Interior Lighting

[cherrington17]

I just got done replacing my reciever and now i want to replace that little light in that cavity below the radio. anyone know what size or type that lamp is?

and has anyone used oznium cathodes for some feet light? just how bright are we talking with those things?

thanks.

[FormulaNERD]

not sure, it's really small, take off the shifter (there is a pin on the side closest the stereo) and pull up on the front cup holder, that whole assy. will pull out, you can look at the bulb, and also change the 194 bulb under the P, R, N, D, etc with a blue led one.

[|Rev|]

My friend has ozium cathodes in his accord, its pretty bright, but it looks nice.

[jonez]

Replaced that small light in the hole with two leds, looks good.

[Silentalero]

2 cold cathodes under the dash and led in cubby hole

[cherrington17]

thanks everyone, i'll definetly be doing that soon. (espicially silentalero, that pic proved it for me.)

[ptrudel]

if u want good lighting, go with cold cathodes....very bright, and dirt cheap compared to regular neons...

[Silentalero]

only drawback...extremely flimsy...you tap it with anything n snap its gone

[ptrudel]

so very true...silent, did u use the velcro crap they sent to fasten the tubes?

[keytonic]

that velcro doesn't hold up very well your better off with double faced tape

[Silentalero]

pfft, na i secure my stuff good, just poke 4 holes around the squared ends and tie wrap em in there.

[ptrudel]

iite cool..thanx silent...cuz ya, that velcro doesn't hold worth of poop

[cherrington17]

funny thing is i just order some led's and cathodes and was gonna post a question as to favorite (sturdy) mounting methods.... now i know. man i love this site... :D

[jonez]

Question about the cold cathodes, I read where some of the colors are a little of, like red is more of a pink. Was wondering how true this is.

[alerov6rcr]

how do you cahnge the bulb under the p,r,n,d,3,2,1?

[ptrudel]

well i dunno about the red...but i got the green ones, and they are definately green...and the blue ones are blue too, my sis has 'em in her cavy

[Silentalero]

Ok yes that is true about the cathodes.

Red is sorta pinkish

Blue is teal

green is a lighter green

becasue of the amount of light they give out the coors get distorted


and the shifter lights i had to put 4 leds in there that are aimed perfectly up towards it...PITA to line up but i used blue leds and it lights up bright blue...same with my HVAC knobs

[ptrudel]

^mine are really green silent...not light at all...a nice bright but dark neon green

[jonez]

Originally posted by alerov6rcr@Jun 3 2004, 06:16 PM
how do you cahnge the bulb under the p,r,n,d,3,2,1?
It is a 194 bulb. It is simple just lfit on the plastic peice it will come up. You will then see the light. It takes a slight twist and it will come out. Replace and put back together.

[jonez]

Originally posted by Silentalero@Jun 3 2004, 06:38 PM
Ok yes that is true about the cathodes.

Red is sorta pinkish

Blue is teal

green is a lighter green

becasue of the amount of light they give out the coors get distorted


and the shifter lights i had to put 4 leds in there that are aimed perfectly up towards it...PITA to line up but i used blue leds and it lights up bright blue...same with my HVAC knobs
You wouldn't by chance have a pic of the red would you. Do not want pink interior.

[Silentalero]

Originally posted by jonez+Jun 3 2004, 05:51 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (jonez @ Jun 3 2004, 05:51 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-alerov6rcr@Jun 3 2004, 06:16 PM
how do you cahnge the bulb under the p,r,n,d,3,2,1?
It is a 194 bulb. It is simple just lfit on the plastic peice it will come up. You will then see the light. It takes a slight twist and it will come out. Replace and put back together. [/b][/quote]
yes but now if you have apinted pieces just wait untill ya get ur brun mark on there :)


i tryed that at first


194 led bulbs project so that didnt work and the normal blue bulbs fade in time so thats a pita

[cherrington17]

would it be possible (on the cathodes) to put a potentiometer in line to limit the amount of current, so they aren't so bright?
(...if desired of course)

^ thats where my nerdy job of a radioshack employee comes into play... :lol:

[ptrudel]

is that a fancy name for a dimmer? :blink:

[Silentalero]

yes bascily, what it does is it limits the amount of electricicty put out to the light....but see the problem is since the cathodes are built with a certasin amount of light output even dimming it wont change the color...just the way the tubes are made

[ptrudel]

ok well seein as it is just a fancy word for a dimmer...all it'll do is that..dim the light..dunno if it's good for the cathodes tho...mine is hooked up onto that system(out of sheer luck..couldn't find a power wire) it dims, but still same color...

[StealthAlero99]

question - what gives light to the HVAC controls? that and the prd123 (on the dash) are the only things that are still green in my car and i want blue, i put in a blue light under the prd123 lights by the shifter and the blue matches up perfect with my speedhut gauges... so i am hoping that the HVAC lighting is done by the 194 bulb as well

[Silentalero]

no hvac are actual bulbs soldered to a circuit board, so if ya wanna replace those, get handy witha soldering iron

[StealthAlero99]

meh, so did you cover those lights up somehow or did you just put the leds in and the leds overpowered the stock lights?

