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Old Jun 6, 2003 | 07:28 AM
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Does anyone know the bulb size used in the climate control panel?
I'm either going to replace them with better bulbs, replace with with LEDs, or just change the condom. However, for some reason, I checked Autozone and Lappens and they never even heard of autometer condoms before (some guys even laughed, lolz!).

yo evo zone i can send you some of those covers thier not like the light cover's persay but the work w/ no prbs little thicker and longer but all i did w/ them was cut alittle off the bottom and put a splice down one side. and then they work just fine i guess if your intrested PM me your adress and i'll mail em to ya, i'll splice them up if you don't think you can figure it out.


They would be Red By the way!!
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Old Jun 14, 2003 | 08:27 PM
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Thanks for the great tutorial. I couldn't find any of the rubber condoms, so I painted the bulbs with 2 coats of fire engine red acrylic craft paint. Works just as well. Looks amazing with my silver and red Sony MP3 Deck!


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Old Jun 15, 2003 | 03:16 AM
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Found rubber condoms but what size are the bulbs they fit over??
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Old Jun 15, 2003 | 03:17 AM
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These are probably too big right??
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Old Jun 15, 2003 | 09:22 AM
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The bulbs in the climate controls are small, but I put on big autometer condoms. The plastic piece that sits around the bulbs is perfect for pushing the bigger condom into and holding it there in place. Those Polarg ones look very similar to the shape of the Autometer ones, so if they're about the same size, they'll work too.
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Old Jun 16, 2003 | 08:38 AM
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I did the same thing in my Lancer. I liked it, but it didn't match my head unit. I changed it back and put to blue condoms on each light. Looks better than stock.
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Old Jun 24, 2003 | 06:57 PM
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i found a site that has our bulbs but they are expensive..they have colored ones.
http://www.lightlens.com/coloredbulbs.htm
there at the bottom it says interior dash bulbs.
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Old Jun 30, 2003 | 06:58 AM
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IODINE23,
Thanks for the info. I did mine this weekend. Painted the bulbs red, and it looks great. Did you look into doing the same for the lighter and IC spray bulbs?
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Old Jun 30, 2003 | 07:01 AM
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Nope, only tried the climate and radio. I ended up going back to stock after realizing I couldn't change the radio LCD backlight color.
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Old Jul 2, 2003 | 12:52 AM
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I was wondering if u paint the bulbs would it get hot enough that it would melt off the paint. My friend bought a crappy interior bulb and it did this.
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Old Jul 10, 2003 | 11:33 PM
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so is this what were suspose to be doing? im so confused

where does this part go...
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Old Jul 10, 2003 | 11:35 PM
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haha j/k it was just a project i was working on at the time.

nice looking ac control panel, i did a how too about a year and a half ago, guess ti got removed or deleted.

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Old Jul 20, 2003 | 09:51 PM
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mmm....lookin good! pm me if you need any instructions on changing colors.
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Old Jul 20, 2003 | 10:22 PM
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really good step by step how to guide!!

sick, how did you change your cig lighter/gear bulbs?
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Old Jul 21, 2003 | 04:18 AM
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What I need is those blue condoms that can fit on the bulbs in the gauge cluster. All the ones in Auto Zone are too big...anyone out there can help, please PM me. Thanx~
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