Custom Instrument Cluster LED Color Change Service

[CTScott]

I have done LED color changes for a couple of people recently, so I figured I would go ahead and open this service to the rest of the community. The 09-11 clusters are the best for modifying, as the speedometer is a single color, fed only by the LEDs. The 06-08 clusters have some either red or blue trim printed into the plastic, so that portion will not change color.

I can standard colors, like white, blue or red, or I can do a wide variety of custom colors, using a trick that I figured out for also being able to change the color of the clock (on non-tach cluster) to match (as the clock uses a VFD display, rather than LEDs). So, almost any color you can imagine I can do.

If you are relatively local, we can schedule it where I do it while you wait (it takes about an hour or so for me to do one). If you are not local, you can either pick up an extra cluster off ebay for me to mod, or I can potentially mod one of my extra ones and have you ship your original one back to me. I can also reprogram the odometer for an extra fee, so matching your mileage on a swapped cluster is not an issue.

Cost (+ return shipping, which typically runs under $15 within the US):

Color change only: $100
Odometer reprogramming only: $50
Color change and odometer reprogramming: $125

Here are some samples:

Blue:
http://i372.photobucket.com/albums/oo163/ctscott329/Yaris%20Cluster%20Color%20Change/Cluster-BlueLED_zps20d0b994.jpg (http://s372.photobucket.com/user/ctscott329/media/Yaris%20Cluster%20Color%20Change/Cluster-BlueLED_zps20d0b994.jpg.html)

White:
http://i372.photobucket.com/albums/oo163/ctscott329/Yaris%20Cluster%20Color%20Change/Cluster-WhiteLED_zps42ae61e0.jpg (http://s372.photobucket.com/user/ctscott329/media/Yaris%20Cluster%20Color%20Change/Cluster-WhiteLED_zps42ae61e0.jpg.html)

Custom Violet:
http://i372.photobucket.com/albums/oo163/ctscott329/Yaris%20Cluster%20Color%20Change/Cluster-Violet_zps9e24d51f.jpg (http://s372.photobucket.com/user/ctscott329/media/Yaris%20Cluster%20Color%20Change/Cluster-Violet_zps9e24d51f.jpg.html)

Custom Green:
http://i372.photobucket.com/albums/oo163/ctscott329/Yaris%20Cluster%20Color%20Change/Cluster-GreenLED_zps01633719.jpg (http://s372.photobucket.com/user/ctscott329/media/Yaris%20Cluster%20Color%20Change/Cluster-GreenLED_zps01633719.jpg.html)

[TOLMACH]

Wow!

1. Can you change colors on canadian cars (2009) with separate speedometer and tach?

2. Is there a way to change the color of tach only to red and leave spedometer as is?

Thanks

[Astroman]

Cool!!

[CTScott]

Wow!

1. Can you change colors on canadian cars (2009) with separate speedometer and tach?

2. Is there a way to change the color of tach only to red and leave spedometer as is?

Thanks


Yes, Canadian clusters are doable as well and I am 90% sure that I can change the tach color separately from the speedo.

[TOLMACH]

Wow again ))

Will spend some time thinking what I want (I do know that I do not like the stock color but do not know yet what I want) and revert to you.

I can drive without this thing, right?

Thanks

[CTScott]

Wow again ))

Will spend some time thinking what I want (I do know that I do not like the stock color but do not know yet what I want) and revert to you.

I can drive without this thing, right?

Thanks

You can. If you have a ScanGauge, it can act as your speedo and tach, so you are not driving blind.

[mazilla]

Can we put an 09 directly into an 07? I forget if there is a difference at the moment...

[YarisSedan]

I like the white one it has a real clean and stock look.

[CTScott]

Can we put an 09 directly into an 07? I forget if there is a difference at the moment...

Yes. The ABS light (and TRAC and VSC) will stay lit if you install an 09-11 in a 06-08, but I can disable those lights, while I am inside the cluster.

You know you want a purple one to go with that nice rainbow sparkle paint!

[mazilla]

Yes. The ABS light (and TRAC and VSC) will stay lit if you install an 09-11 in a 06-08, but I can disable those lights, while I am inside the cluster.

You know you want a purple one to go with that nice rainbow sparkle paint!



Hmmm, I just might have to take you up on that offer(not the purple part, hahaha). I'm digging that white, would change all my green over to match. I'd need the seatbelt signal and any airbag lights disabled as well, save me some electrical tape. Hehe

[B2FiNiTY]

looks really good!

[screenprintr]

You changed the LED in each just for the picture?