[brim]

can't tell on there


i'm lookin to change out the lights by the shifter myself, maybe it's doable with just LEDS


Also I WISH you could change the PRN123 in the middle of the gauge cluster

i'll toy with it tomorrow

[Silentalero]

no i put 4 leds on the top and took the factory lights out

[scotttherock]

for those of u that have installed these cold cathodes...what do u use as the power source?

[ptrudel]

any constant power will do...i was hooked up to the light in the cubby hole, cuz i can't see 'em till it's dark enough for the lights to come on anyways...

[ShortysTRM]

ok, it's late but I had to show you guys this...I bought Pilot 7 Color 194 LEDs and put one in the shifter and it looks sweet. It starts in Red but red doesn't show up and with the camera you can't see as much of a difference between colors and the light doesn't look as diffused, but it looks cool in person :D :thumbsup:

Gear Selector (http://atabo.com/alerogear.wmv)

[ImSoBored]

Ive got regular red neons, and theyre pretty red, also for the cuby light, I just took touch up paint to it, and now it shines red too

[ShortysTRM]

well, I thought it was cool at least <_< :D ;)

[|Rev|]

That's cool lookin shorty :thumbsup:

[ShortysTRM]

Thanks REV :thumbsup:

[brim]

agreed, pretty cool man

is it a constant changing tho?

[Youngblood77]

ImSoBored, how long have you had the touch-up paint on the cubby-hole light? I'm just wondering if the paint will fade in time or what. I'd like to do that, but I'm not gonna waste my time if it only lasts a couple months...

[ShortysTRM]

yeah, it just scrolls through 7 colors, fading in and out of each one. The red is not very visible, and most everything else comes out as a different shade of blue, green purple, or something in between. I paid $10 for 2 bulbs, so I still have another one to play with.

[brim]

ah figured i'd change this one out finally, so....

[brim]

looks good

1 led from oznium, should run 2 or so to light it up well

[Screamin eagle]

Hey guys and gals, the little light in the cubby hole is a #74. Here is where I bought my blue one..... Looks great and is actually pretty bright.....

http://autolumination.com/74.htm

[ShortysTRM]

superbrightleds.com also carries the 74 bulbs in LED, and they also have the ones to replace your blinker, high beam, and cruise indicator lamps, "condom" and all. Has anyone tried to change the bulbs in their locks, mirrors, and windows buttons? Also, has anyone tried the cruise controls on the steering wheel?

I finally changed the gauge lights, too, but it seemed easier the way I did it. I just stuck something down in the back of the "condom" to break the wires that were soldered to each contact, then just pulled out the 194 bulb. Then, I just straightened out the leads of the LED 194 bulb and put them through the same holes that the soldered wires went through. Then I just folded the leads over the contacts, though I would reccomend soldering them if you're not on a tight time schedule. My fiancee, the owner of the car, was already late for work. She wanted them, though, and since she's a chick, rainbow gauges are OK lol. Anyways, as with everything else I do, here is the video of her new "7 color" (since the gauges are blue, it's more like 7 shades of blue, green, and purple, though the red shines through a little bit and lights up the needles, too, you can't see the red very well on the video) LED gauges. As seen in the previous video, her shifter also has the same effect. The video shows the trouble spot at the top of the tach, though it may look a little worse in the vid. I filmed the initial cycle upon startup, and then tried to illustrate what they look like after driving for a while and the bulbs have gotten out of sync.

gauges video (http://atabo.com/alerogauges.wmv)

[Screamin eagle]

I know the led on the cruise control is a very small one soldered into the ciruit board behind the button. You could get a small one and solder it in. My button broke so I had to screw the button down to get the cruise to work. That made the cruise led light all the time so I broke it off the board.

[ShortysTRM]

how do you get to them?

[Screamin eagle]

I think there was a screw on the side of the button but I would have to check.....

[boarder211]

Eagle... you rock. I've been trying to work with the oznium LED's in the gauge cluster, but I've found that they direct the light in too tight of an area... so when I pay off this new camera, I'm going to be ordering some stuff from the autolumination website. :)

[ShortysTRM]

no comments on her gauges?

[ImSoBored]

paintign the cubby hole light

I did that about a year ago and its still going strong

havent had to repaint it

[Screamin eagle]

I've ordered from them before and they did a really great job.

Shorty, Are the gauges dim around the edges? They kind of looked like it in the video. They are a really cool idea though.

[ShortysTRM]

the only time they are dim is when they are red, and then the needles and the red "caution" sections of the gauges are intense red and the rest of the gauges are a dim red. Other than that, they are very legible, with the only trouble spot being at the top of the tach, but it is also legible, just dimmer than the rest.