Update, Factory Radio Color Change pics page 3

by **Solorange** » Tue May 23, 2006 7:19 pm

So I just finished my radio color change finally. Im so proud of myself I got them all to work on the first try! I had to change the colors of my dyed bulbs I used before because the leds were way more intense. Sharpie markets are a miracle. They did the job just nicely. So for all of you in the future who do this sharpie markers are the way to go! Also my radio was different than the one in the tutorial. I only had 21 leds lights as opposed to 51. And my lcd screen did not have led lights illuminating it. It has a regular old bulb which I colored orange. I hope you enjoy these as much as I do! sorry the pics suck my camera cant take night pictures well without a flash.

by **ChrYstiE** » Tue May 23, 2006 7:39 pm

nice, but it hurts my eyes, lol. i wish i was that handy!

by **SolaraBlue** » Tue May 23, 2006 9:24 pm

it looks good but why orange?

j/k
ive been wanting to mess with the dash lights. is it tough?
and now that i think about it werent you saying how youre done doing things to your car and blah blah blah? i know this isnt the biggest or more obvious mod you could do but its still counts! so i would like to say, i told you so! i knew you couldnt stop spending money on your car! seriously though, it looks awesome. keep it up!
whats next on the list?

by **Solorange** » Wed May 24, 2006 1:38 pm

SolaraBlue wrote:it looks good but why orange? j/k
ive been wanting to mess with the dash lights. is it tough?
and now that i think about it werent you saying how youre done doing things to your car and blah blah blah? i know this isnt the biggest or more obvious mod you could do but its still counts! so i would like to say, i told you so! i knew you couldnt stop spending money on your car! seriously though, it looks awesome. keep it up!
whats next on the list?

I dont count this one since its under $100. So its not a mod...

I wanted purple, but I didnt have the time to put the effort into the guage cluster. I guess orange just to be different from all of you guys. You all do red or blue. This mod was cheap though. It only cost me $18bucks. And changing all the lights was very easy. Toyota makes it easy to get to all the bulbs. And all you have to do is take the green condom off and color the bulbs with a sharpie. As for the Leds follow that tutorial. I couldnt explain it better and the soldering is easy. You get really good at it once youve done like two lights.

As far as my next mod goes, absolutly nothing...
But my rear brakes squeak really bad, but that is because I changed the rear pads without turning down the rotors. I know Im lazy. So cause of that Im thinking about getting some drilled rotors. But this doesnt count either cause I putting it down as maintenance. :roll:

I really need to get my timing belt replaced though.

by **NeFaRiOuS_SLE** » Fri May 26, 2006 11:16 pm

Looks nice, but the trick is to hold your hand VERY steady or use a tripod... It is only because the exposure time is longer and therefore able to pick up on motion blur a lot more.

by **Solorange** » Mon May 29, 2006 7:03 pm

Yeah I dont have either of those lol. Thanks though

by **StockSolara** » Mon May 29, 2006 8:14 pm

Looks good man

by **bassthrive** » Mon May 29, 2006 10:00 pm

props to you on the lighting job!

in my experience sharpies have always faded as time goes by and the red was never deep enough for my taste, which is how i discovered nail polish bulb coloring. :fadein:

by **Solorange** » Wed May 31, 2006 2:20 pm

bassthrive wrote:props to you on the lighting job!

in my experience sharpies have always faded as time goes by and the red was never deep enough for my taste, which is how i discovered nail polish bulb coloring.

I had a feeling they would do that, do they make orange nail polish lol?

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