Tutorial : Speaker Changing, Headlight Painting, Center Control Colour,Panel Removal - Page 3 - Toyota Yaris Forums

grimez · 11-14-2006, 04:52 PM

What kind of LED's did you order? I have done a lot of work with LED's before, so I can't wait to get started on this lil project.

vodkalush · 11-14-2006, 08:46 PM

well I was gonna go with the full DIY and get some leds from radioshack and resistors... but its much easier and cheaper (as single super bright LEDs white or blue where about $5 a piece) so I got mine from*http://autolumination.com/74.htm (from a link in either this thread or a diff one... cant remember and dont care to look

) they where "Neo - Wedge Instrument Panel Bulbs" leds.

hasher22 · 11-14-2006, 11:49 PM

I got 3 spare light bulbs if anyone wants them, the ones i used in my tutorial. Though u only have to pay for shipping....

It would prob. be cheaper to buy the bulbs urself... :)

eTiMaGo · 11-15-2006, 12:37 AM

Well I just got myself some little red condoms yesterday, time to go yank out those console panels

eTiMaGo · 11-15-2006, 01:16 AM

Done!

Thanks Hasher22, the pen was certainly a very useful tool for this

Also, word of advice, don't do any car mods in the middle of a hot, sunny day, I'm drenched with sweat now

hasher22 · 11-15-2006, 03:36 AM

YAY!!! PICS!!!????

eTiMaGo · 11-15-2006, 06:51 AM

ta-daah!

grimez · 11-15-2006, 10:17 AM

Would these be a direct drop in? If not, which neo wedge bulbs should i order from that auto-illumination site?

vodkalush · 11-15-2006, 10:37 AM

yup those will work

grimez · 11-15-2006, 01:13 PM

I ordered one of these for the shifter.

And 3 of these for the knobs.

This all work out okay?

07WYarisRS · 11-15-2006, 04:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by grimez

Would these be a direct drop in? If not, which neo wedge bulbs should i order from that auto-illumination site?

they won't be very bright at all though
i did the interior on my last car using them little colored lights and eventually switched to LED because the colored bulbs were to dim

grimez · 11-15-2006, 04:35 PM

Ya, i saw that I had linked to those bulbs, so i switched, and ordered the LEDs. I hope they will work out.

eTiMaGo · 11-15-2006, 09:34 PM

LEDs would certainly give a much brighter result, but I'm pretty happy with the way it turned out on mine :)

grimez · 11-23-2006, 07:21 PM

After receiving my LED's a while ago, I just now got around to installing them. I was worried that I was going to have to remove the bulbs and swap them into the existing black plastic pieces... but the ones I ordered required none of that at all. The process actually went a lot smoother than I expected.

I did run into one problem however... I wanted to change the bulb in the shifter of my Automatic, but I couldn't find a way to get that small piece of plastic on the top off. I removed the cover to manually release the shifter, but that got me nowhere. Can anyone guide me to changing this bulb?

Here is a pic I took of the knobs after installation. Sorry for the quality, but its a phone cam in the dark.

vodkalush · 11-24-2006, 10:22 AM

its a beotch to remove that center piece... there are 4 snap points that hold it down (us a flathead to release the hold points) then lift and go either forward or backward with the newly loose and lift; taking it out is actaully easy, its putting it backin thats a bitch... but you really just do that opisite of what you did to remove it

hope this helps

edit: White Power!!

grimez · 11-24-2006, 02:14 PM

Are you talking about the small center piece with the P-R-N-D-3-2-L letters on it? Are the hold points straight down the sides? Is there any way to remove them without gouging the crap outta the plastic?

vodkalush · 11-24-2006, 03:56 PM

yah, dont jab the the plastic... there are only 4 tabs one just inside on each corner on the "long sides." you pop the tabs and pull up alittle

grimez · 11-24-2006, 05:41 PM

Alright, im sick of beating up my car, im going to try to get the entire center panel off. There has to be something I am missing, cuz this is a huge pain in the ass.

11-14-2006, 08:46 PM	#38
vodkalush I drive a yarrrris View User's Garage Drives: 07 Sedan Polar White Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Rochester, NY Posts: 1,009	well I was gonna go with the full DIY and get some leds from radioshack and resistors... but its much easier and cheaper (as single super bright LEDs white or blue where about $5 a piece) so I got mine from*http://autolumination.com/74.htm (from a link in either this thread or a diff one... cant remember and dont care to look ) they where "Neo - Wedge Instrument Panel Bulbs" leds. __________________ Docotrs say all the drikning has mesesd up my seplilng and radieng Get your YarisWorld.com stickers here!!! The Official Toyota Thailand Accessories Order Thread will work for parts

11-14-2006, 11:49 PM	#39
hasher22 Look mum no stars!! Drives: Toyota Yaris 06 Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Australia Sydney Posts: 1,469	I got 3 spare light bulbs if anyone wants them, the ones i used in my tutorial. Though u only have to pay for shipping.... It would prob. be cheaper to buy the bulbs urself... :) __________________

11-15-2006, 12:37 AM	#40
eTiMaGo vroom vroom View User's Garage Drives: lil red 5-door Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Bangkok, Thailand Posts: 7,744	Well I just got myself some little red condoms yesterday, time to go yank out those console panels __________________ The price of freedom of religion, or of speech, or of the press, is that we must put up with a good deal of rubbish. - Robert Jackson Bye bye 1NZ...

