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Old 08-09-2007, 04:49 PM
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the leds I got come in a pack of 4 at advance auto.Unfortunatly here are the only pics i had of the install on my camera.I also have changed the climate control lights to read and am curently getting pics ready in detail. I hope to have them done tonight.
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94' Barcelona Red w/ Tricoat black 2-tone AWD Ls -Sold
Mods:AWD conversion/4.44 swap by Budfreak, Custom red interior lights, Custom Satin black dash, Power mode switch, Cold air intake, Permecool tranny filter,Sony xplode 10" sub, Sony xplode 1000w amp, Blitz in-line driver, DDM Tuning 6000k HID's, New paint job/body work by me, 97' Grill, QC shift kit, 17'' MB Motoring rims, 15&20 min mod, front & rear urethane swaybar bushings, Custom fiberglass sub box, Custom red led a/c control unit, perrin lightweight crank pulley, Black wrinkle finish powdercoated intake manifold w/ clear hoses , 02' outback heated/power black leather seats
Soon to come:Fiberglass hood, upholster ALL suede to black leather
Past subies:

92' Pearl White/black top LS-L-SOLD
96' Legacy Outback-TOTALED
99' Legacy Outback Limited 30th anniversary edition-TOTALED
98' Forester L -Totaled
Other toys:
99' Forester S -WRX brake upgrade, soon an 04 wrx motor swap
06' B9 Tribeca-Stock
1982' Yamaha xj650 Maxim
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Old 08-09-2007, 06:32 PM
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Smile climate control color change

here is the walkthrough in which I used to get the climate control unit out.

I started by using the how to docs on how to take out the instrument panel. Then you follow all the steps until you get to # 7in which you stop there and DO NOT remove the gauge cluster. Take a look at the a/c vent that is above the climate control unit, that is your next thing to remove. Start by looking at the vent and look at the left side of it and you'll notice 3 screws which you need to take out. after that pull out the vent and you will see yet another screw that you must remove. I almost forgot there is a screw above the temp. reader on the unit that needs removed and that's all for the top. Next you will need to remove the cd cage which is held in by 3 screws once remove the unit is ready to be taken out. Carfully look behind the unit to your left and you will notice a black plastic hose, pull it off slowly so you dont crack or break it. Then the last thing will be disconnecting the to plugs on the left side of it.

Here are the pictures i took taking it apart. the number will match the number on the picture.

1-front view
2-top view (remove the 2 screws)
3-back view (reomve the screw and unplug the wire)
4-bottom view (remove the 4 screws)
5-right side view (remove the 2 screws)
6-carefully pry off the face plate and back of unit where the clip in so you don't break'em off
7-with a flat head screwdriver twist the lights to the left and pull them out(only twist them a 1/4 turn)
8-with the lights out pull off the little green caps over the lights
9-with the lights out remove the 5 screws and carefully pull the circut board out
10-this is the front of the circut board you just removed, my plan was to remove the lights and replace them for red but the light you pulled out earlier couldn't be changed and the lights you see here are green and when you press the buttom beside them they change orange (dual colored light) which you cannot change
11-the panel that has the buttons on it that you press to change a/c and stuff the buttons need to be pryed off with a flathead at the bottom of the outside of button. you will see a tiny white clip which will break when you pop it off but don't worry if you are uneasy about this super glue the button back on.
12-now i was a bit sceptical about this but it works get some stained-glass paint and cover the inside of the white bracket behind the button if you look on the back of it you will see a clear plastic piece in there this is what you whant to cover with the tape.Pull the clear piece out and paint the part that you cant see.Sorry no picture for this one.
13-now the face plate, this all you do is paint the area with the stained-glass paint of your color chioce.

now the only thing left to do is put everything back in reverse order uhhhhhhhhhhhh......

