Love me (ignition ring DIY! + pics)

[CrawlingEye]

1) Remove bottom dash cover






2) Lie down on your back (push seat all the way back and steering wheel up) and locate the ignition cylinder with a flashlight and find the wire that connects the bulb, I've highlighted it here:






3) Once you've located the harness, gently pull the harness out (it doesn't twists, just pulls) and remove the bulb (it's a socketed 74 that slides right out):






4) You'll compare the bulbs and notice the LED isn't as round as the old halogen:





5) You'll now use a dremel on low-rpm and a sanding disc to modify the LED's base to be smooth and now slide completely in the socket (securely). What you should get when your done is something that looks like this:





and wah-la, you simply reinstall the bulb, put the trim pieces back on and presto, you're done.


Here's some pics of my entire interior for you guys to see what's possible. I should mention that once I get a working clock that will be converted to white as well.










Total list:

White LED___
-Gauges
-Ignition ring
-Cigarette ring
-Climate controls
-Shifter base

and the orange ECT button

[BlueFusion6851]

Damn!
maybe when i dont have a life this summer i'll do that... any REALLY difficult things you'd need to get/use?

[CrawlingEye]

Originally Posted by bluefusion6851

Damn!
maybe when i dont have a life this summer i'll do that... any REALLY difficult things you'd need to get/use?

If you have a soldering iron and a dremel tool with 60/40 resin-core you can easily do your entire interior, that's all I really needed.

[Jagwire]

any way to turn it all RED ???????????????????????????????

[CrawlingEye]

Originally Posted by Jagwire

any way to turn it all RED ???????????????????????????????

use red LED's/bulbs instead.

[Jagwire]

WHOOTTT>>. do they make em and where can i buy em. ???... didnt know they had red

[CrawlingEye]

http://www.superbrightleds.com

I ordered 8 74 LED's and 6 194/168 LED's.

I have extras left, but the upside is that I had ruined a couple in modifying so the extras came in quite handy.

[warlock]

[amerikim]

Hmmm, yet another green condom...when will it end?

[DAMON]

looking good man

[ripley's99]

looks as clean and nice as always mark great work

Keri

[Eye8Pussies]

looks nice

only question is this tho: how bright is it at night? is it blindlingly bright?

[CrawlingEye]

Originally Posted by Eye8Pussies

looks nice

only question is this tho: how bright is it at night? is it blindlingly bright?

The climate controls are a bit dimmer than the gauges, but that's because it's 4 194's and a 74 in comparison to 1 74 bulb (which does in fact cover all 3 of the climate control knobs).

The new lighting scheme is still adjustable with the stock dimmer so you can dim it to taste. I personally leave it cranked just because I like things to be very easily readable.

It's a bit brighter than stock but nothing blinding.

[coolchu001]

nice touch to the ignition!

[whocares04]

i did my gauges in the green LEDs just to be different and it looks awesome, bright, but not blinding, althou sometimes i can't stop looking at my dash because the LEDs are real green, not greenish/yellow...will post pics when i can...

thanks mark for the excellent DIY and helping me out!!!