Has anyone experimented with changing the color of the knobs? I ran across this tutorial, let me know if it seems accurate. I am especially interested in changing the color of the air conditioner knob LED's

Rotary Knobs

Zach

it looks good, although our set up may differ from those instructions........on our hvac knobs there is a transparent film inside the knobs which is what puts out the colors, so the film would need to be pulled outta there i think........others will comment more on this, i havent tampered with them, YET lol.......

Alright, I figured out how to replace the Fog Light LED. I have a 1998 Olds Cutlass, not quite an Alero, but I think the foglight assembly along with alot of the rest of the car is the same. Here are the pics!

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There are the steps for the little Fog Light LED. Most of the LEDs in Oldsmobiles are green, there is usually no film. Good thing for us! ;)

Zach

well i know for sure there is film behind the hvac controls because its been noted several times on this site....the other things u mentioned im not too sure about......

and this is an alero site so when u asked the question i assume im looking at the same thing u r when it comes to the question u asked, if u have a different car u gotta let us know.....

actually most the bulbs have blue condoms but look green because of the yellowing in the bulb.

Well, I did note it was on a cutlass. The cars are nearly exactly the same, at least in 1998.

hmm, so you're saying the 98 cutlass and 98 alero are nearly exactly the same?

I put blue led's in my hvac controls and the nobs glow blue with no problem.

I did this with my last car. But I have yet to even play around with ANYTHING in my new car. Heres a picture of my last car's. Took me about 6 hours to do all the doors. A lot of soldering and trial and error went into it. But I got A LOT of compliments on it when it was done.

That looks real nice, did you have to use resistors on the LEDs or not? I am thinking that I need a resistor on the fog light switch. I fried two LEDs without the resistor.

Zach

our alero fog light switch may be just like that, i don't think he was talking about the hvac knobs at all?? right?

No, I didn't need resistors. But, you should probably check first without one to see if it burns the led up. If it does, then throw a 12v resistor on there and it should work fine.

Ok, I just got a PM asking me how to do that. So, instead of getting like 50 and having to retype that 50 times, I'll just post it on here.

I've tried to explain it before, but without pics and with different cars, its completely different. But, basically I took the door panel off, got the window controls out, and took them apart so I could get to the LED's. Then I cut off the original orange ones and bent the blue LED's wires to where they needed to be, and soldered them in. I didn't need resistors but I would say that you should check first just by touching the positive end to the negative end and see if it blows up the LED. If it does, then throw a 12v resistor on it. When I was finished with all of them I plugged it in just to make sure they all worked, and then put everything back together. Hope this helps.

Eric

** Forgot to mention. You can pick up 100 3mm LED's with 100 12v resistors on ebay for like $20. **

hmm, so you're saying the 98 cutlass and 98 alero are nearly exactly the same? [/b][/quote]
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wonder if he realizes alero wasnt produced in 98.

Okay, 1999