to make sure you did a good job after you assemble the conrol unit just reconnect the 2 plugs back in the car and turn on your interior light to see if you got them covered better if you look at lights in pitch black so you you can make adjustments if neccessary. Hope you enjoy
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94' Barcelona Red w/ Tricoat black 2-tone AWD Ls -Sold
Mods:AWD conversion/4.44 swap by Budfreak, Custom red interior lights, Custom Satin black dash, Power mode switch, Cold air intake, Permecool tranny filter,Sony xplode 10" sub, Sony xplode 1000w amp, Blitz in-line driver, DDM Tuning 6000k HID's, New paint job/body work by me, 97' Grill, QC shift kit, 17'' MB Motoring rims, 15&20 min mod, front & rear urethane swaybar bushings, Custom fiberglass sub box, Custom red led a/c control unit, perrin lightweight crank pulley, Black wrinkle finish powdercoated intake manifold w/ clear hoses , 02' outback heated/power black leather seats
Soon to come:Fiberglass hood, upholster ALL suede to black leather
Past subies:

92' Pearl White/black top LS-L-SOLD
96' Legacy Outback-TOTALED
99' Legacy Outback Limited 30th anniversary edition-TOTALED
98' Forester L -Totaled
Other toys:
99' Forester S -WRX brake upgrade, soon an 04 wrx motor swap
06' B9 Tribeca-Stock
1982' Yamaha xj650 Maxim
Mods:
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Old 08-09-2007, 06:34 PM
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more pics

walkthrough pics 6,7,8,9,10
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94' Barcelona Red w/ Tricoat black 2-tone AWD Ls -Sold
Mods:AWD conversion/4.44 swap by Budfreak, Custom red interior lights, Custom Satin black dash, Power mode switch, Cold air intake, Permecool tranny filter,Sony xplode 10" sub, Sony xplode 1000w amp, Blitz in-line driver, DDM Tuning 6000k HID's, New paint job/body work by me, 97' Grill, QC shift kit, 17'' MB Motoring rims, 15&20 min mod, front & rear urethane swaybar bushings, Custom fiberglass sub box, Custom red led a/c control unit, perrin lightweight crank pulley, Black wrinkle finish powdercoated intake manifold w/ clear hoses , 02' outback heated/power black leather seats
Soon to come:Fiberglass hood, upholster ALL suede to black leather
Past subies:

92' Pearl White/black top LS-L-SOLD
96' Legacy Outback-TOTALED
99' Legacy Outback Limited 30th anniversary edition-TOTALED
98' Forester L -Totaled
Other toys:
99' Forester S -WRX brake upgrade, soon an 04 wrx motor swap
06' B9 Tribeca-Stock
1982' Yamaha xj650 Maxim
Mods:
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Old 08-09-2007, 06:36 PM
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the last pictures11,13
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94' Barcelona Red w/ Tricoat black 2-tone AWD Ls -Sold
Mods:AWD conversion/4.44 swap by Budfreak, Custom red interior lights, Custom Satin black dash, Power mode switch, Cold air intake, Permecool tranny filter,Sony xplode 10" sub, Sony xplode 1000w amp, Blitz in-line driver, DDM Tuning 6000k HID's, New paint job/body work by me, 97' Grill, QC shift kit, 17'' MB Motoring rims, 15&20 min mod, front & rear urethane swaybar bushings, Custom fiberglass sub box, Custom red led a/c control unit, perrin lightweight crank pulley, Black wrinkle finish powdercoated intake manifold w/ clear hoses , 02' outback heated/power black leather seats
Soon to come:Fiberglass hood, upholster ALL suede to black leather
Past subies:

92' Pearl White/black top LS-L-SOLD
96' Legacy Outback-TOTALED
99' Legacy Outback Limited 30th anniversary edition-TOTALED
98' Forester L -Totaled
Other toys:
99' Forester S -WRX brake upgrade, soon an 04 wrx motor swap
06' B9 Tribeca-Stock
1982' Yamaha xj650 Maxim
Mods:
work in progress

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Old 08-09-2007, 11:43 PM
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That is quite likely the most usefull interior light changing bit of advice I've read.

