SoCal Tacoma LED Cluster Swap

How many LEDs to change the background color for the gear indicator for automatics in the instrument cluster? Not the green selector color but the amber background color that is always on.

 

If you're taking about just the background section behind the shifter indicators, there is only one just for the indicator background...all together just background there are 11

 

^ Thanks

 

All pms replied...been slow lately

 

You dont respond to texts either!

 

im sorry i completely forgot responding now!!

also update:
Well I got it to here...
I soldered some LEDs in place for now...you can kinda see them


Slowly killing the last of the orange


a/c controls slowly changing

 

Would you prefer your LED way over the old school way of re-applying the stick and such?

 

wth are you talking about? lol

 

spell check fail.

http://www.tacomaworld.com/forum/li...ate-control-back-light-face-color-change.html

or your way?

EDIT: or are you doing it according to that write-up? Lmao

 

thats the way im doing it lol...his way.

 

Changed my gauges to White LEDs. Looks 100% better:


Changed the signals to a better Green:


Added some new switches (Trunk Monkey controls my garage door) and changed my rear locker/fog light/steering wheel controls to White LEDs:


The white is not overwhelming at all, it looks just like my Camry did.

 

Here is an overview of some other LEDs on the board I put together real quick:

 

I keep getting one step closer with every gauge I see that's been converted but I usually always have a problem when modding and don't know if I wanna risk my gauge cluster, lol. Maybe if I saw a video on how its done...

 

looks good man!!! congrats

ya...thats how i get...after doing 100+ trucks already...orange doesnt look bad anymore lol
btw ill be in vegas this weekend...but im going for fun...

 

How did you do the ac controlls weuy?

 

I'm not done yet...so I can't confirm or deny that it's finished lol

 

It's super easy to do. Pretty hard to fuck up actually.

 

You got it backwards lol...you can fuck up in on sec...

Anything can happen...but if you've done soldering work b4 then you can accomplish this

 

Took the plunge! Just ordered all white leds for the gauges and green for the needles and turn signals. Having a friend who is a certified diesel mechanic help me put on my lift this weekend and were gonna tackle this also. Any tips? And for the needles, is there an amber/red coloring to them that I need to strip for the green to show through? If so, how? Thanks!

 

lol ya you need to remove the paint with nail polish remover from the back end of the needles and either leave them clear or paint them (in your case green) so they show thru