Did someone mention my name?? heh.

The LEDS for the center display is the same specs as the LEDS (3528) you use to change the light for the gauge. You can easily find them on ebay and they are 18 LEDS that you will need to replace the lights.

Also buy extra in case you mess up a few if you never did this before. Good luck!

 

nigxdoof,
Thanks for the feedback. I ordered 50 PCs of the white LEDs today and 50 PCs of the blue. I'm still on the fence regarding back-light change for the display though. Now I'm thinking that leaving it in orange will allow the cluster to still tie in with the rest of the dash. I'm definitely changing the gauges to white LEDs though. Many years ago I was an electronics technician by trade so swapping out LEDs will be a relatively easy task although the flex PCB may be a bit of a challenge. I'll post a pic or two once I'm done. It sure adds a great enhancement to the look of the car with very minimal investment.

 

i wanna do that but..........im pretty sure ill mess something up, def going to talk to a friend of mine with steady hands.

 

hello i wonder wich type of leds are they .. i know that it is plcc2 but is it something more beacouse this i bought are 3,5 V its to muck for the original it has only 2,5 , ore maybe im doing something wrong please help me

 

Type is 3528, Amber color Vf normally in 2.5V, White color in 3.5V. it's ok for use.

 

I was wondering if the LED's in the link below would work for this mod? Thanks in advnace!

http://cgi.ebay.ca/20PCS-SMD-SMT-PLCC-2-White-LEDs-2500mcd-F-R-Free-ship_W0QQitemZ250632861549QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_BOI_Electrical_Components_Supplies_ET?hash=item3a5ae1f76d

 

Should be work fine.

 

thank you, will make the order

 

Well I finally got my cluster today from the UK so I'll be working on changing the LEDs in the next few days. As a separate question, have any of you guys replaced your cluster and if so are there any adverse effects or error codes? Also what happens to the odometer reading? Is this only stored in the cluster or are there other storage locations that the CIC could use as a reference/compare during bootup etc?

 

You need to do the chips swap which storage all your existing data. G/L
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