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DIC COLOR CHANGE!!! First atempt, learn from my mistakes

Colossus said:
Im doing blue, to match my deck and gauges, I used paint thinner for like 5 min and only got a tint of red on the cloth I was using.

Sticking with the stock bulbs, hopefully it looks good.
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post pics when you're done with the stock bulbs. i was wondering how it would look with just a different color lens or w/e with stock bulbs. I'm still doing it with LEDs just cuz they last just about forever, but still interested in seeing. lol
 


^ Where did you get the plastic your using. I haven't been able to find coloured DVD cases everywhere and Im not happy with the colour of blue that I currently have.
 
Colossus said:
^ Where did you get the plastic your using. I haven't been able to find coloured DVD cases everywhere and Im not happy with the colour of blue that I currently have.
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i couldnt find any colored DVD cases either so i just went to office max and found a transparent blue folder since im doing blue. Cost me like 50 cents for the folder. I'm not sure how well it will work quite yet as im not finished, but i will be done in the morning sometime. will post pictures when im done
 
i honestly didn't see that much of a difference between the led's and the stock bulbs aside from the fact that the bulbs gave out more light. however, everything looked a nasty shade of yellow. hoping to fix that with better, more powerful, less directional led's. i also just used somewhat transparent folder, and it's not really the color i want so that could have something to do with it as well
 
NovoGTP said:
i couldnt find any colored DVD cases either so i just went to office max and found a transparent blue folder since im doing blue. Cost me like 50 cents for the folder. I'm not sure how well it will work quite yet as im not finished, but i will be done in the morning sometime. will post pictures when im done
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I was looking at some folders too, ya post up a pic when your done.
 


just finished mine a little bit ago, looks awesome and will post some pics as soon as i get my dash back together, bout an hour or so. I just plugged it in real quick before going to lunch to make sure it worked.

EDIT: okay, so apparently im a dumbass and cant figure out how to get pics to upload....upload fails every time as an attachment, and the image link is broken anytime i try to link it from photobucket. :(
 
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tylerbinski said:
how about a blob of black RTV on the tip of the led instead of paint?

post finished pics guys
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i think these 4 pins are the better option, any of those domed ones have focused beams from the ones i saw at the shack. they would be okay on the buttons maybe since they are hardly ever on...
 
thanks kej, dont know why i couldnt get them to upload. my camera kinda sucks as well as the sun shining directly in the back window...but it turned out EXACTLY as i wanted it. great write up. BTW, those LCD leads were a total BIATCH to get soldered back together. lol
 


Im hoping its just the stock bulbs, but mine has come out like a greenish colour that Im not exactly happy with. I kinda tried removing the bulbs, but didnt want to snap anything, do you need to cut anything, or do the just pull out/twist out.
 
Colossus said:
Im hoping its just the stock bulbs, but mine has come out like a greenish colour that Im not exactly happy with. I kinda tried removing the bulbs, but didnt want to snap anything, do you need to cut anything, or do the just pull out/twist out.
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twisted mine out with pliars, then pull

if you got those folders and the plastic is thin enough maybe you could wrap the bulbs in it to get a truer color
 
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love the writeup! i've always done illuminated switches and floorboard LED's to all my cars! have red floorboard lights now! will try to change everything to WHITE and see what happens.. post pics after the weekend!
 
well, i'm new here, but i'm gonna go ahead and try to do this, but for a first run through, and to get a feel of it, i'm just going to change out that red plastic with a translucent dark green one, i'll post pics when i finish
wish me luck
 


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