(Would make a nice adition to the how-to docs)

Have any pictures of the finished product? Does the light shne bright enough through the tape?
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Old 08-09-2007, 11:55 PM
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When you get this done, I will get this set up for a How-To. If you can get some of the dark pictures retaken, it might help.
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Old 08-10-2007, 11:51 AM
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i will get some night shot im hoping tonight, the light shines a little dark but light enough that you can see what button is what and what you have pressed
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94' Barcelona Red w/ Tricoat black 2-tone AWD Ls -Sold
Mods:AWD conversion/4.44 swap by Budfreak, Custom red interior lights, Custom Satin black dash, Power mode switch, Cold air intake, Permecool tranny filter,Sony xplode 10" sub, Sony xplode 1000w amp, Blitz in-line driver, DDM Tuning 6000k HID's, New paint job/body work by me, 97' Grill, QC shift kit, 17'' MB Motoring rims, 15&20 min mod, front & rear urethane swaybar bushings, Custom fiberglass sub box, Custom red led a/c control unit, perrin lightweight crank pulley, Black wrinkle finish powdercoated intake manifold w/ clear hoses , 02' outback heated/power black leather seats
Soon to come:Fiberglass hood, upholster ALL suede to black leather
Past subies:

92' Pearl White/black top LS-L-SOLD
96' Legacy Outback-TOTALED
99' Legacy Outback Limited 30th anniversary edition-TOTALED
98' Forester L -Totaled
Other toys:
99' Forester S -WRX brake upgrade, soon an 04 wrx motor swap
06' B9 Tribeca-Stock
1982' Yamaha xj650 Maxim
Mods:
work in progress
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Old 08-10-2007, 11:17 PM
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Possibly, instead of red tape, you could use red colored overhead-transparencies that say...teachers use. You can probably get them at any office supply store.The beauty of this, is you can cut them into strips, and then layer them to adjust how dark / red they are

Just a thought, incase you decide to take your unit apart again
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Old 08-10-2007, 11:19 PM
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I just saw in another post like this a guy said he used stained glass paint or something of the like. I'll find the post.

Right here
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Old 08-10-2007, 11:38 PM
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here are some pics with the finished product i had to brighten the one up so you can get a full look at what they look light. One thing i was thinking about doing but wasn't sure if it was possible was to try to wire leds in place of the lights you pop out to take the caps off. I hope I could solder them to the circut board and have them turn on and off like the stock lights that twist in to connnect.But for now they are ok until i do some research to see if i can up the brightness just a little more with the leds. My good picstures are to big to attach so all i have are the dark ones sorry but don't let the dark picture fool you they are brighter than the picture shows
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94' Barcelona Red w/ Tricoat black 2-tone AWD Ls -Sold
Mods:AWD conversion/4.44 swap by Budfreak, Custom red interior lights, Custom Satin black dash, Power mode switch, Cold air intake, Permecool tranny filter,Sony xplode 10" sub, Sony xplode 1000w amp, Blitz in-line driver, DDM Tuning 6000k HID's, New paint job/body work by me, 97' Grill, QC shift kit, 17'' MB Motoring rims, 15&20 min mod, front & rear urethane swaybar bushings, Custom fiberglass sub box, Custom red led a/c control unit, perrin lightweight crank pulley, Black wrinkle finish powdercoated intake manifold w/ clear hoses , 02' outback heated/power black leather seats
Soon to come:Fiberglass hood, upholster ALL suede to black leather
Past subies:

92' Pearl White/black top LS-L-SOLD
96' Legacy Outback-TOTALED
99' Legacy Outback Limited 30th anniversary edition-TOTALED
98' Forester L -Totaled
Other toys:
99' Forester S -WRX brake upgrade, soon an 04 wrx motor swap
06' B9 Tribeca-Stock
1982' Yamaha xj650 Maxim
Mods:
work in progress

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Old 08-10-2007, 11:47 PM
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those are both good ideas but the transparencys would fall out from the button and you could use stain glass paint on the back of the little clear piece in the middle of the button if you pull it out but for the words tape i think is the only thing because it is white words with transparent green behind it to give it the green look or what i might try to do is later solder in red leds in place of the pop out lights and remove the tape behinde words because the led should overcome the green plastic and make a really bright red another idea is about the colored transparency, if you have the reverse glow gauges instead of putting in the blue 1 they give you, you might be able to swap it with a color transparency just a thought!!!
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94' Barcelona Red w/ Tricoat black 2-tone AWD Ls -Sold
Mods:AWD conversion/4.44 swap by Budfreak, Custom red interior lights, Custom Satin black dash, Power mode switch, Cold air intake, Permecool tranny filter,Sony xplode 10" sub, Sony xplode 1000w amp, Blitz in-line driver, DDM Tuning 6000k HID's, New paint job/body work by me, 97' Grill, QC shift kit, 17'' MB Motoring rims, 15&20 min mod, front & rear urethane swaybar bushings, Custom fiberglass sub box, Custom red led a/c control unit, perrin lightweight crank pulley, Black wrinkle finish powdercoated intake manifold w/ clear hoses , 02' outback heated/power black leather seats
Soon to come:Fiberglass hood, upholster ALL suede to black leather
Past subies:

92' Pearl White/black top LS-L-SOLD
96' Legacy Outback-TOTALED
99' Legacy Outback Limited 30th anniversary edition-TOTALED
98' Forester L -Totaled
Other toys:
99' Forester S -WRX brake upgrade, soon an 04 wrx motor swap
06' B9 Tribeca-Stock
1982' Yamaha xj650 Maxim
Mods:
work in progress
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Old 08-14-2007, 10:18 PM
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i have taken 94subiesvx's option where he heard about stainedglass paint instaed of tape and have taken the damn thing out again and used the paint which to my surprised looked a lot better but it takes a couple coats to get the letters covered i will revise my step-by-step and put the new pics in and hopfully add them to the How-to docs
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94' Barcelona Red w/ Tricoat black 2-tone AWD Ls -Sold
Mods:AWD conversion/4.44 swap by Budfreak, Custom red interior lights, Custom Satin black dash, Power mode switch, Cold air intake, Permecool tranny filter,Sony xplode 10" sub, Sony xplode 1000w amp, Blitz in-line driver, DDM Tuning 6000k HID's, New paint job/body work by me, 97' Grill, QC shift kit, 17'' MB Motoring rims, 15&20 min mod, front & rear urethane swaybar bushings, Custom fiberglass sub box, Custom red led a/c control unit, perrin lightweight crank pulley, Black wrinkle finish powdercoated intake manifold w/ clear hoses , 02' outback heated/power black leather seats
Soon to come:Fiberglass hood, upholster ALL suede to black leather
Past subies:

92' Pearl White/black top LS-L-SOLD
96' Legacy Outback-TOTALED
99' Legacy Outback Limited 30th anniversary edition-TOTALED
98' Forester L -Totaled
Other toys:
99' Forester S -WRX brake upgrade, soon an 04 wrx motor swap
06' B9 Tribeca-Stock
1982' Yamaha xj650 Maxim
Mods:
work in progress
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Old 08-15-2007, 12:02 AM
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i have taken 94subiesvx's option where he heard about stainedglass paint instaed of tape and have taken the damn thing out again and used the paint which to my surprised looked a lot better but it takes a couple coats to get the letters covered i will revise my step-by-step and put the new pics in and hopfully add them to the How-to docs

Awsome can't wait to see what it looks like.
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Old 08-15-2007, 12:10 AM
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new night pic go to post #25 sorry about the darkness in pics camera didnt pic up light good
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94' Barcelona Red w/ Tricoat black 2-tone AWD Ls -Sold
Mods:AWD conversion/4.44 swap by Budfreak, Custom red interior lights, Custom Satin black dash, Power mode switch, Cold air intake, Permecool tranny filter,Sony xplode 10" sub, Sony xplode 1000w amp, Blitz in-line driver, DDM Tuning 6000k HID's, New paint job/body work by me, 97' Grill, QC shift kit, 17'' MB Motoring rims, 15&20 min mod, front & rear urethane swaybar bushings, Custom fiberglass sub box, Custom red led a/c control unit, perrin lightweight crank pulley, Black wrinkle finish powdercoated intake manifold w/ clear hoses , 02' outback heated/power black leather seats
Soon to come:Fiberglass hood, upholster ALL suede to black leather
Past subies:

92' Pearl White/black top LS-L-SOLD
96' Legacy Outback-TOTALED
99' Legacy Outback Limited 30th anniversary edition-TOTALED
98' Forester L -Totaled
Other toys:
99' Forester S -WRX brake upgrade, soon an 04 wrx motor swap
06' B9 Tribeca-Stock
1982' Yamaha xj650 Maxim
Mods:
work in progress
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Old 11-14-2007, 06:49 PM
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OK, the ignition light is the topic, but since we've shuffled on to the climate controls, I figured I'd shoot for the roof:

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It looks a lot better than the pictures show... I'll work on the dark shot. The rest is nicely clear, though!
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