[CTScott]

You changed the LED in each just for the picture?

I have done a few, but didn't take pictures, so since I had extra LEDs from those conversions, I did swap them three times just to take pictures of the colors I have done.

[Melloreel]

Hey Scott. Off topic. Can I put a cluster with tach into my 08 which only has speedo? Would I have to run new wire, or like the cruise, plug and play?

[CTScott]

Hey Scott. Off topic. Can I put a cluster with tach into my 08 which only has speedo? Would I have to run new wire, or like the cruise, plug and play?

It is plug and play as long as you match if your car has ABS. If you don't have ABS, that limits you to 08 and older clusters. You can use 09 and newer ones, but some of the indicator lights (ABS, TRAC, VSC) will stay on, unless you internally cover or remove them.

[TOLMACH]

^ Based on the above pictures - it looks like the process of removing the cluster itself is not very difficult? Just several screws and a jack on the front panel? No cables from the back side?

(Removal of the surrounding plastic pieces is easy)

Thanks

[CTScott]

^ Based on the above pictures - it looks like the process of removing the cluster itself is not very difficult? Just several screws and a jack on the front panel? No cables from the back side?

(Removal of the surrounding plastic pieces is easy)

Thanks

Yes. It is that easy - Pop the cluster trim off by pulling it back (being careful not to snap the little fingers that latch into the top of the radio time), Remove the two mounting screws that go into those L shaped feet on the front, undo the two connectors, and lift it out.

[CTScott]

Here's a cobalt blue one with odometer correction just completed for bladesmith6 (it had 58xxx on it when he purchased it).



http://i372.photobucket.com/albums/oo163/ctscott329/Yaris%20Cluster%20Color%20Change/Cluster-CobaltBlue-bladesmith6-_zps6d37513c.jpg (http://s372.photobucket.com/user/ctscott329/media/Yaris%20Cluster%20Color%20Change/Cluster-CobaltBlue-bladesmith6-_zps6d37513c.jpg.html)

[TOLMACH]

Was it orange originally? (like below except mph vs kmh)

http://photo.qip.ru/users/tolmach/96608749/127200152/

[CTScott]

Was it orange originally? (like below except mph vs kmh)

http://photo.qip.ru/users/tolmach/96608749/127200152/

Yes. It was an orange one to begin with.

I checked my Canadian one that I have in Crashy2 (with my demetricifier, which makes it read in miles instead of kilometers) and it would end up looking just like that one. I am trying to decide what color I want to change it to and once I do I'll post a pic of it modded as well.

[fnkngrv]

What about the S model in the sedan?

[47_MasoN_47]

What about the S model in the sedan?

Is your cluster different than mine?

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/3813452/yaris_dash.PNG

[CTScott]

What about the S model in the sedan?

If it looks like the one above the white areas can become the new color, but the outer blue band will remain.

[fnkngrv]

Is your cluster different than mine?

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/3813452/yaris_dash.PNG

yep...

http://media.caranddriver.com/images/media/65802/2007-toyota-yaris-s-sedan-instrument-cluster-photo-68406-s-1280x782.jpg

[CTScott]

^What does that one look like when it is lit?

[CTScott]

Someone from Australia asked if I could change the digital display cluster, and it looks like the answer is YES:

http://i372.photobucket.com/albums/oo163/ctscott329/Yaris%20Cluster%20Color%20Change/Cluster-Digital_zpsa7c3aa68.jpg

[Septembersrain]

Totally wish I could change the color on my 2013. It would look better red or blue than orange. >_>

[mazilla]

Cross fitment between the MT sedan and MT hatch cluster? I can't find a MT hatch with tach...on ebay anyways.

[Kar98]

Yeah, manual transmission with tach, for hatchbacks would be nice.

[fnkngrv]

^What does that one look like when it is lit?

I will have to take a couple snaps this weekend for you.

[fnkngrv]

Totally wish I could change the color on my 2013. It would look better red or blue than orange. >_>


I have always thought that the orange they use is reason to :barf:

[CTScott]

Cross fitment between the MT sedan and MT hatch cluster? I can't find a MT hatch with tach...on ebay anyways.

Sedan ones are a slightly different shape, so it is a no go. I have been scouring my sources for a tach one for you and am coming up empty. One option would be to buy a Canadian one and use one of my Demtricifiers, which intercepts the speed signal to it and makes the outer ring be MPH instead of kmh and also makes the odometer increment in miles rather than km.

[CTScott]

Totally wish I could change the color on my 2013. It would look better red or blue than orange. >_>

The 2013 is doable as well.

