Blue led dash conversion

Yeah. Dylan is right. Most of the time is spent putting in the new LED's. I can have the dash disassembled in about 15-30 mins.


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Very cool. I'd like to fall in line now for the next mod party.

 

Of course you can. I would imagine 5 min after taking a red bull.

I had ask because I am sure people would want this mod. Suprise no one ask except me, do I want it of course .

We should do a mod strip dash party where sean takes apart everyones dash on the block and we all take pictures.

Wait .....

 

Dang that looks so good! I've always wanted to do that but never knew how or know anyone that could...

 

"STRIP PARTY"

Not sure how my wife would take that.

Haha......now u do :lol:



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looks great! but no luck with the speedometer or HUD is there?

the new models went HIP and did away with the retro green heh

 

Negative. These are vacuum fluorescent displays. Creaking these open is like committing suicide


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make it happen....! all in!

 

For retrofitting the instrument cluster ...





Notice each LED has a letter indicating its OEM color: B, G, R, Y





The 10 LEDs in the / \ pattern are the white backlight for the steering wheel control display. Then you have the two X patterns which are the amber backlight for the steering wheel control buttons. Then there is the four staggered LEDs for the indicators on the left, and the row of 5 indicators at the top.

That's a total of 49 LEDs.
For all of the above, I recommend the Oznium 1206 type LEDs here: 1206 Surface Mount LEDs | Oznium

For the two VFD (vacuum fluorescent display) modules, the only thing you can do for them is a transparent overlay. I purchased a RoscoLux sample swatchbook on Amazon.

These Rosco films are used in professional studio photography for flash filters and lighting filters.

After some experimentation, I found that the "Brilliant Blue" was the best choice.

It photographs really well. But to the human eye, the blue filtered VFD display still has a greenish hue. I think it's worth experimenting with some other choices.

.... fyi @sd1810

 

I am all game. So many damn leds. My sentra cluster has 3 bulbs lol.

Will order.

Btw, you will not get the exact blue because green is a primary and blue is a primary.

 

Any info on the HUD display and mirror?

 

I cracked open @sfv41901's Navi HUD. After that it seemed like it wasn't working anymore. I removed the film and it was still acting weird. A couple of days later Sean reported that it was working again. Bottom line, the HUD is yet to be conquered.

And on the topic of Homelink Mirror ... and updates from @sfv41901?

 

grasshopper D...your close to being a MASTA D....we gotta pop your cherry LMAO......

 

Mirror is only waiting for me to locate my harness since it's a different mirror.


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can you make the film part of the display "Orange?"....

 

Yes. I'll bring my samples to the mod party.

 

Today I did my first Gen2 retrofit.

 

Nice work Dylan



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Just a ball park, how much does something like this cost?

 

This particular job required about 25 LEDs, which go for around 49 cents each, roughly. I happened to have enough LEDs in my spares box, so just asked for an even $100 to cover materials and labor. For the bigger jobs (like a Gen3 with window switches, navigation head unit, steering wheel controls, etc ...) I ask for double that.