Mfd Led Mod (white)

evocarlos

hey every one
heres what ive been playing with today 🙂

the MFD on the centre console and its horrid orange back light

after removal and dismantling of the unit i fitted a small strip of led's from a computer light

i then made a white light diffuser from some opal perspex the surround of the orange one was cut and reused to hold the screen in place

testing with out the diffuser

and here it is all put back together

much better shame the pics not very good 🙁

just waiting on my rubber paint to arrive then i can respray the center console

evocarlos

it needs more duffusing the lcd blocks are showing thru
wheres me tracing paper 🙂

Matt

Nice work, have you done all the other bulbs white as well?

evocarlos

not yet need to get some zener diodes in and some resistors but i do plan to do the hole dash
the speedo still has the gastly orange display so thats next

evocarlos

here's with a sheet of tracing paper fitted in between the screen and diffuser

Matt

That looks 100 times better now

corsaZ22se

those leds look great, so much nicer then the orange. seen a few vauxhall with them changed but never knew how. i'd like mine blue to match the dash and alpine head unit. another job to put on the 'to do' list.

evocarlos

thanks 🙂
blue is quite easy there's no need to change the diffuser
there's only really a need to for white cause it still comes out orange with the diffusers in
i've got it a bit better now by fitting the LED's at the top and painting the inside silver to reflect the light thru the screen and removed the tracing paper
as in this pic

the speedo is on the list of many many things to do lol