Acree's Evo X LED Interior Conversion
Jul 14, 2010, 08:43 PM
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Not bad at all. I would put a PWM circuit on the amber dash lights if you don't already have one. They look like they seriously strain your eyes at night from being so bright.
I do have a question for you. What type of solder are you using, that it conducts electricity??
I unfortunately have to order more leds before I can finish the steering wheel. They should be here Friday. I will finish up the car then.
So far, I've converted all switches, the screen to blue for normal display, and red for warning, and made the needles blue. I also made the passenger airbag indicator blue since it always stays on when no one is in the passenger seat. I wanted it to blend into the interior more. Since this is an MR, I made the gear indicator light up blue, and then white when switched on. The only thing left is the steering wheel and AEM Boost and Wideband gauges changed to blue displays. I should have final pictures Friday night.
Just a note. All pictures were taken with the iPhone 4. The quality isn't an SLR or anything. Any blue that appears to be a different shade, I can assure you it is the camera making up for differences in brightness. All LEDs are wavelength matched, meaning they are identically the same color.
-Acree
I do have a question for you. What type of solder are you using, that it conducts electricity??
I unfortunately have to order more leds before I can finish the steering wheel. They should be here Friday. I will finish up the car then.
So far, I've converted all switches, the screen to blue for normal display, and red for warning, and made the needles blue. I also made the passenger airbag indicator blue since it always stays on when no one is in the passenger seat. I wanted it to blend into the interior more. Since this is an MR, I made the gear indicator light up blue, and then white when switched on. The only thing left is the steering wheel and AEM Boost and Wideband gauges changed to blue displays. I should have final pictures Friday night.
Just a note. All pictures were taken with the iPhone 4. The quality isn't an SLR or anything. Any blue that appears to be a different shade, I can assure you it is the camera making up for differences in brightness. All LEDs are wavelength matched, meaning they are identically the same color.
-Acree
Jul 14, 2010, 09:42 PM
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Hey Andrew,
As far as the gauge cluster goes, are you going to change the numbers from white to another color (or did Chris specifically want that left white)?
Also since you got the needles changed, do you know if you will be able to make them change color depending on where the needle is on the RPM gauge like you mentioned might be possible?
Other than that, it looks FANTASTIC. Can't wait to hand over my car for this.
As far as the gauge cluster goes, are you going to change the numbers from white to another color (or did Chris specifically want that left white)?
Also since you got the needles changed, do you know if you will be able to make them change color depending on where the needle is on the RPM gauge like you mentioned might be possible?
Other than that, it looks FANTASTIC. Can't wait to hand over my car for this.
Jul 14, 2010, 09:45 PM
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We had talked about changing the numbers, but for it to look really good, Andrew would have to put an LED behind every number. While it would have looked good, I didn't want him to go that deep into the project. We talked about the needle changing color, but I am not sure if he did that. It looks awesome in his IX on the climate control though. Totally unexpected.
Jul 14, 2010, 10:23 PM
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that gauge just looks stupid sick. how hard is it to make a 8 gauge cluster blue and the time frame needed. i dont need anything as complicated as krisiun's.
Jul 15, 2010, 05:18 AM
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Hey Andrew,
As far as the gauge cluster goes, are you going to change the numbers from white to another color (or did Chris specifically want that left white)?
Also since you got the needles changed, do you know if you will be able to make them change color depending on where the needle is on the RPM gauge like you mentioned might be possible?
Other than that, it looks FANTASTIC. Can't wait to hand over my car for this.
As far as the gauge cluster goes, are you going to change the numbers from white to another color (or did Chris specifically want that left white)?
Also since you got the needles changed, do you know if you will be able to make them change color depending on where the needle is on the RPM gauge like you mentioned might be possible?
Other than that, it looks FANTASTIC. Can't wait to hand over my car for this.
I can make the needle change colors based on rpm, but again it will take a considerable amount of fabrication time. The geometry behind the gauge face doesn't lend itself to this type of light segregation, but it is doable.
-Acree
Jul 16, 2010, 12:25 AM
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