Dash lights mod

has anyone switched the dash lights to a different color on a 1st gen??

pics??

write up??

help???????????????

 

how weird i was just wondering this last night. id like to switch mine to blue but i dont know if the bulb is what gives off the color or just the color it seems to give up, being as the numbers and lines the light shines though are colored orange, same with a/c controls and what not.

i tried doing a search but so much other random crap came up with the results so i dont know.

 

ive been thinking about doing that too. ive already done the ac controls to match the blue light on the radio but didnt turn out that great.

 

can you post photos of the blue you did?

 

Here's a link:

http://customtacos.com/tech/index.php?article=77

and

http://customtacos.com/tech/index.php?article=110

 

hey thanks alot man. once i get my new speakers and deck ill change the bulbs to match whatever color the deck puts out. hopefully blue.

 

http://customtacos.com/tech/index.php?article=297

dud122 - here is another link from the same site that gives more detail about the changing the bulbs on the instruments cluster and a/c panel.

 

awesome... thanks for the info

 

I had to change the bulbs in mine ( two) and getting that dash off is a royal pain in the ass. But the color is from a little green transparent rubber sock that covers the bulbs. Thus if you change to blue or red, it'll look blue or red through the speedometer.

 

i havent even looked at mine yet but is that rubber sock needed? is that what keeps the bulb mounted in?

also the last part of your message doesnt make sense. wouldnt it be a different color coming through the speedometer?? did you mean it say it WONT look blue or red?

you know if the 04s have the exact same cluster as yours a 96?

 

Sorry about that. I was pretty un-specific. What I mean is that the light bulbs mounted in the dash have these transparent green "rubbers" stuck on them. The bulbs are clear, but the rubbers make them green. If you remove them, then the lights could appear to be white instead. I'm not sure about the newer Tacos. The last version of the "old" taco looked about the same inside if I recall.

Oh- and here's a few tips. You don't need to remove the cluster. I just pulled mine forward. The bulbs are twist-locked into the back of the panel via little plastic sockets that come out in one piece. You just feel for them and turn them and then pull them out. Otherwise, getting that cluster out would be a nightmare.

 

thanks. and if i remember correctly the lower two bulbs are the for blinker indicator right? im gonna do this tomorrow...

 

I'm going to do mine sooner or later. I just hope I don't mess it up too much.

 

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Thanks for the great write ups

 

yeh i have done it before. turned out retarded and i ended up just making the bulbs white super bright though.

 

What do you mean it turned out retarded? You didn't like the color bulb you got?

 

Let me find the write I printed,. But I have all of the part numbers you need to switch to color Leds!

 

hmm how do i say this. you know where the light shines through so you can see the lines and numbers. i tried a blue bulb and it was really dim. but i guess it was the blue bulb. i just put some white lights. but i was 15 when i did that shit so i couldnt drive at night back then hahah. i did this on my 02 taco. thats just me i guess

 

I have my shifter knob, and my gauge lights blue. it looks awesome, but I would suggest if anyone does it the get 5 or 6 LED brightness. i have 4, and i wish it was brighter.. and you CAN dim them. I would say just do it. but it is a bitch getting the dash apart the first time, but after youve done it once, youll be able to change the lights out in like 30 mins.

 

Mikey, do you remember what brightness LED you got?

Thanks for the info robb