anyone used da nailpolish idea??on interior lighting panels?

[LatinUSMC]

im wondering if any one has painted their interior radio instrument panels,dials, lights ,clock, etc.... with nail polish as stated by some one earlier???????? pics??? ... just curious

[xavier]

I just did mine with a dark pink/red nail polish and it looks great. I hated the green and now its a deep red. I did this until I get the red matrix led's for the guages. I am pleased with the results. Ill get some pics tonight if I can remember. Dont know how well they will come out though but Ill try

[bassthrive]

Yes, I think I was the first to blaze the trail of nail polished lightbulbs. It lasts a lot longer than sharpie'd bulbs and gives a richer red depending on the shade you can bum off your girlfriend/sister/friend/etc...

I recently re-did my HVAC controls with transparent red plastic pieces custom cut to fit the indicators. Basically I did it to make the cold/hot knob look blue/red again instead of purple/red. I will get a picture up later today to explain better.

[LatinUSMC]

cool thanks......but let see some PICS!!!!!!

[xavier]

Yes, I think I was the first to blaze the trail of nail polished lightbulbs. It lasts a lot longer than sharpie'd bulbs and gives a richer red depending on the shade you can bum off your girlfriend/sister/friend/etc...

I recently re-did my HVAC controls with transparent red plastic pieces custom cut to fit the indicators. Basically I did it to make the cold/hot knob look blue/red again instead of purple/red. I will get a picture up later today to explain better.

Yeah, thats my only problem, the blue for cold looks purple now. And the radio controls are still green with the a/c, recirc, and the rear defrost buttons still being green also. Anyone know how to take the push buttons apart?

[bassthrive]

You got PM, here is the transcript...

remove the hvac controls (if you dont know how to do this lemme know) and you can easily take out the three cartridges that hold the a/c, recirc, and defogger buttons from the back and remove their corresponding wire harnesses.

rear defogger is the easiest, there are two bulbs, one for the light up symbol and one for the "on" indicator light. unscrew these bulbs from their sockets on the of the cartridge, remove the rubber colored covers, and paint the bulbs.

a/c is next. the a/c icon is the same as above but the indicator light is a l.e.d. which is VERY hard to color so I suggest you just leave it green. I tried coloring it red but the nail polish blocks out too much light, sharpie looks like poo, even the color blue dosent work at all.

recirc is basically impossible to change since it is all l.e.d. based so i just blacked it out.

here is a picture of my hvac before with simply painting the two big bulbs behind the knobs.



this is how it looks now. removed the nail polish from the bulbs, then used pieces of divider tabs for everything you see red, even the knobs (report covers work well too, ala flash's clock tutorial, basically any clear thin colored plastic that you can trim and shape will work)




p.s. pics look different just due to exposure settings. also note the new headunit

[munister]

what size bulb is it?

[djsaltine]

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