Saxo LED dials guide (56K NO NO) - Page 29 - Saxperience

LVC_VTR · 1st November 2009, 17:44

i used the 750mcd ones so they are proper bright i love it

willtr · 1st November 2009, 23:24

I done mine yesterday and it was easier than i thought it was going to be.

liam-o · 1st November 2009, 23:55

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Originally Posted by LVC_VTR

i used the 750mcd ones so they are proper bright i love it

got a night picture, trying to see how bright they wud be, dont wana get ones too dark or too bright

Andys_VTR · 2nd November 2009, 00:14

is there anyone near me that i could pay to do this. pm me thanks

es_shoes_rock · 29th December 2009, 16:06

how hard is the soldering?

i tend to mess fiddly things like this up!

liam-o · 31st December 2009, 00:15

do i need to buy more solder for this?

do i need a certain temperature soldering iron?

liam-o · 31st December 2009, 17:42

Bump. 12w 16w or 18w soldering iron?

liam-o · 2nd January 2010, 19:32

used a 30watt soldering iron, took ages to do, but it came out like this...

had to dim loads to get a decent picture, they are lots brighter, and you can see the red hands in real life

Morgiee · 11th January 2010, 19:20

Im wanting these done to my 1.1. However tried it and dodnt work, mine are the 120mph dials aswell, has anyone got any of the 120mph dials with the blue smd already done that you can sell me???

laurence · 18th January 2010, 00:29

can you just buy them ready made?

liam-o · 18th January 2010, 11:23

No where does them
ready made, you could take your dials and the correct LEDs to an auto electrition

Morgiee · 18th January 2010, 20:59

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Originally Posted by liam-o

No where does them
ready made, you could take your dials and the correct LEDs to an auto electrition

Really would they do that? i thought they wouldnt specialise in that area, just alarms and central locking that sort of work i thought auto sparkys did.

VenoMNL · 21st January 2010, 04:48

Do you guys know the reference of the "Pointer" leds? they are smaller.. but i dont know the reference so i can change them aswell

empty_inside · 21st January 2010, 23:34

Hi guys. I'm trying to do this the "easy" way - by dropping the steering column to get at the dash screws, rather than dismantling the airbag. I've got stuck trying to get the panel off to get at the steering column bolts. It won't move because of the wires underneath it - I've undone the main 3, but the airbag wire is still in the way:

That male connector comes out, but the female is attached to the plastic panel and won't budge. The wire's really tight, and the other end is firmly in the back of the steering wheel and also won't budge:

What to do now? Does one of these ends come loose, and if so, how?

Thanks

Morgiee · 23rd January 2010, 22:20

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Originally Posted by empty_inside

Hi guys. I'm trying to do this the "easy" way - by dropping the steering column to get at the dash screws, rather than dismantling the airbag. I've got stuck trying to get the panel off to get at the steering column bolts. It won't move because of the wires underneath it - I've undone the main 3, but the airbag wire is still in the way:

That male connector comes out, but the female is attached to the plastic panel and won't budge. The wire's really tight, and the other end is firmly in the back of the steering wheel and also won't budge:

What to do now? Does one of these ends come loose, and if so, how?

Thanks

You cant do it any quick way the job has to be done properally. on your second pic where the dials are there is a plastic cover surrounding that comes out easy by a t10 screw at the back of the steering wheel, ans to get to the back of the steering wheel the two covers directely behing the steering wheel before the dials come off with the same screw driver. Once the surrounding is off the whole instrument panel can come off with another three screws. Here's a link on how to do it if this was confusing:

http://www.saxperience.com/forum/sho...38#post2466438

Good luck

TraV · 25th January 2010, 17:04

hey im thinking about changing my leds to blue, but im a bit unsure and dont wanna mess it up, anyone near me tht could do it, or anyone with a set for sale or swap pm me.

u reckon i cud easily do it?

Morgiee · 25th January 2010, 23:27

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Originally Posted by TraV

hey im thinking about changing my leds to blue, but im a bit unsure and dont wanna mess it up, anyone near me tht could do it, or anyone with a set for sale or swap pm me.

u reckon i cud easily do it?

You need to speak to a guy on here his username is ryanmt.

He is doing mine for me he is charging me £20 to do it and £5 return postage

pm him

eastboi · 27th January 2010, 21:56

right i did this today and the ones behind the lcd screen are not working and the speedo ones flash on or off . Ive had them off and they are soldered on ok. Could it be the leds are fu**ed or have i fu**ed the actuall circuit board

Morgiee · 27th January 2010, 22:42

Depends if you touched the circuit board with the iron is their any burnt marks on the circuit board? if so you will have damaged it. Thats why i bought a spare set of dials incase i messed up i had some to rely on

eastboi · 27th January 2010, 23:11

na i couldnt see any burn marks pretty sure i never touched the board because i bought a fine tip iron for that reason. If the board is knackerd and i have to buy new clocks what happens to the milege i heard somewhere that the milage gets added together from the car and the new clocks????