Installed LED in gas/temp LCD myself!!!

[shyvpboi]

Okay everyone, I just bought a set of LEDs from Skunk Killer last week and I received it yesterday. I spent the whole night installing them and AC Reverse Indiglo gauges that I just bought also. The LEDs took about an hour because I'm a little rusty. The installation for the LEDs in the gas/temp LCD was so easy. If you ever tried installing LEDs in your cell-phone or something like that then this is like exactly the same stuff. Anyways, if you people out there that just can't wait to get it install from Skunk, I think you should just buy the LEDs from him and do it yourself. Just my opinion.

[00CericaRuss]

yep... i did my stock deck last night as a guinea pig .. .worked out quite well.....
pics are here
http://russ.angrypacket.com/gallery/2002-05-08-stock-deck

[00CericaRuss]

oh... my gauge cluster is the next victim tonight.

btw... i'll be performing these services in northern california very shortly

[Blue Lucifer]

did your gauges caliberate automatically? I'm still confused about that. I thought that when you take the needles off, the car just becomes retarded.

[pokgai]

nice! im first in line for red!

[Tony01Gts]

Yeah I'm gonna do mine as soon as I get done being broke... your stock deck turned out really nice man good job

[shyvpboi]

Originally posted by Blue Lucifer
did your gauges caliberate automatically? I'm still confused about that. I thought that when you take the needles off, the car just becomes retarded.

Yea, I had a problem with the needle caliberation. Check this link where we talk about how to fix it.

http://www.newcelica.org/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=21882

[00CericaRuss]

http://russ.angrypacket.com/gallery/2002-05-09-gauge-leds

here's my gauges... a SUCCESS! :)

just need a new gauge face now...

[Blue Lucifer]

Actually, you can take rubbing alcohol or something and rub off the orange on the stock gauge plate. That way, you'll let the blue pass through!

[gt2000quebec]

to people who never did soldering...... i suggest to don't try it yourself..... yeah maybe you'll be able to do it.... but if not and if you mess up the cluster huhhhhhhh!!!!
just a advice..................

[Jesse IL]

Russ, what the hell is this showing in this pic? Is it some kind of a lens?

http://russ.angrypacket.com/gallery/2002-05-09-gauge-leds/DSC00386

[shyvpboi]

Originally posted by Jesse IL
Russ, what the hell is this showing in this pic? Is it some kind of a lens?

http://russ.angrypacket.com/gallery/2002-05-09-gauge-leds/DSC00386

That's what the gauge cluster looks like when you take it apart.

[CelicaSportzGT]

Anyone near southwest missouri wanna help me out with this? I don't have the money to be messing with the gauge cluster myself but i've been wanting to do both the stock deck and the gas/temp for awhile now but I don't have the experience either...

[baNanA_ryCe]

hey celicaruss....can you take a pic of ur soldering iron? i wanna see how small the tip is compared to the led, and maybe your finger! =)
THANKS!

[tinkerbelly5]

Those blue lights look pretty sweet! We're gonna tackle this in my sister's Celica sometime in the near future...she just got the reverse indiglo gauges and wants to change the fuel LCD to blue to match. Too bad your Celica interior lights are so difficult to change, my eclipse ones were soooo much easier! http://www.club3g.com/members/tinkerbelly5/redinterior1.jpg

[baNanA_ryCe]

tinkerbelly? hahaha lol...nice car! love the interior!

[tinkerbelly5]

Originally posted by baNanA_ryCe
tinkerbelly? hahaha lol...nice car! love the interior!

Thanks! I'm the little light expert over at the Eclipse site, but my sister has a Celica that she's gonna start doing some work on, and she really doesn't know too much about it yet, so I figured I'd help her out a bit! I know you guys probably don't want me over here, but I don't care! I gotta help out my sister ;)

[baNanA_ryCe]

hey...i don't mind ya here. it's kinda better, i don't hafta see just CELICA sigs..=) eclipses are really nice....glad ur helpin ur sis out! every celica counts!

