Thread: blue interior led (pics)

Well I decided to go back to red and here are the reasons.

First of all, alot of what GM did to get that red tint was to use buttons or covers that are white on one side and red on the other. Now unless I sand away the red on the other side (which most likley wouldnt work) there is no way to get blue outa some of the interior lights.

Same goes for the instrument cluster. They use orange bulbs to get that red from the other side. Replacing the bulb with a blue LED will make a horrible color without coming up with a way to get rid of the red back on the cluster.

All in all the work would not be worth it.

In stead I ordered a bunch of red wide band leds to make the lights switches even brighter red. Red isnt my Fav color but its better than washed out weird colors.

This applies to the 04+ GP.

BTW I used 15k 3mm bulbs

half watt 620Ohm resistors. Dont go any higher than a half watt because they are to big to fit inside switches and dont go lower than quater watt because the resistors will get very hot.

Originally Posted by xerxescct

Well I decided to go back to red and here are the reasons.

First of all, alot of what GM did to get that red tint was to use buttons or covers that are white on one side and red on the other. Now unless I sand away the red on the other side (which most likley wouldnt work) there is no way to get blue outa some of the interior lights.

Same goes for the instrument cluster. They use orange bulbs to get that red from the other side. Replacing the bulb with a blue LED will make a horrible color without coming up with a way to get rid of the red back on the cluster.

All in all the work would not be worth it.

In stead I ordered a bunch of red wide band leds to make the lights switches even brighter red. Red isnt my Fav color but its better than washed out weird colors.

This applies to the 04+ GP.

Yeah I went with Red LED's as well. It looks crazy I love it. 2 out of the 5 switches have been burnt out for a while as well as the fog illumination bulb & the fog ON indicator bulb. Did everything in red. Found a set of 20 15K mcd or watever 3mm Red LEDs off eBay for about $7 or $8 shipping included. Niktronix or something similar was the seller/ store. I also ordered some resistors from a guy in WI not too far away (50 for $5, shipping included). Both US sellers & both shipments got to IL within a few days. I didn't have much soldering experience & it took a short while to figure out how to get the switch with the 2 window buttons to come out. I also had to do multiple trial & error quick runs to determine whether or not the polarity was correct. It's all done & what a crazy, fun little project. The difference between the super bright red tiny LEDs & the dull stock crap is unbelievable. I was shocked to see just how much light was emitted from those super tiny LEDs I highly recommend tackling this mod...