[Kaotic Lazagna]

Is your cluster different than mine?

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/3813452/yaris_dash.PNG

Mine is the same white faces brushed aluminum look as fnkngrv's.

[mazilla]

Sedan ones are a slightly different shape, so it is a no go. I have been scouring my sources for a tach one for you and am coming up empty. One option would be to buy a Canadian one and use one of my Demtricifiers, which intercepts the speed signal to it and makes the outer ring be MPH instead of kmh and also makes the odometer increment in miles rather than km.


I had anticipated using the Canadian version with the demtricifier, empty handed there too...if you can find one I'm good with it. I want my boost gauge where my cheapo aftermarket tach is so the tach in the factory display would be ideal.

[CTScott]

I had anticipated using the Canadian version with the demtricifier, empty handed there too...if you can find one I'm good with it. I want my boost gauge where my cheapo aftermarket tach is so the tach in the factory display would be ideal.

They are suddenly hard to find as well. There is one 2008 LB one on ebay, but it is an ABS one, and my experience with pre-09 clusters is that if you run an ABS one on a non-ABS car, the speedometer does not move (but with an 09+ ABS one on a non-ABS car the speedo does work).

[typicalharu]

Do you have a DIY manual for this? Is it just simply replacing the LED?

[cstout]

Do you have a DIY manual for this? Is it just simply replacing the LED?

I second this question! I would love to tackle this as a personal project.

[willisjm193]

@ CTScott:: Do you mind PM-ing me the source you get your LEDs from, and which ones you use?

[CTScott]

@ CTScott:: Do you mind PM-ing me the source you get your LEDs from, and which ones you use?

I purchase from Digikey, Mouser and Newark primarily. The LEDs that I use vary.

[dthomas5768]

Hello im new at this forum. I recently purchased an 2006 Yaris and the speedometer is gone out of wack. Basically not showing the correct speed.
Can you help with the repair or can you recommend someone.

Thanks,
dthomas5768

[CTScott]

Hello im new at this forum. I recently purchased an 2006 Yaris and the speedometer is gone out of wack. Basically not showing the correct speed.
Can you help with the repair or can you recommend someone.

Thanks,
dthomas5768

Typically that would be caused by the speed sensor on the transmission being broken. You can verify that by using an OBDII device and see if the incorrect speed is also shown on there.

[vivalaflam]

Will you do a DIY guide for this? I too have the digital speedometer as the Australian mate.
Like what types of leds we need and procedures we need to follow.

[CTScott]

Will you do a DIY guide for this? I too have the digital speedometer as the Australian mate.
Like what types of leds we need and procedures we need to follow.

The digital one actually requires optical filters, rather than an LED change, as it uses a vacuum fluorescent display.

[vivalaflam]

Can you give more details about this? Is it like a film? You can change it to whatever colour you want?

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[CTScott]

Can you give more details about this? Is it like a film? You can change it to whatever colour you want?

Sent from my HTC Explorer A310e or my awesome Xperia Z1 C6903 using Tapatalk.

It is an optical filter film. You can change it to almost any color, provided that you use a combination of filters to neutralize the green and then shift it to the desired color. What color do you want it to be?

[vivalaflam]

Well, lets say white.

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[CTScott]

Well, lets say white.

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White is definitely possible. I would have to do some experimentation to refresh my memory of the filter combination required, but I have changed the green VFDs to white before.

[vivalaflam]

Keep me posted, youre the man, mate!

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[bazman]

Hi Dear,

I am from the uk, have just seen your work and totally love the instrument Cluster LED Colour change.

The white colour looks amazing compare to orange.

I hope I lived in USA and got Scott to modify my car too :cry:.

I have Toyota Yaris 2010 and would love to change the leds from orange to white. I have attached an image of my dashboard for your reference.

I would be grateful if someone can put up step by step guide and what led bulbs do i need? or email the guide to me on shehbaz_kdy@yahoo.co.uk

I would appreciate all the help on this please as i am new to the form.

Thanks in advance

Baz

[vivalaflam]

Theres already a step by step guide. You can search in the forum. I am curious tho, I bought this analogue cluster from CTScott, canadian cluster but it doesnt have temperature sensor or consumption like my digital one. Is your cluster left hand drive?


Note: I will try to change the cluster colour on my own, I bought the leds, i have them, but i dont have a microsoldering unit.

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[bazman]

Thanks for your reply George.

Mine cluster is right hand drive.

Could you please post some links to the Guides on how to change the leds?

