Notices

5th Gen Blue LED Conversion

Thread Tools
 
Old Jun 4, 2003 | 03:36 AM
  #1  
Funkwheat's Avatar
Funkwheat
Thread Starter
Senior Member
 
Joined: Apr 2003
Posts: 152
Likes: 0
From: North Kingstown, RI
Default 5th Gen Blue LED Conversion

Has anyone done this to a 5th Gen Accord? I did a search and didn't find any pictues of a 5th gen Accord with blue LEDs, and I wanna do that shit. Post pics if you have 'em.
Reply
Old Jun 4, 2003 | 12:55 PM
  #2  
nizmugen's Avatar
nizmugen
Senior Member
 
Joined: Jun 2002
Posts: 1,053
Likes: 0
From: San Diego, CA
Default

one of the LED's i picked up was the wrong one...you can see in the pic (not that noticeable in real life). i basically turned all the green ones to blue and the yellow to red.
Attached Images
File Type: jpg
led_lights.jpg (18.7 KB, 402 views)
Reply
Old Jun 4, 2003 | 05:42 PM
  #3  
Funkwheat's Avatar
Funkwheat
Thread Starter
Senior Member
 
Joined: Apr 2003
Posts: 152
Likes: 0
From: North Kingstown, RI
Default

That's pretty cool.. Isn't too hard to do is it? Also, isn't it possible to do that with like the gauges and shit?
Reply
Old Jun 4, 2003 | 06:50 PM
  #4  
nizmugen's Avatar
nizmugen
Senior Member
 
Joined: Jun 2002
Posts: 1,053
Likes: 0
From: San Diego, CA
Default

it was probably the hardest mod i've done. takes a lot of patience and soldering skills. the gauges, say the fan and temp ones for example, don't have green bulbs but rather they shine through a green strip.

easier to do on the 6th gens...i haven't seen pics of people doing their entire 5th gen gauges over again.
Reply
Old Jun 4, 2003 | 08:32 PM
  #5  
H-Accord-22's Avatar
H-Accord-22
Duh
 
Joined: May 2002
Posts: 6,903
Likes: 0
From: Southside foo!!
Default

I think Cryogen97 did the whole conversion, but I lost the link, try to ask around.
Reply
Old Jun 4, 2003 | 08:35 PM
  #6  
nizmugen's Avatar
nizmugen
Senior Member
 
Joined: Jun 2002
Posts: 1,053
Likes: 0
From: San Diego, CA
Default

http://www.andrews.edu/~johnsonm/howto/blueLED.html

he just has pics of what i did
Reply
Old Jun 5, 2003 | 04:46 AM
  #7  
H-Accord-22's Avatar
H-Accord-22
Duh
 
Joined: May 2002
Posts: 6,903
Likes: 0
From: Southside foo!!
Default

kool
Reply
Old Jun 5, 2003 | 06:36 AM
  #8  
Funkwheat's Avatar
Funkwheat
Thread Starter
Senior Member
 
Joined: Apr 2003
Posts: 152
Likes: 0
From: North Kingstown, RI
Default

Oh so the guages aren't even LEDs, they're just a light shining through a green strip? So I could just get a new "skin", so-to-speak, for it, huh? That seems to be what that guy did?
Reply
Old Jun 5, 2003 | 09:17 AM
  #9  
Funkwheat's Avatar
Funkwheat
Thread Starter
Senior Member
 
Joined: Apr 2003
Posts: 152
Likes: 0
From: North Kingstown, RI
Default

Where can I get one of them cute little things anyway?
Reply
Old Jun 5, 2003 | 11:36 AM
  #10  
mayonaise's Avatar
mayonaise
Senior Member
 
Joined: Aug 2002
Posts: 3,181
Likes: 0
From: CA
Default

Originally posted by Funkwheat
Oh so the guages aren't even LEDs, they're just a light shining through a green strip? So I could just get a new "skin", so-to-speak, for it, huh? That seems to be what that guy did?
you probably have to make it yourself. shouldn't be too hard. get some colored transparency film, or colored acetate. i hear the green tinting isn't simply a sheet, tho - heard you had to basically scratch it off
Reply



All times are GMT -8. The time now is 05:23 PM.