Custom DASH FINISHED!

You are selling a modded oem radio? I sit the 6 disc in dash changer?

 

I'm working on it...
It's not really much on a "how to" it's more like can you solder...And not burn anything

 

Oh... Well I'm not sure I can be trusted with a soldering iron in the delicate confines of my taco's dash. Kinda scary.

 

There will be a better detailed how to thread probably next week or the week after...I haven't had a chance to upload pics/finish typing stuff out

 

Sweet....!!!

Well Done!!!!

 

I sent you a PM. Again very nice work. It takes some patience and skill to do this

Az

 

Looks good! Great job!

I know you said you have an aftermarket radio, but do you have a pic of your whole dash at night including the radio? Just curious how it all looks together.

 

Yea I will post one my radio and steering wheel lights are the only things that really look off

 

Looks freakin' great!

 

a year later and i finally got to it. here is a photo of it with my radio. not that great of a photo

 

Looks, great. I really like that blue. Where did you get the LEDs?

 

Ozium.com

 

Looks sharp, does the brightness bother your night driving? Asking cause I don't think the dash will dim with led's.

Thinking I might change the dash colours on mine to a similar blue but using reg bulbs

 

There are no bulbs in the 2nd gen dash...it comes stock with orange LEDs and red LEDs for the needles. And once swapped it still dims exactly the same as stock
All you're doing is swapping the light color with an exact type of led

 

The factory dash already has LEDs, so yes, it will dim with other colored LEDs. It does it by a method called PWM: http://www.waitingforfriday.com/index.php/Controlling_LED_brightness_using_PWM

I would suggest against using real bulbs in your dash. LEDs will last much longer, take less power, create less heat, and they're already factory installed.

 

OP, where did you get your white needles? I scraped the orange paint off an extra set, but I think it will show too many scratches, so I'd like to just get a frosted or white replacement set.

Also, does anyone know what the clear plastic portion of the bezel is called, and where I could find a NEW one?