HELP ME!! replace L.E.D.s in center console/dash

[SquallLHeart]

hmm.. you can find the leds at:

http://stores.ebay.com/HKJE-Led-Lamp-Center

look for the plcc smd leds

[navylife59]

thx. this is a mod that is long over due for me.

[engifineer]

same place I shop as well. I buy a bunch at a time, so I usually get a better deal than they offer online though. Since it comes from Hong Kong it is nice to order in bulk due to ship lead time. But they are a good seller. I am trying to work out a deal with a large vendor here in the US for some parts, but it takes them forever to respond. Maybe if I show them how many I have gone through in a couple of years and let them know that I am just one of the people doing them. That may show some market for them :P

[navylife59]

Scion might take notice and add the same feature from the Pioneer CD Changer head unit to the gauge clusters; mutli-color changing.

What MCD rating should I be ordering for optimal brightness?

[engifineer]

350 - 500mcd is what is used most of the time. Here is what I look for:

350-500mcd
120 degree view angle or higher
465-470 nm blue

[navylife59]

thanks
alot.

[ThetC]

alls i know is i would love to have that done, but i have already gone through a whole gauge cluster tryin to take it apart, it sucked

[navylife59]

I think that I will pay to have it done by this guy

http://www.garage1217.com/

[SquallLHeart]

you guys know i do this service too right? along with the fact i have had alot of creative input that most people such as jeremy are currently using as well.

i do these in my sleep...

no problem though... i've grown a disliking of squids.

[navylife59]

I fly so I am not a squid. I dont know who pooped on your deck but I did not know that you did LED swaps.

So what can you do and what do you charge? What is the lead time?

[SquallLHeart]

ohh.. lol.. sorry.. no problem man.

i can do pretty much anything... the two tone and the lcd reversal that you might've seen on jeremy's website... i was the first to do... gives you an idea of the creativity one can do with such things...

still got other plans as well, but running low on budget. it takes a few hours to do the labor and such... and most times normal shipping will get your stuff out and back within a week.

[navylife59]

Depending on cost, quality of work, and turn around there may be a product future for you. I will let you know more later.

[SquallLHeart]

okie dokie..