LED Dash conversion

[Justin BBP]

Still want mine done but no one local to me

 

[Browny]

I tried and can't get the any of the smd's to light. Any advice would be amazing cause I can't drive at night now!!

 

[inpassing]

what my 1 looks like

here is them at night, looks much better

 

[MWright]

I tried and can't get the any of the smd's to light. Any advice would be amazing cause I can't drive at night now!!

Hoping that you noted the notches in the corner from the old SMD

If so then try tinning both the PCB then the leg of the SMD then it's a much easier joint to solder so not much heat is excessive on either part.

Try after soldering each SMD to check by either attaching it to your car or to apply 12v over certain pins.

Plus did you order the correct PLCC 2 SMDs?

 

[Browny]

I have the lock doors and heated rear window working, but the speedo is all dark, manual climate is all puffed out, the window buttons on the drivers side are dark and dont even work, the passenger is half lit and doesnt work, the ESP one is lit and working, cruse control is dark.. i actually give up. only had the car a few days and its the first thing ive tried. FML, majorly sick and wish i never f**king started!!!

 

[JHead]

i know that somebody who knows what they're talking about is somewhere on this thread.. so could you tell me if you can change the colour of the clock bit (centre of dash) as well? same process??

 

[MWright]

i know that somebody who knows what they're talking about is somewhere on this thread.. so could you tell me if you can change the colour of the clock bit (centre of dash) as well? same process??

Yea you can if you two plugs at the back you can replace the bulbs but will need to remove the filter or sand down the orange filter so it should diffuse the light better.

The bulbs are T5 wedge capleas bulbs aka dashboard leds plus your best getting a wide angle led to diffuse it better again.

But if you have 1 plug you'll have to replace the smds on a board these are plcc 4.

Hope that helps you

 

[MWright]

I have the lock doors and heated rear window working, but the speedo is all dark, manual climate is all puffed out, the window buttons on the drivers side are dark and dont even work, the passenger is half lit and doesnt work, the ESP one is lit and working, cruse control is dark.. i actually give up. only had the car a few days and its the first thing ive tried. FML, majorly sick and wish i never f**king started!!!

If you have a multi meter put it in continuity test and bridge across the smds n bear in mind some of the smd will be run in parallel and series so may appear dimmer hope it'll help you find the issue

 

[Dr HMS Derv Destroyer]

would also add, to much heat will kill a smd led. done it so many times but lesson learnt. best way to do the intrument cluster is take one by one off, note-ing the correct polarity path, -led+ or +led-

9 volt battery and some crock clip wires ( two pieces of wire will do ) and check which way round the new smds are, then place them exactly on the intrument cluster as the old ones came off in polarity wise.

as thingy said above aswell, bit of solder on the contacting surfaces will help bond the smds better with far less ' heat exposure '

 

[Tigger]

Get Jaffa182 on here , if he still does them!

 

[MWright]

would also add, to much heat will kill a smd led. done it so many times but lesson learnt. best way to do the intrument cluster is take one by one off, note-ing the correct polarity path, -led+ or +led-

9 volt battery and some crock clip wires ( two pieces of wire will do ) and check which way round the new smds are, then place them exactly on the intrument cluster as the old ones came off in polarity wise.

as thingy said above aswell, bit of solder on the contacting surfaces will help bond the smds better with far less ' heat exposure '

Holla

 

[Dr HMS Derv Destroyer]

Holla

hi? :S

 

[MWright]

hi? :S

Holla as in, what he said

Hi

 

[Dr HMS Derv Destroyer]

Holla as in, what he said

Hi

haha ooops, sorry my bad

 

[anthonymayow]

would love this in my clio, if anyone is willing to do this for some cash that has the equipment, ill buy the led's and drive to you. easy money

 

[McGherkin]

Why am I not subscribed to this thread yet? Submotherfuckingscribed.

Has anyone just had their dials done in white, with red redline?

 

[MWright]

Has anyone just had their dials done in white, with red redline?

 

[McGherkin]

I need to lock my money away otherwise it'll go galloping off into the sunset.

 

[MWright]

Give it a bash yourself I'm sure you can do it or find a spare set of dials then have a go.

 

[McGherkin]

I'm tempted to do it to a spare set of dials but I need to find a set with 106k on them!

 

[MWright]

I've got some with 98k think they're ph2 non-sport, and to find some with that mileage would be easy I reckon

 

[@Spoonie]

here is them at night, looks much better

Ruined

 

[Ezra-RS]

Is it possible to have the dials in one color, say blue, and the needle in another color (red)?

 

[MWright]

You can use filter paper behind the dials and somehow create a filter for the dials. I'd put white LEDs in then colours will be the same as of the filters.

But the LEDs light the whole cluster so you can't apply different colour LEDs for the dials and the needles.

So as above filters are your only way.

 

[Ezra-RS]

What kind f filter paper would that be? Thanks for your answer btw!

 

[k_Leo]

Honestly isn't that hard, a steady hand and a decent temp controlled soldering iron is all you need.. Mine took about 1hour to do, say 1 and half with dash out and dash back in..

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Is it possible to have the gauge in one color and the needle on another ?

 

[McGherkin]

You bumped a 6 year old thread to ask the exact question which was answered in the 3 previous posts to yours.

 

[k_Leo]

You bumped a 6 year old thread to ask the exact question which was answered in the 3 previous posts to yours.

LMAO But you used a filter ?

 

[McGherkin]

I left it stock, as the needles have a red backing to them, but you could scrape that off and put a circle of filter sheet around the motors, or in fact you could paint the backs of the needles a different colour, if you were lighting everything with white LEDs.

 

[k_Leo]

I left it stock, as the needles have a red backing to them, but you could scrape that off and put a circle of filter sheet around the motors, or in fact you could paint the backs of the needles a different colour, if you were lighting everything with white LEDs.

Do you have a photo of yours , and you used white or blue lights ?

 

[McGherkin]

All white. If you want to use different colours then you'll probably have to use all white LEDs and then filter everything, as for example blue LEDs with a red filter will block all light.

 

[k_Leo]

All white. If you want to use different colours then you'll probably have to use all white LEDs and then filter everything, as for example blue LEDs with a red filter will block all light.
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You only changed the dash lights or also lock button etc ?

 

[McGherkin]

Only the dash.

 

[k_Leo]

Only the dash.

Thanks

 

[k_Leo]

Only the dash.

Did you used white plcc on the lcd ?

And do you have any sport parts to sell ?