SMD conversion

[Dave Gilbert]

Doing a smd conversion on my vectra c sri.

a few pics for everyone.

milo

waiting on blue smds to do a few other bits on the heater controls. But most of it is done
changing the aircon to blue and the heater ia only showing hot.



passenger door.
window
door lock/unlock
boot unlock


light controls. Didnt get a pic in the dark.

 

[Dave Gilbert]

 

[Dave Gilbert]

Daz86

 

[HarleyPete]

Fantastic job there Dave Gilbert loving the effect that they have for the different things.

 

[Daz86]

Good one Dave they look awesome mate

 

[Dave Gilbert]

They were spare out the donor car so thought its not gonna cost alot for the smds so worth ago.

 

[Dave Gilbert]

Done the blue now.

started on the stereo, there even smaller. Done 2 but gota wait for the corsa to come back and test them. I cant see whats positive and negative so had a guess on the first 2 n then i will know. Al keep you all up dated as i go.

i will get some better pics tonight

 

[Johnss]

 

[Cfrenchy77]

How much u charging Dave lol

 

[Dave Gilbert]

Im not charging anything cos im doing it for my own car. N i dont think i ever want to do the small smds again. Lol

stereo looks really nice but i cant get it out of safe mode. I have fitted the front of the corsa stereo to the front of mine so it may be that, thats causing the issue but im not sure. I will investigate more tomorrow.

 

[Daz86]

Bet there fiddly mate tiny little things them

 

[Dave Gilbert]

The stereo 1s are mate. Think of a grain of rice n your not far off.

 

[Daz86]

You must have one sturdy hand
Good job mate

 

[Dave Gilbert]

I havnt lol.

i enjoyed doing the other bits but the stereo was hard.

i will get some better pics.

moving onto the steering wheel next, but found that there different leds aswell so go to order some more.

 

[Cfrenchy77]

I was goner try doing this but just keep putting it off

 

[Johnss]

Got any pics of process?

 

[Dave Gilbert]

There isnt much of a process, take the item apart(mostly clips)

Unsolder a smd and replace with a new 1. Very fiddly but enjoyable n feels great when u plug it in n it works lol

 

[Johnss]

what size smd's are in that cdr 2005?

 

[Dave Gilbert]

0805 i think. I will check my ebay n post what iv purchased.

 

[identiti66]

Love messing with LED's in the car but my hands are far too shaky to do much SMD work.. I even put 3mm in the steering controls.

Thing I found with SMD's when I last tried to use them was they are really sensitive to heat. I used to blow a few by getting them too hot.