11-15-2006, 01:16 AM	#41
eTiMaGo vroom vroom View User's Garage Drives: lil red 5-door Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Bangkok, Thailand Posts: 7,744	Done! Thanks Hasher22, the pen was certainly a very useful tool for this Also, word of advice, don't do any car mods in the middle of a hot, sunny day, I'm drenched with sweat now __________________ The price of freedom of religion, or of speech, or of the press, is that we must put up with a good deal of rubbish. - Robert Jackson Bye bye 1NZ...

11-15-2006, 03:36 AM	#42
hasher22 Look mum no stars!! Drives: Toyota Yaris 06 Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Australia Sydney Posts: 1,469	YAY!!! PICS!!!???? __________________

11-14-2006, 04:52 PM	#37
grimez Drives: 2007 Yaris Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Ames, Iowa Posts: 118	What kind of LED's did you order? I have done a lot of work with LED's before, so I can't wait to get started on this lil project.

11-15-2006, 06:51 AM	#43
eTiMaGo vroom vroom View User's Garage Drives: lil red 5-door Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Bangkok, Thailand Posts: 7,744	ta-daah! __________________ The price of freedom of religion, or of speech, or of the press, is that we must put up with a good deal of rubbish. - Robert Jackson Bye bye 1NZ...

11-15-2006, 10:17 AM	#44
grimez Drives: 2007 Yaris Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Ames, Iowa Posts: 118	Would these be a direct drop in? If not, which neo wedge bulbs should i order from that auto-illumination site?

11-15-2006, 10:37 AM	#45
vodkalush I drive a yarrrris View User's Garage Drives: 07 Sedan Polar White Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Rochester, NY Posts: 1,009	yup those will work __________________ Docotrs say all the drikning has mesesd up my seplilng and radieng Get your YarisWorld.com stickers here!!! The Official Toyota Thailand Accessories Order Thread will work for parts

11-15-2006, 01:13 PM	#46
grimez Drives: 2007 Yaris Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Ames, Iowa Posts: 118	I ordered one of these for the shifter. And 3 of these for the knobs. This all work out okay?

11-15-2006, 04:35 PM	#48
grimez Drives: 2007 Yaris Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Ames, Iowa Posts: 118	Ya, i saw that I had linked to those bulbs, so i switched, and ordered the LEDs. I hope they will work out.

11-15-2006, 09:34 PM	#49
eTiMaGo vroom vroom View User's Garage Drives: lil red 5-door Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Bangkok, Thailand Posts: 7,744	LEDs would certainly give a much brighter result, but I'm pretty happy with the way it turned out on mine :) __________________ The price of freedom of religion, or of speech, or of the press, is that we must put up with a good deal of rubbish. - Robert Jackson Bye bye 1NZ...

11-24-2006, 10:22 AM	#51
vodkalush I drive a yarrrris View User's Garage Drives: 07 Sedan Polar White Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Rochester, NY Posts: 1,009	its a beotch to remove that center piece... there are 4 snap points that hold it down (us a flathead to release the hold points) then lift and go either forward or backward with the newly loose and lift; taking it out is actaully easy, its putting it backin thats a bitch... but you really just do that opisite of what you did to remove it hope this helps edit: White Power!! __________________ Docotrs say all the drikning has mesesd up my seplilng and radieng Get your YarisWorld.com stickers here!!! The Official Toyota Thailand Accessories Order Thread will work for parts

11-24-2006, 02:14 PM	#52
grimez Drives: 2007 Yaris Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Ames, Iowa Posts: 118	Are you talking about the small center piece with the P-R-N-D-3-2-L letters on it? Are the hold points straight down the sides? Is there any way to remove them without gouging the crap outta the plastic?

11-24-2006, 03:56 PM	#53
vodkalush I drive a yarrrris View User's Garage Drives: 07 Sedan Polar White Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Rochester, NY Posts: 1,009	yah, dont jab the the plastic... there are only 4 tabs one just inside on each corner on the "long sides." you pop the tabs and pull up alittle __________________ Docotrs say all the drikning has mesesd up my seplilng and radieng Get your YarisWorld.com stickers here!!! The Official Toyota Thailand Accessories Order Thread will work for parts

11-24-2006, 05:41 PM	#54
grimez Drives: 2007 Yaris Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Ames, Iowa Posts: 118	Alright, im sick of beating up my car, im going to try to get the entire center panel off. There has to be something I am missing, cuz this is a huge pain in the ass.

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