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Hey guys new to this site I just bought a 2002 toyota solara and have many upgrades in mind that I want to do. I know there's reverse glow for cluster and gauges but is there a way to change the light for temp controls, time, and radio (basically whole center console lights) from green to blue? Thanks for all the help in advance

None of those are lightbulbs, they're all LED's soldered to circuit boards. If you're brave and really good with soldering, I suppose it's technically possible, but I have a degree in electronics and I was too chicken to try it.

The gauge cluster, the ring around the ignition, the dome light and the map light are all much easier to change.

The cluster bulbs can be changed a lot easier than the rest of the interior....at the same time, if you just drop in some blue led bulbs, it isn't gonna look 100%. The climate controls and radio buttons are all bulbs too....but as mentioned above, they're soldered to the boards, so if you don't have prior experience with that stuff, I wouldn't recommend it.
I modded my cluster a bit, but I couldn't be bothered with the rest of it....too much time that I don't have haha.

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^for all your future questions.

Thanks for all the help I have changed the cluster and dome light s as of now and took apart the radio and saw what you ment by the circut board.

minig646 wrote:None of those are lightbulbs, they're all LED's soldered to circuit boards. If you're brave and really good with soldering, I suppose it's technically possible, but I have a degree in electronics and I was too chicken to try it.

If i were to attempt this what type of bulbs would i need to get?

minig646 wrote:None of those are lightbulbs, they're all LED's soldered to circuit boards. If you're brave and really good with soldering, I suppose it's technically possible, but I have a degree in electronics and I was too chicken to try it.

The gauge cluster, the ring around the ignition, the dome light and the map light are all much easier to change.

If i were to attempt the bulb change what kind of bulbs would i need to order?

I honestly don't know... for the cluster, I just pulled off the green condom things and colored the bulbs with a few coats of red sharpie and that worked pretty well. If the bulbs in the radio are like the bulbs in the cluster, maybe you could do the same procedure. I have an aftermarked head unit, so I can't go and check for you.

read this http://www.toyotanation.com/forum/showt ... hp?t=97347

Thanks for all the help I'll be sure to post some pictures of the project after its done

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something i've written up a while back. feel free to ask!