Dash Light Mod Success

no thanks to yur ass i must say!

 

someone also posted a link to a website that sells them and they are about 1/3 the price of the other guy who sells them.

 

here it is http://www.oznium.com/plcc-2

 

o lol I thought you were talking about the dash led's, I wanna get myself one of those led panels for my cab light

 

hmm ok does anyone have one of these for a 2004 taco?

 

hmm, no. 95-04 used bulbs, 05+ uses the tiny LEDs. you could check out some of the LED strips at oznium and retro those in the back of your cluster if you really want the LEDs, otherwise, your better off sticking w/ the bulbs as LEDs will give you hot spots if you try to simply use an LED replacement bulb.

if you want to do this mod, you must first do the "sell the 04 for an 05+" mod...

 

Any guides to changing the clock, AC control and shifter lights?

 

shifter light is not a LED but a bulb with an orange cover, you can just put another color cover (will have to change bulb too as plastic will likely be melted on)

temp you can change the dial and the two buttons but you can't change the surrounding as it's orange solid plastic.

clock is changeable yes

 

i think he was asking where the guides are at not if its possible..
Search toyota nation i already posted in this thread that some guy has a write up for most of the light changes

 

heres mine. I need to buy some more cuz i wanna do the PRND432L light too. My Turn signal are purple



if anyone is in my area, i'll be happy to do it for them!

 

man, i need someone in my area to do it for ME!

 

Did anyone ever get their tachometer needle to change color as it gained revs? I think im going to try this.

 

^ wont be able to do it unless you figure out a way to turn one LED on and the other off while you rev...sound complicated...but then again im an ME, not an EE.

but good luck, let us know how you plan on doing this...

 

Sucked for me because it was my first time soldering... at all lol.

 

you do not want to try this with no soldering experience I recommend you find an old electronic device and start unsoldering and resoldering components for practice, these leds are only 2x3 mm and are have two solder points on each.

 

i forgot how to solder i went to HTI in AZ and learned how to do all that soldering but haven't done it since 03, but it all came back to me. i practiced on a remote controll car. then it was super easy. i have pics in my profile. i used a 30wt soldering iron the thinnest solder i could fine, soldering wick and some house tweezers. easy. anyone can do it. but it will take some practice to get good soldering welds and not burn up the LED or the circuit board.

 

I wasn't really thinking of turning the other one off. I was thinking of just letting them blend together. I haven't looked at the inside of it yet so i don't know what it looks like. Thanks for the response.

 

I just completed mine. the problem with two color LEDs in the needle is you will just end up with purple needle. The light pipe for the needle covers both LEDs no matter what position it is in. If you need help hit me up I live up in roseville.

 

Oh. Damn i was hoping it would work. If you were a little closer i would have to take you up on that offer. Thank for the offer anyway though!



Got any pics of your new gauges?

 

Toku58.....just hooked me up today....check it out


Need to add to the poll.....Got help from another Tacoma World Friend