[HilfigerCelica]

Looks nice Russ.
TinkerBelly, anyone is welcome to the site unless they are retarded but we have a bunch of them too.

[XYRCNCP]

gotta quick question, what are the specs of the LED's for the temp/gas gauge and the speedo/tach ? Like what size, shape, etc....
thanks

[ToyoGtS]

I want this mod so bad. I'm dying to get red LCD everywhere like the eclipse but i have no experience. Can you get the tools to do it anywhere, is it that hard for a first timer, the last thing i want to do is mess up my control panel. Is Skunk killer making more rounds? Or do you think there is a dealer or shop that will install for me, so far i've visited one shop and they had no clue at all what i was talking about.

[borpph]

I wanna know the sizes and part numbers as well. I'm going all red.

[TheHammer]

If anybody wants to buy the led's, shoot me an email.

thehammer@teamcelica.com

[Skunk Killer]

same here
I still got bunch of super bright Blue/White LEDs (made in JP) for sale
they r 300mcd,quality gaurentee!!!

and of coz some cheap one(15mcd), and some red LEDs as well

I take International Money order, paypal, cash

email me to order
skunkiller@hotmail.com

or u could ship me ur entire gauge cluster overnight for gauge cluster conversion(temp/gas LCD, needles,OEM gauge.....etc)
then I'll ship bak 2 hours later on same day

thanks~

[00CericaRuss]

Originally posted by Blue Lucifer
Actually, you can take rubbing alcohol or something and rub off the orange on the stock gauge plate. That way, you'll let the blue pass through!

yeah... but wont' it take the black off too?

[XYRCNCP]

but my question is, what kind of LED's are back there, the regular T1 (?), SMD or something else? and what are the specs of them?

[swift 21]

hey russ why dont you come down to Los Angeles and hook some of us up. email me arodriguez21@hotmail.com

[Blue Lucifer]

They are SMTs. Type 1206 I think .

[J3adSeed]

Originally posted by Skunk Killer
same here
I still got bunch of super bright Blue/White LEDs (made in JP) for sale
they r 300mcd,quality gaurentee!!!

and of coz some cheap one(15mcd), and some red LEDs as well

I take International Money order, paypal, cash

email me to order
skunkiller@hotmail.com

or u could ship me ur entire gauge cluster overnight for gauge cluster conversion(temp/gas LCD, needles,OEM gauge.....etc)
then I'll ship bak 2 hours later on same day

thanks~

i wouldn't send him money and trust to get anything. he broke my car and promised to pay for repairs and now he's backed out.

[baNanA_ryCe]

buy from THE HAMMER! he's cool, he answered my email FAST.

[TheHammer]

Hey, I try! hehehehe :-)

Anyways, if people are interested, check this link out:

http://www.teamcelica.com/mods/spotlight.html

[baNanA_ryCe]

hey THE HAMMER ... on the LCD screen, are there more LED's to put on if i have an AUTOMATIC? because wouldn't there be more LED's because you hafta light up P R N D 2 L ?

[TheHammer]

No, those are all let through by the computer of the car (there are leads to the LCD from the computer to tell which strips to light up). No more LED's are needed. Trust me, I've done a few automatics, and they work just fine and dandy.

[caz]

I'm a little chicken to do this myself but I definitely want it done...
what kinda place could I go to get it done? how much? would it be better just to go ahead and do it myself? oh and Russ... how long did it take to do your deck? looks really good bro.. :thumbup:

[shyvpboi]

hey hammer, did you figure out the clock and A/C console to blue yet?

[skamikaze]

wheres the cheapest place to buy enough red LEDs for the gas/temp gauge, speedo/tach, and needles? $40 sounds like too much to me. maybe worth it for blue ones, but definitely not red.

[TheHammer]

I've actually bought some leaded 12V blue led's off ebay from a guy named jerry, and replaced the cig lighter and climate control lamps with these led's, seemed to work pretty good. The clock, I am still working on though.