blue interior led (pics)

Sabrewings · 07-08-2008, 11:05 AM

Here's mine:

(yes, I've taken care of the cruise buttons, just haven't taken a new pic)

GOINDEF · 07-09-2008, 11:31 AM

that is awesome looking, so you got a new gauge overlay and then changed the bulbs? what kind of overlay color or specs or whatever should I be looking for so that I can have it look like that?.

Sabrewings · 07-09-2008, 01:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GOINDEF

that is awesome looking, so you got a new gauge overlay and then changed the bulbs? what kind of overlay color or specs or whatever should I be looking for so that I can have it look like that?.

The overlay was swapped and white LEDs put in behind. I'm not sure the details on the overlay since (like I said previously) my HVAC and gauge cluster were done by BBE due to their delicate nature. I did the rest.

robahr24 · 08-20-2008, 09:42 AM

Where did you order your led's from, you said yours took a while, what are some other sites I could order from too?

And does BBE have a site. I have been looking for a new guage cluster face too.

7801MonteMan · 08-20-2008, 11:09 AM

BBEngineering Impala / Monte Carlo Products

fatride99 · 08-20-2008, 01:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sabrewings

I'm working on the same thing right now, with BB's help.

BB did my cluster and HVAC, and I'm doing the rest.

Somewhat a how-to. This is the first switch I did since the bulb was burned out. This is for the Chevy Impala/Monte buttons, so for the Pontiac buttons YMMV.

I've gotten a lot more switches done and I'm waiting on more LEDs and resistors to arrive.

Hope this helps. The resistor value depends on the Vf of the LED.

If you guys need more details in the writeup, just ask and I will go back and edit.

What year/make did the blue covers (diffusers) come out of? I know on the grand prix's, ours are red/orange. I might contact that guy to get some of my other stuff done in blue. Do you have a part number for the led bulbs?

Pics look great, btw!!

7801MonteMan · 08-24-2008, 12:23 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sabrewings

You use Ohm's law:

I=V/R

(I is current, V is voltage, R is resistance)

For our situation, we would reorder it to be R=V/I. So, the equation would look like this.

(14.4V-[Vf of LED])
------------------
[current of LED at Vf]

That will give you the resistor value in Ohms. I'd bump it up just a tad as well. For my 3.2V Vf LEDs, with 20mA of current, I use 620Ohm resistors.

As far as someone doing it, I've considered doing it for about $10 a switch (plus shipping, you provide the switches) but I've never opened Pontiac switches. I'd assume they're similar to the ones in the Impala/Monte, but I'm still learning those.

I was messing around on the internet trying to figure out the polarity of leds. I have a little project that I decided to mess with that includes leds and I ran across this calc for determining which resistor is needed. I am going to do the math myself personally to check this online calc after I wake up and after I get over the hangover that I will have.

Current limiting Resistor calculator for leds

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GOINDEF SE Level Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Holly, MI Posts: 123 iTrader: (0) Rep Power: 1	Re: blue interior led (pics) that is awesome looking, so you got a new gauge overlay and then changed the bulbs? what kind of overlay color or specs or whatever should I be looking for so that I can have it look like that?. __________________ 2000 GOINDEF GP GT Coupe Still Rockin At 180K miles GOINDEF And Livin' Loud

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