I want to change the lighting of my instrument cluster from the normal blue color to red. I dont want to change the whole cluster though, just the part that makes the blue color. Is this done by blue lighting or is there some kind of blue fil under there that does the effect? I also want to do this with my A/C buttons. Is it the same for both or are the buttons different? Has anyone here done this before and if so, how did it turn out?

 

I have a 4th gen Accord and in the back is three twist-out bulbs. Each one has a blue rubber cap on it and are easily removable. Go to your local handy-dandy tuner shop and get the rubber caps for the wedge bulbs. They come in many colors. Put the red or orange ones where the blue ones were and reinstall your instrument cluster. It looks just like BMW lighting.

As far as your AC panel, good luck. I have a spare AC panel and I just took it apart to see whats in it. It has two small bulbs that twist out of the back. These will have to be done with a red or orange Sharpie. The problem is this: on the back of each button is a blue transparent piece that makes each button appear blue when the lights are on. There is also a small bulb for each button (possibly an LED) that is attached to a circuit board. These light light up to which corresponding button is pressed. If you're dying for red AC panels, have fun tearing apart your dash. If you can live with blue, leave it alone and be happy.

 

so all I would have to do is replace the blue transparent peices with red ones? are all the lights in the A/C white?

 

use LEDs

 

all the small lights in the AC are easily replacable with LEDs, except the two main bulbs in the back. Do some searching around HAN and you can find the right combination of LEDs and capacitors to solder in.

Yes you are correct, all you would have to do is replace the blue tranparent pieces with red ones, or color the bulbs and simply take out the blue transparencies.

 

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putting rubber caps on give you a glow that's a muted color in other words, a rd cap will give you a faint pinkish red, a blue cap will give you sort of a teal colo, because you also have to factor in what color the buttons or LCD plate is. LEDs give off a pure light in whatever spectrum they are, so they will light up only that color, and it won't be "kind of red, or kind of blue".

 

Illusion that looks really good, good work, nice and clean and matching

- Nathan

 

Nice lighting illusion! Thats exactly what I want to do with my 90 accord except in red. How did you change the color of your clock?? I already fried one trying to put a red transparent piece in it