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 Post subject: Re: Blue LED conversion question
Posted: Thu Feb 25, 2010 9:10 pm 
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{USERNAME} wrote:
And you just lay it between the LCD panel and the plastic?

you have to completly remove the white rectangle bit(looking inside from the back of the unit, as elf100capri says)behind the odo.
throw it away. swap the original bulb for a blue one, or put a blue cover over a clear bulb.
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 Post subject: Re: Blue LED conversion question
Posted: Thu Feb 25, 2010 10:26 pm 
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Ok thanks for the help
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 Post subject: Re: Blue LED conversion question
Posted: Thu Feb 25, 2010 11:00 pm 
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the odometer needs the filter or paper to spread the led light out, (haze the led with 320 sandpaper too) otherwise the light will be brighter in the centre of the lcd

have a look here too
ford-interior-f14/pics-of-blue-led-dash-el-falcon-t78185.html?hilit=led dash
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 Post subject: Re: Blue LED conversion question
Posted: Fri Feb 26, 2010 12:36 am 
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{USERNAME} wrote:
the odometer needs the filter or paper to spread the led light out, (haze the led with 320 sandpaper too) otherwise the light will be brighter in the centre of the lcd

have a look here too
ford-interior-f14/pics-of-blue-led-dash-el-falcon-t78185.html?hilit=led dash

cool. cheers.. i thought it mite be something like that...i have those 3-in-1 led bulbs so hoping they'll get the spread without sanding...bit fiddly! hopefully done this weekend or next at he latest so will post some picks here if it works ok..
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 Post subject: Re: Blue LED conversion question
Posted: Fri Feb 26, 2010 5:15 pm 
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Just put the blue bulb in it. It looks mint.. might sand the top of the bulb a little cause its a lil brighter in the middle but not enough to worry me
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 Post subject: Re: Blue LED conversion question
Posted: Fri Feb 26, 2010 6:38 pm 
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{USERNAME} wrote:
Just put the blue bulb in it. It looks mint.. might sand the top of the bulb a little cause its a lil brighter in the middle but not enough to worry me

the one your your odo? what you end up using as a filter..?
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 Post subject: Re: Blue LED conversion question
Posted: Fri Feb 26, 2010 7:14 pm 
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I just used i bit of 3 ply tissue paper
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 Post subject: Re: Blue LED conversion question
Posted: Fri Feb 26, 2010 7:52 pm 
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{USERNAME} wrote:
I just used i bit of 3 ply tissue paper

cool. will give that a go.
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 Post subject: Re: Blue LED conversion question
Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2010 9:39 pm 
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So...can anyone tell me how to take the aircon module out so that i can change the globes that are soldered in? haha
thanks
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 Post subject: Re: Blue LED conversion question
Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2010 9:48 pm 
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{USERNAME} wrote:
So...can anyone tell me how to take the aircon module out so that i can change the globes that are soldered in? haha
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 Post subject: Re: Blue LED conversion question
Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2010 10:07 pm 
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Yeah...thanks.

How do i get it out of the dash? I unplugged 2 plugs, but theres still a bit yellow connector thing attached...how does that come off
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 Post subject: Re: Blue LED conversion question
Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2010 11:02 pm 
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{USERNAME} wrote:
Yeah...thanks.

How do i get it out of the dash? I unplugged 2 plugs, but theres still a bit yellow connector thing attached...how does that come off


sorry kinda hijacked your thread..i'll be pulling everything out of my dash tomorrow(if it doesn't rain too much...i got no cover.)
if i can do my aircon, i'll let you know.
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