Do you know what type bulbs do I have to buy for instrument Cluster colour change, I would like to change it to cool white colour.

Thanks again for your help.:thumbup:

Baz

[vivalaflam]

Thanks for your reply George.

Mine cluster is right hand drive.

Could you please post some links to the Guides on how to change the leds?

Do you know what type bulbs do I have to buy for instrument Cluster colour change, I would like to change it to cool white colour.

Thanks again for your help.[emoji106]

Baz
Sure, PM me and I will tell you everything CTScott has taught me.

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[RWJC]

Scott, the 2014 LE I have, has just the speedo and I have ABS. What are my options to use to get one with a tach or go digital?

[CTScott]

Scott, the 2014 LE I have, has just the speedo and I have ABS. What are my options to use to get one with a tach or go digital?

I am not sure if the 3rd gens come with digital clusters in any other markets. For getting a tach you would need to track down a same vintage cluster from a junkyard.

[maximtr]

Is it possible to replace US 2010 yaris 2D hatch (cluster without odometer but with miles) for cluster with tachometer and miles???

[CTScott]

Is it possible to replace US 2010 yaris 2D hatch (cluster without odometer but with miles) for cluster with tachometer and miles???

Yes. As long as it is a hatchback cluster and comparably equipped (ABS, TRAC, etc), you can replace one of the same vintage with one of the same vintage with tach.

[maximtr]

thanks.

[maximtr]

Guys. Can somebody help me to find exact part number of cluster with tachometer for my US 2010 2D hatch Toyota Yaris. Thanks.

[bazman]

Hi ctScott

I have seen your love and totally love . i am from Scotland uk.

Could u please help me out as i would like to change leds on my yaris as well.

I am not sure how to change colour for vdf display (thats where fuel, mileages and clock is displayed) want to cha ge that too crom orange to white please.

I would totally appropriate your help i am nust really stuck on this. My email is shehbaz_kdy@yahoo.co.uk

Thanks in advance.

Baz

[CrankyOldMan]

The only way to change the color of a VFD is to add a filter over the front of it. The VFD is green by default.

[geojoking]

Sorry to UP an old thread, but I was wondering if anyone has a DIY guide for replacing these lights. The other one in the forum does not have any images, they've expired.

[invader166]

I'm interested in replacing these lights as well since I just installed a new headunit with blue lighting, and all my interior lights are orange/amber.

I can probably figure out how to change them myself, but have no idea which bulbs i need.

[vivalaflam]

Sorry to UP this old thread but since it's a sticky, I'd like to say that anyone who wants a led change for the digital cluster (2nd gen) and is located in Greece or in a nearby country, can PM me as I now have the equipment to do this service in this area.

Here's mine finished.

[ern-diz]

:thumbup:

[charliegriefer]

I know this is a relatively ancient thread... but is this still a service that's being offered?

[vivalaflam]

I know this is a relatively ancient thread... but is this still a service that's being offered?

If you can get ahold of CTScott, I think he would help you.

[charliegriefer]

I messaged him a couple of times. Didn't get a reply.

Thought maybe he wasn't a fan of people reaching out to him directly, so figured I'd try here.

Ah well. I'll stick around for a bit and see if he stops by :)

[BIGTAZ351]

Sent CTScott a message...but looks like last time he was active was December...Anyone know him on Social Media?

[DarkShadowFox]

Sent CTScott a message...but looks like last time he was active was December...Anyone know him on Social Media?

been trying to get in touch with him for weeks, because i wanted to like get my odometer swapped on my new cluster and have him install it because he seems to have the entire setup and gentle hands to do so.

[vivalaflam]

BIGTAZ is there anything you'd need help with? I know the procedure and maybe I could help you with something?

[BIGTAZ351]

BIGTAZ is there anything you'd need help with? I know the procedure and maybe I could help you with something?

I wouldn't be able to do anything with the info...

I am looking to have a salvage yard odometer changed to my mileage (when the unit arrives) and possibly the color of LEDs, but soldering is not for me...

Thanks Anyway!

[charliegriefer]

Notice that @ctscott has been active again lately on the forum. Any ideas if this is still a service he's providing?

[misstondjy]

Will spend some time thinking about what I want (I do know that I do not like the stock color but do not know yet what I want) and revert it.I just Installed the remote sensing device in my car which I get from the CMS Developer (https://applicontech.com) site. After installing this each and everything get easy.

[sh0rtlife]

any chance of still getting this done...and since you can "tweak" the colors any chance of RGB pigtailing it for a controler

if no chance, is there anyone who can ID the led's used for those of us who can DIY?