Saxo LED Button & Cigarette lighter LED guide (56K NO NO) - Page 4 - Saxperience

SNewham · 30th March 2007, 16:42

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Originally Posted by Mystic

Lookin good scott, although the blue lights dont go with the red splodge on the button

Do these still dim & go brighter when in use?

i dont know as I don't have that feature on my car

Mystic^p · 30th March 2007, 16:47

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Originally Posted by stevenet15

no unfortunatly i cant get anthing that will remove the green filter without effecting the rest so i mean u can get rid off all the filters and have a blank plastic insert and then stick i vynal one on the inside of that so its remails factory loking coz i cant think of any other way to do it, unless u cover the green filter on the icons with duck tape from behind and jsut he the red/blue bits lit up

Right yeh thats what i thought. Can u post up a pic of the heater console lights (my bulb went about 6 months ago, have forgotten what they look like lit up lmao)

I'll have a word with my mate and see what he can come up with. I think the way to do it might be to print a new strip with the images on it to resemble the std one & cut the parts out that are to light up, then get some coloured asetate / vynal and stick it behind the panel and use the std white bulb in there.

Theres a plastic cover that goes over the front of the panel iirc, so that will hopefully stop it looking to messy. Hmmm

Mystic^p · 30th March 2007, 16:48

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Originally Posted by snewham

i dont know as I don't have that feature on my car

The heated screen one should. Glows when the side lights etc are on but when u put the heated screen on the button should light up brighter?

Yours doesnt do that? That a mk2 thing or something?

stevenet15 · 30th March 2007, 16:52

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Originally Posted by Mystic

The heated screen one should. Glows when the side lights etc are on but when u put the heated screen on the button should light up brighter?

Yours doesnt do that? That a mk2 thing or something?

mine dont do that but its an early mk2, the hazzard one flashes when pushed but the others jsut stayed the same brightness even before i put the leds in

Mystic^p · 30th March 2007, 16:55

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Originally Posted by stevenet15

mine dont do that but its an early mk2, the hazzard one flashes when pushed but the others jsut stayed the same brightness even before i put the leds in

Yeh mines a single plug too. Hmmmm, ill take a lil vid when im back in the car. Mine is an X reg though so i might be caught between the 2 designs, doesnt anyone elses do this?

LeviSaxo · 30th March 2007, 16:56

O rite mines a 51 plate and the light gets brighter wen the switch is on!

Mystic^p · 30th March 2007, 16:58

Hmm, might be for the newer ones then? Citroen have made some niggly little changes all over the place lol

I wonder if we will run into bother swapping the LEDs then

Only one way to find out

LeviSaxo · 30th March 2007, 19:11

Lol well il let u go first lol!

TU-Tuning · 30th March 2007, 19:48

Mine glows brighter when its pressed, pretty sure the mk1 westcoast i used to drive did the same

SNewham · 30th March 2007, 23:44

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Originally Posted by Mystic

Right yeh thats what i thought. Can u post up a pic of the heater console lights (my bulb went about 6 months ago, have forgotten what they look like lit up lmao)

I'll have a word with my mate and see what he can come up with. I think the way to do it might be to print a new strip with the images on it to resemble the std one & cut the parts out that are to light up, then get some coloured asetate / vynal and stick it behind the panel and use the std white bulb in there.

Theres a plastic cover that goes over the front of the panel iirc, so that will hopefully stop it looking to messy. Hmmm

can I just add that I have access to laser cutting machinery and college so I could do this out of thin, black acrylic?

scott

SNewham · 30th March 2007, 23:44

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Originally Posted by Ben_Saxo

Mine glows brighter when its pressed, pretty sure the mk1 westcoast i used to drive did the same

i think mine used to. It doesn't anymore. Looks a hell of a lot better though

CAL99vts · 30th March 2007, 23:59

can you get any colour leds? i ve got blue dials on ma vts,would white ones be ok??

SNewham · 31st March 2007, 00:00

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Originally Posted by CAL99vts

can you get any colour leds? i ve got blue dials on ma vts,would white ones be ok??

you could g white but I'd be worried about it distracting you from the road. Same colour as people's headlights and all. You can get RGB LEDS which give off white light

scott

CAL99vts · 31st March 2007, 00:04

or yellow?? mite just get white dials and get the blue leds.

liamk15 · 31st March 2007, 13:48

heres the night vid

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0iS3qybN7k bling bling

Jackman · 31st March 2007, 14:29

Another top guide!

Keep them coming

mark16v · 2nd April 2007, 07:04

Great guide this

smart little mods

stevenet15 · 3rd April 2007, 10:42

MINI UPDATE - CIGARETTE LIGHTER

here are a few pics of the cigarette lighter so far, the standard one is green plastic so u cant use it as if u try to shine a coloured LED in place of the bulb it just makes it all go an odd colour. To over come this i got a clear cigarette unit out of a mercedes benz and fitted that in its place with a coloured LED

Here is the mercedes benz clear one - PART NUMBER A 210 820 00 53

Here is the cig lighter before:

and here is its after:

Mystic^p · 3rd April 2007, 10:46

Stunning Steve, cant wait to get my hands on one of those

LeviSaxo · 3rd April 2007, 10:49

Another good one pal! how much was the part?