New CD Player and LED Lights Installed with PICS
05-20-2012, 02:33 PM
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New CD Player and LED Lights Installed with PICS A local stereo shop was having a huge tent sale and I decided to stop by and see what they had. I ended up walking out of there with the KENWOOD EXCELON KDC-X696 unit, more info on the unit here http://www.kenwoodusa.com/Car_Entert...ivers/KDC-X696 . Overall I'm happy with the unit and has everything I need and with it combined with my polk audio door, mid and hatch speakers the sound is simply amazing. Anyways on to the pics.
The old is a Pioneer Super Tuner 3, great unit just time for an upgrade
The NEW unit is a KENWOOD eXcelon KDC-X696
Also has Blue tooth, here is a pic of were I placed the mic
Here is some night pictures with all the LED bulb swap in the gauge cluster, ac/heat control ***** etc.
And one with the shift light
The old is a Pioneer Super Tuner 3, great unit just time for an upgrade
The NEW unit is a KENWOOD eXcelon KDC-X696
Also has Blue tooth, here is a pic of were I placed the mic
Here is some night pictures with all the LED bulb swap in the gauge cluster, ac/heat control ***** etc.
And one with the shift light
05-20-2012, 02:48 PM
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Here is the for sale link to the old unit if anyone is interested https://ls1tech.com/forums/parts-cla...l#post16332902
05-20-2012, 07:15 PM
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Love the way they look. Only issue I have ran into with the Kenwood decks, is they seem to have issues with iPods and will often freeze, leaving me with the only option of resetting it. It's not a big deal, but it got somewhat annoying. Might only be me, but happened with all 3 Kenwoods I had. KDC-HDxxxx series though.
06-18-2012, 12:52 AM
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my LEDs look just like yours, except when I put LEDs in the HVAC it seemed to have a blue effect... idk whats up with that. The red almost looked purple. I know the gauges have a blue backing, did you have to remove anything similar from the hvac controls or just swapped in LEDs?
06-18-2012, 07:43 AM
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my LEDs look just like yours, except when I put LEDs in the HVAC it seemed to have a blue effect... idk whats up with that. The red almost looked purple. I know the gauges have a blue backing, did you have to remove anything similar from the hvac controls or just swapped in LEDs?
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06-23-2012, 04:11 PM
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For the gauge cluster i used WLED-X5 LED wide angle wedge base bulbs. You will need 5 of them.
For the heat/ac controls i used Wedge base LED bulb 74-xHP3. You will need 2 of them.
For the lights in the doors i used Wedge base LED bulb 74-xHP3. You need 2 of them 1 for each door.
For the rear view mirror i used a Festoon bulb 4410-x9. you need 2 of them
For the Rear Hatch Light i used a Rigid Loop Festoon bulb RL4410-xHP9
For the heat/ac controls i used Wedge base LED bulb 74-xHP3. You will need 2 of them.
For the lights in the doors i used Wedge base LED bulb 74-xHP3. You need 2 of them 1 for each door.
For the rear view mirror i used a Festoon bulb 4410-x9. you need 2 of them
For the Rear Hatch Light i used a Rigid Loop Festoon bulb RL4410-xHP9
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For the gauge cluster i used WLED-X5 LED wide angle wedge base bulbs. You will need 5 of them.
For the heat/ac controls i used Wedge base LED bulb 74-xHP3. You will need 2 of them.
For the lights in the doors i used Wedge base LED bulb 74-xHP3. You need 2 of them 1 for each door.
For the rear view mirror i used a Festoon bulb 4410-x9. you need 2 of them
For the Rear Hatch Light i used a Rigid Loop Festoon bulb RL4410-xHP9
For the heat/ac controls i used Wedge base LED bulb 74-xHP3. You will need 2 of them.
For the lights in the doors i used Wedge base LED bulb 74-xHP3. You need 2 of them 1 for each door.
For the rear view mirror i used a Festoon bulb 4410-x9. you need 2 of them
For the Rear Hatch Light i used a Rigid Loop Festoon bulb RL4410-xHP9
To be honest I did not work with it much, It was hot out and I said **** it.
06-25-2012, 02:14 PM
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When you went to install the leds into the dash what light spaces did you put the new lights into? i was looking at the sticky with the led replacement and the guy uesd 8 bulbs instead of just 5.
https://ls1tech.com/forums/appearanc...eds-guide.html
https://ls1tech.com/forums/appearanc...eds-guide.html
06-25-2012, 02:22 PM
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When you went to install the leds into the dash what light spaces did you put the new lights into? i was looking at the sticky with the led replacement and the guy uesd 8 bulbs instead of just 5.
https://ls1tech.com/forums/appearanc...eds-guide.html
https://ls1tech.com/forums/appearanc...eds-guide.html
06-25-2012, 03:40 PM
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If you look thru the holes when you remove the bulbs, you can see where the light is going. There are only 5 that control the back light. The two that are closest to where the steering column is, are for the turn signals. The one at 2 o clock position from the one on the right, in the pic ( from the turn signal) is for the high beam.
06-26-2012, 01:47 PM
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Are you talking about the fog light switch and the ASR switch if so those can be replaced i just never got around to it as my car got totaled a couple weeks after doing this. I think you have to use 2 3mm led bulbs per switch and you have to solder them in and add a resistor again i think, ill have to look at older threads and make sure.
06-26-2012, 01:52 PM
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Are you talking about the fog light switch and the ASR switch if so those can be replaced i just never got around to it as my car got totaled a couple weeks after doing this. I think you have to use 2 3mm led bulbs per switch and you have to solder them in and add a resistor again i think, ill have to look at older threads and make sure.
I know the fog and asr can be replaced.
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I actually meant to post this several days ago, I was apparently being a bitch. I was not getting a good enough grip on the little bulbs. Got the leds in the HVAC panel now, damn they are bright. atrain59 did list the correct bulbs.
07-06-2012, 09:08 PM
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just got my bulbs.......got the doors.....rear view...and back hatch installed......not ready to to the HVAC or dash yet.....but they are really BRIGHT.....but the rear view bulbs were a PITA to install......it was worth it if only to cut down on the heat damage that the regular bulbs create
