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Old 08-14-2017, 03:14 AM
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Originally Posted by 2000MTZ
Ok, Next up the Headlight Switch

To do this you do technically have to 'break' the switch.

First Pull the **** out like for fogs and stick something small in the hole to release the ****, now just pull it off

To get to the inside you have to pop the faceplate off, this is what I mean by breaking it.
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Undo these 2 clips to the first half can pull out
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grab the shaft and pull it out
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The next half is harder to get out, the clips are harder to get to, you can see them here
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Now pull that half out
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Here is the bulb that your replacing, and the green cover that was on it that I ripped off
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Now unsolder the leads on the back to pull it off.

Stick the negative lead back in the original hole (lower) and solder it on there
Stick one side of the 680ohm 1/2watt resister in the original hole and solder it on there
Now wrap the positive lead on the LED around the lead on the resistor and solder them together
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Try to get the new LED as close to the stock bulb location as possible and put the dimmer switch side back in
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Now finish reinstalling the switch parts, I used 2 part loctite epoxy to put the faceplate back on

Alright now your done with the headlight switch

Now could you use the NEOx LED Bulb - High Power Instrument Panel LED - 5mm NEO5-xHP Blue from Super Bright LED's?
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Old 08-14-2017, 09:08 PM
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nope theres no socket, its a soldered on bulb
Old 04-23-2018, 11:05 AM
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Originally Posted by 2000MTZ
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Now put some scotch tape on the bottom parts and paint it white, If you dont youll have bad hotspots
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I actually cut the green sheet up, leaving just the white part. I still have hot spots but not bad. May go over it with some white paint around the letters..on the white sheet.

Saved me the trouble of messing with tape though!

By the way...GREAT write up...thank you. I did the blue in my 03 on my own not realizing there was green tint. Looked pretty bad lol. Now I know how to fix it!
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Originally Posted by CrisAnderson27
I actually cut the green sheet up, leaving just the white part. I still have hot spots but not bad. May go over it with some white paint around the letters..on the white sheet.

Saved me the trouble of messing with tape though!

By the way...GREAT write up...thank you. I did the blue in my 03 on my own not realizing there was green tint. Looked pretty bad lol. Now I know how to fix it!
I taped off what I didn't want painted and sprayed the back with a couple light coats of white. It came out really good...
Old 12-04-2019, 12:14 AM
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wow this looks so cool, but definitely i lack the patience and dedication to do this mod...

I lack soldering/unsoldering tools and skills and very nervous about removing the cluster (specially the wheels cruise control light)

No way i can do it alone, and here in my country i doubt there's any electrician that can do this for me lol

and i would also need to import all the leds.

Definitely an awesome mod though! green < BLUE is really awesome to see!
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Posting to sub for my conversion....

Hella thread and write-up!
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It's already been revived once so why not again? haha anyone ever figure out the right size resister on the cruise control lights to balance the brightness?
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While mine is a 98 and didn't have any of the green stuff to remove, I can give an updated led source for the headlight switch and the steering wheel switches that has the resistors already wired inline into it and is a 3mm blue led...they are smaller than the stock bulbs but wire in exactly the same and are plenty bright. You don't have to do any soldering...they're essentially plug and play.

50pcs 12V 3mm Blue LED 9V Gauge Cluster Instrument Light Emitting diodes https://a.co/d/7Ga4OhF



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