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changing the rev & speed colours

PostPosted: Thu Jul 07, 2011 12:43 am
by IM HOOD
does anyone know if its possible to change the colours in the speedo and rev
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this is just an example of one but can you change the red to blue for example?

Re: changing the rev & speed colours

PostPosted: Thu Jul 07, 2011 1:09 am
by Arith
With a lot of work and effort you could. I've seen some of the Japanese LED magazines at Phat's house and they can change just about anything.

Re: changing the rev & speed colours

PostPosted: Thu Jul 07, 2011 1:34 am
by IM HOOD
yeah already spoke to phat, he said alot of japs do it and it CAN be done..... but never heard of anyone doing it here thinking i might give it a go if i get the right info!

Re: changing the rev & speed colours

PostPosted: Thu Jul 07, 2011 2:24 am
by Arith
Good luck! I have thought about it once or twice, but the effort wasn't worth it for me. The dials are colourful and bright enough it wasn't necessary. Plus, in my past experience I've had ripping out that area, it tends to creak afterwards so I don't like touching the dash area.

Re: changing the rev & speed colours

PostPosted: Thu Jul 07, 2011 3:49 am
by bates91
interesting...keep us posted

Re: changing the rev & speed colours

PostPosted: Thu Jul 07, 2011 6:08 am
by Maj3sticCr0w
Not sure if having blue led shining in your face while driving is the smartest idea, think its red to not interfere with night vision. Would still like to see pics if u do it tho

Re: changing the rev & speed colours

PostPosted: Thu Jul 07, 2011 7:02 am
by garbo41610
I would have to agree. The reason a lot of those "miner" type headlamps have a red light in them as well as the normal LED's is for reading maps at night.

When I remade the trim on the tailgate of my Sherpa I put an LED strip at the bottom hooked up to the taillight circuit. I am now regretting it because I can't see anything out of the rear windows when I am reversing. he 5% tints on the back three windows doesn't help either haha.

Re: changing the rev & speed colours

PostPosted: Thu Jul 07, 2011 10:43 am
by IM HOOD
ok i appreciate your concern on the colour, but i was just using blue as an example.
lets try keep it the topic of can it be done and if so HOW?
cheers

Re: changing the rev & speed colours

PostPosted: Thu Jul 07, 2011 10:45 am
by jdm rsk
i dont think it is to hard. my gen 3 had a similar dash and i changed the rings to blue using leds.

Re: changing the rev & speed colours

PostPosted: Thu Jul 07, 2011 11:10 am
by libsti
kieren may know how to do it.

Re: changing the rev & speed colours

PostPosted: Thu Jul 07, 2011 12:23 pm
by IM HOOD
libsti wrote:kieren may know how to do it.

LOL +1

Re: changing the rev & speed colours

PostPosted: Thu Jul 07, 2011 6:17 pm
by Kekotic
IM HOOD wrote:
libsti wrote:kieren may know how to do it.

LOL +1


He was actually being serious by the way, I do lots of lighting mods.
But I have always liked the illumination with the dash, so I have no plans to change it.

Best of luck with it though, should come out great.

Also ask Leo about the key barrel LED, he said he was looking in to changing those?

Re: changing the rev & speed colours

PostPosted: Thu Jul 07, 2011 6:20 pm
by IM HOOD
i would really like to see if anyone has done it...
the creaking sounds a bit daunting, maybe its a waste of time
i guess its fair to say there is not manual on how to do it?

Re: changing the rev & speed colours

PostPosted: Thu Jul 07, 2011 6:36 pm
by Kekotic
IM HOOD wrote:i would really like to see if anyone has done it...
the creaking sounds a bit daunting, maybe its a waste of time
i guess its fair to say there is not manual on how to do it?


If you can find someone who specialises in that sort of stuff it should be fairly easy to get done, just need someone who is competent in opening up the dash without completely fucking something up.
PHAT might be able to do it?

Would love to see how it goes.

Re: changing the rev & speed colours

PostPosted: Thu Jul 07, 2011 7:20 pm
by seanmau5
chaotic2050 wrote:
IM HOOD wrote:
libsti wrote:kieren may know how to do it.

LOL +1


He was actually being serious by the way, I do lots of lighting mods.
But I have always liked the illumination with the dash, so I have no plans to change it.

Best of luck with it though, should come out great.

Also ask Leo about the key barrel LED, he said he was looking in to changing those?


I mentioned the barrel light to Leo in his internal LED thread.. No response as of yet. Also got him working on angel eyes too - next mod :)