1fastls1ss

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Well I got bored and always wanted my HVAC ***** to light up bright white like the newer cars. So I used some white LED's that I had and put them inside the ***** of the HVAC controls. First I removed the HVAC out of the car and took it apart. I then figured how to place the LED's in the ***** and used my soldering iron to melt two channels on either side of the ***** center to lay the wires into.
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Ran the wires through the HVAC housing and out the back (the middle section cold/hot a small hole needs to be drilled to feed the wire through).
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Then soldered them together and put a resistor on the + wire. Tested it first with a 9V battery to make sure all worked well, and turned the ***** so the wires would not be to tight and have some movement when you use the *****.
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Put it all back into the car and wired it into the plug for the HVAC lights from the car so the ***** would turn on when the lights come on. Put the radio bezel back on and done. Here is the final pic in the car.
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Next I'm gonna put an LED in the headlight switch, but ran out of time tonight. It would have been much easier if I didn't have to solder the wiring to the LED's, but overall it was pretty simple.

whytryz28

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Found what I'm doing tomorrow.

The Guz

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Nicely done. That looks good.

camaroboricua

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That looks awesome! I have to fix mine. it doesnt light up at all.....Wonder if this will work on the T/A's also...

transambrotha

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looks awesome, good idea

Tyler Z28

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nice work.

LS1121

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I don't get it? Mine have always lit up from the factory. I put red led's in my HVAC and now they light up red.

TPI TERROR

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Nicely done will be doing this

cancam99ss

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I like

Swiat34

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You've just completed a project I've had my mind on for 2 years! Great job!

MynameisLee

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That's badass, don't forget to post some pics of the headlight switch when you get done

1fastls1ss

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Well the headlight switch **** ended up to be a little PITA. The **** does not have a clear plastic shell, so the line on the **** does not light up. My solution...I cut out the existing white line on the **** with a hobby knife (which took some time) then took some lexan I had and made a new piece to put in the opening in the **** so light would transfer through.


The next is the same as before in OP, made an opening on the rear side of the **** for the wire, and made a hole in the housing for the wire to feed through.


Then put it all back together.
light off:

and light on:

The Mighty Texan

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Looks pretty snazzy! I need to do work on mine, for some reason when i did this a couple years ago it keeps shorting out so i need to check my wiring, been too busy to work on it though.