How to illumminate the Rear Defroster light, Getting rid of the green for other more suitable colors. Options

[Black0nBlack94]

HI everyone. So todays wacky idea is to change the tiny bulb in the Rear defroster button on the CC unit to a color thats more desirable by us. My CC unit is now blue thanks to spree's led kit. However the Rear defroster is a seperate unit, as everyone who has used this kit already knows. So the idea is to find a bulb or LED to fit for the Rear Defroster backlight, But this is proving to be a tough task. Has anyone done this yet? If not does anyone have a way to find this bulb size. It is extremely tiny. Pics up soon.

[Black0nBlack94]

Sorry I cant figure out how to post the picture. But if any one can post 1 for me I would appreciate it.

[Batman722]

it's a simple task actually.
http://www.superbrightleds.com/cgi-bin/sto...instrument.html
the NeoWedge series LED Lamp ones, I can't remeber the size though.

[Black0nBlack94]

Okay, Your definetly right, this is a easy task. I opened out my Rear Defroster Unit, Now all I need to do is find the bulb size. I've been checking around but haven't found it yet. Anybody know this?

[Black0nBlack94]

bump for an awesome project

[Batman722]

there are only 3 sizes at les than $2 each.
Why don't you just order one of each and let everyone else know ?

[delusionz]

Aren't those Neowedge the ones that Spree sent out to change the background colour for everything?

The little indicator bulbs are 3mm leds which have to be unsoldered, replaced and resoldered.

[Zimluura]

i did this, and it turns out i added it to my cc guide before i forgot what to use.


How-To: Lighting the Rear-Defog button
Getting this thing apart is murder. i used a system of 2 flat-head screw drivers: got one side un-clipped first then shoved a screwdriver into it to keep it from re-clipping itself while i pry-ed at the other side with the other screwdriver. on the upside it seems like some really strong abs plastic that's pretty resistant to this sort of abuse.

a 3mm LED fits in just fine for the indicator. take a look at your cathode(-) and anode(+) before de-soldering the old one. the 3mm blue that i got is a little too bright at night. unfortunately this indicator doesn't dim when your head-lights are on. as a result my 3mm LED was a little too bright for comfortable night-time use. so i re-positioned it so the side of the led points outward and it works ok.
as for the defog back-lighting, i was wondering if this thing was even wired to light up. as my celica's bulb was burned from the time i got it. an 8mm Neo - Wedge fits great. the one i got wasn't perfect because the led was just slightly too bulky (it was an SMT LED and has good sideways visibility). but not too bulky to shove through the hole anyways. after dropping an LED in there it worked great. (even plenty of wiggle room to reverse polarity).



from here:
http://www.6gc.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=61249

good luck!