnc_chrmng]

looks good dude, those are just the stock gauges with the bulbs replaced right? sorry about asking stupid questiions, im a little hung over....

[Knailgun]

looks good, reminds me of my old CD player in my car...loved that blue and red bit...always a whoa.

[DAMON]

looks awesome man, im loving the white

[Stealth]

You should flush mount the stereo. Just drill holes into the mounting bracket.

[CrawlingEye]

Originally Posted by Stealth

You should flush mount the stereo. Just drill holes into the mounting bracket.

elaborate.

[whocares04]

what 194/168 LEDs did u use, like inverted ones or those bulbs that have a cluster of like 4 LEDs on them or what? do u have a link where u got them?

[CrawlingEye]

If you check my previous thread about my LED's, you'll notice.
I got them from superbrightleds.com and they're 5 LED "wide angle" 194's.

[whocares04]

thankkkkkk you! awesome job BTW

[YESCA]

Looks great! Good job

[whocares04]

hey crawling, i just went to that site and they don't have any white, did u buy all they're stock of white LEDs?

*there's also another LED site: autolumination.com (no www.)