Interior Light Change

[RollaRollin]

Hello all,

Am in the process of changing out my interior lights.

Sick of the stock green, and looking to go for red, which will eventually match my HU.

Pretty much am all done, and am in the process of writing up a guide for everyone

But I'm stuck on my damn AC light! Its a confusing problem.

Here is the AC button, with the LED removed

Here is the LED that I took out of it, now to change the colour on the rest of the interior I just removed that little 'condom' over the top of the LED and it was no longer green

But after I do this and install the AC button again, with or without the LED in it lights up green?!

I'm still getting my green light when I turn the AC on? What the heck?

I don't really want to delve further into the button and risk breaking something, its really hard to open it up

Had a quick go today and did more harm than good.

Can anyone shed some light on this for me?

Its my last LED to change and I can't work it out

Cheers

Edited April 3, 2011 by RollaRollin

[CME-LFT]

It seems to me that there's a green lens sitting over the globe which gives you the green glow even though you've taken off the green condom. I think you might have to take the button apart even further.

I know when i went to change the light in my ashtray it had a green cover over the globe, i removed it and replaced it with a custom clear plastic piece.

[RollaRollin]

It seems to me that there's a green lens sitting over the globe which gives you the green glow even though you've taken off the green condom. I think you might have to take the button apart even further.

I know when i went to change the light in my ashtray it had a green cover over the globe, i removed it and replaced it with a custom clear plastic piece.

Thats exactly what I was thinking, like a cover

But I'm still confused as to how it is even still lighting up when I don't have the bulb in there?

I will think about taking the button off

But I really don't want to do any damage and be unable to put it back together

Has anyone ever taken on apart and could offer some tips?

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Nice to see you changing the light colours.

I have changed most of mine, try this link http://wardenjp.com/stores/neowedge.html which lists the small LED alternative to the incandescent globes.

You may be able to get them from other sources, I have found this guy reliable and helpful.

Only problem I can see is that the actual plastic colour is green in the switch, you may have to remove the green part somehow.

Not sure what to suggest here, it is sometime since I have had the switch out.

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[RollaRollin]

Nice to see you changing the light colours.

I have changed most of mine, try this link http://wardenjp.com/stores/neowedge.html which lists the small LED alternative to the incandescent globes.

You may be able to get them from other sources, I have found this guy reliable and helpful.

Only problem I can see is that the actual plastic colour is green in the switch, you may have to remove the green part somehow.

Not sure what to suggest here, it is sometime since I have had the switch out.

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Cheers for the link mate appreciate it,

If you have any tips about opening up the AC unit, I'd gladly listen (:

Basically though I was going to paint my LED's with a bit of nail polish!

That was until I walked into AutoBarn yesterday, and they had the little condom things that go over the LED's for sale, I nearly fell over

3.99 for like 10 of them, so I can change my entire dash for under 5 bucks, and can go back to green if i ever want to, i was so happy (:

Theres green, red and blue in the shop

I'll post a photo up tomorrow, they are made by Navara and look legit

Edited April 4, 2011 by RollaRollin

[the-converter]

Cheers for the link mate appreciate it,

If you have any tips about opening up the AC unit, I'd gladly listen (:

Basically though I was going to paint my LED's with a bit of nail polish!

That was until I walked into AutoBarn yesterday, and they had the little condom things that go over the LED's for sale, I nearly fell over

3.99 for like 10 of them, so I can change my entire dash for under 5 bucks, and can go back to green if i ever want to, i was so happy (:

Theres green, red and blue in the shop

I'll post a photo up tomorrow, they are made by Navara and look legit

Can't wait to see the photo.

I checked my 2005 Corolla, my AC unit is comes with a clear len not green.

Now I'm pretty sure you have to replace the whole unit.. I don't thing you can just replace the len. I might be wrong, I don't know.

You might just go to any scrap yards near you to see you can get hold of any used A/C unit with clear len.

Alternative, you can just tint the len or something.

[RollaRollin]

Cheers for the link mate appreciate it,

If you have any tips about opening up the AC unit, I'd gladly listen (:

Basically though I was going to paint my LED's with a bit of nail polish!

That was until I walked into AutoBarn yesterday, and they had the little condom things that go over the LED's for sale, I nearly fell over

3.99 for like 10 of them, so I can change my entire dash for under 5 bucks, and can go back to green if i ever want to, i was so happy (:

Theres green, red and blue in the shop

I'll post a photo up tomorrow, they are made by Navara and look legit

Can't wait to see the photo.

I checked my 2005 Corolla, my AC unit is comes with a clear len not green.

Now I'm pretty sure you have to replace the whole unit.. I don't thing you can just replace the len. I might be wrong, I don't know.

You might just go to any scrap yards near you to see you can get hold of any used A/C unit with clear len.

Alternative, you can just tint the len or something.

Thats the thing mate, it has a clear lens over it

There is no green plastic on my button either, I can see through it clearly and there is no colour in it.

When the AC unit is not on, it is clear, not even the slightest tint of green

So when I take the bulb out, logically I thought that would solve my problem,

But without the bulb in and when I turn AC on, it still lights up and even lights up green!

It certainly has me stumped :(

[the-converter]

[Thats the thing mate, it has a clear lens over it

There is no green plastic on my button either, I can see through it clearly and there is no colour in it.

When the AC unit is not on, it is clear, not even the slightest tint of green

So when I take the bulb out, logically I thought that would solve my problem,

But without the bulb in and when I turn AC on, it still lights up and even lights up green!

It certainly has me stumped :(

I give up mate!

Anyway, when are you going to write up a complete guide for this?

I was hoping to get some useful tips from you.

I like to change the dashboard & auto shift panel lights to white LED.

[Dauphin3]

Just thinking out loud here.....but is there another green light that activates with the AC, and some of that green light perhaps "seeps out" through the AC button, making it appear as though it's lighting up green when in reality its not....?

[RollaRollin]

[Thats the thing mate, it has a clear lens over it

There is no green plastic on my button either, I can see through it clearly and there is no colour in it.

When the AC unit is not on, it is clear, not even the slightest tint of green

So when I take the bulb out, logically I thought that would solve my problem,

But without the bulb in and when I turn AC on, it still lights up and even lights up green!

It certainly has me stumped :(

I give up mate!

Anyway, when are you going to write up a complete guide for this?

I was hoping to get some useful tips from you.

I like to change the dashboard & auto shift panel lights to white LED.

Will hopefully have the guide up tomorrow mate (:

It will only be the dash tomorrow, and possibly interior lighting as well

And if my packages arrive there will be HID license plate lights, parkers and headlights

Fingers crossed (:

[RollaRollin]

Just thinking out loud here.....but is there another green light that activates with the AC, and some of that green light perhaps "seeps out" through the AC button, making it appear as though it's lighting up green when in reality its not....?

I dare say there has to be another green light mate.

Its got me stumped as to why, when the bulb is out, the friggen thing still lights up

The only logical solution is that there is another bulb in there somewhere?

Which the leaves the question, what the heck was the bulb that I took out? haha