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