interior lights question

[wise_crak]

just a quick question....

i was in my ibiza yesterday and thought to myself it would be soooo cool if the lights on my buttons were blue as well not this orangy red colour

so my question is has anyone attepmted this or know how to do it?
simples/hard?

any tips or advise would be nice

Wisey

 

[cus]

i dont think they are bulbs, they are LED's, so would be a lot harder to replace i would think

 

[wise_crak]

i dont think they are bulbs, they are LED's, so would be a lot harder to replace i would think

my m8 said it could just be one or 2 sources of light and could just be orange filters, but he ante no seat expert lol

i any idea where i could look for the LED's? lol

Wisey

 

[cus]

best thing to do is take the centre console off, and i think you need a small torx screwdriver to actually take the screen out of the plastic to be able to view the LED's. as you say, you may just need to chance an orange cover to blue ? i dunno mate

 

[wise_crak]

best thing to do is take the centre console off, and i think you need a small torx screwdriver to actually take the screen out of the plastic to be able to view the LED's. as you say, you may just need to chance an orange cover to blue ? i dunno mate

i will have to have a look en haha!


Wisey

 

[2free]

a lad i work work with just got a set for his polo from germany for a good price and thats all led's. Id say they would be virtually the same

 

[truCido]

I really can't remember which car this is for but I'm sure its the ibiza...I think all the LED's are soldered onto the circuit boards so it wont just be a pull one bulb out pop another one in, but like i said not 100% thats the ibiza lol

 

[wise_crak]

well how many LED's are we talking 5? 100? if its only a hand full i think i will try it as i havnt seen it done. if its loads i might not like

thanks for all your feed back guys this is great

Wisey

 

[phil-sparky]

just to add if they are soldered in, then just be careful when unsoldering them, as if there are delicate electronic chips etc, in the panel, then you could damage them with the heat from the soldering iron,

 

[Oj 89]

I really can't remember which car this is for but I'm sure its the ibiza...I think all the LED's are soldered onto the circuit boards so it wont just be a pull one bulb out pop another one in, but like i said not 100% thats the ibiza lol

Lol, I took my dash out the other day, easy as heck, but the LEDs are about 2mm wide, projected sideways. Soldered into the main PCB, which you can't get to from behind... well, I couldn't in an afternoon, didn't want to break my new dash

I'd presume that the centre console ones are the same... not 100% sure though still, sorry. Hope it's a bit clearer...