L.E.D. Heater controls

[murphaccord88]

I was looking on Cardomain and found this:

http://img440.imageshack.us/img440/1160/ledlight3go.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img440.imageshack.us/img440/5033/ledlight29ji.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img440.imageshack.us/img440/4762/ledlight38xo.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

does anyone kno anything about a how-to on this or anyone that has done this? looking for information, thanks. If i can't find any info, then I'll be going to the Junkyard for practice.

[kaltenacht]

shouldnt be to hard, i was planing on doing the same thing... all you do is get ride of the factory bulbs and wire a LED w/ a resistor in their place.

[ghettogeddy]

wow that looks really good were is the chepest place to get L.E.D.'s at

[gfrg88]

someone on here did that, i think the guy did a little how to, try looking it up i cant remember the guys name....i think he also did the gauges in l.e.d

[89AccordResto]

Problem is the LEDs are too focused. The beam is too narrow, it needs to be diffused more to look nice.

[Cheeseburger]

i remember that, the guy said he used those led from pepboys, it came out really nice

[89AccordResto]

LEDs are LEDs are LEDs. You'll be paying over 500% more than you need to if you buy from radioshack, pep boys, etc. If you want them cheap order them from an electronics catalog, like these:

http://www.alliedelec.com/
http://www.jameco.com/
http://www.mouser.com/

[Cheeseburger]

ya because Ive seen the ones that they sell in pepboys and its like 10 bucks for 3 or 5 LEDs, its a big rip off

[gfrg88]

Problem is the LEDs are too focused. The beam is too narrow, it needs to be diffused more to look nice.


well if i remember correctly, he sanded them down so they would look better...

[ghettogeddy]

well they can alwas be painted with a translucent paint

[89AccordResto]

well if i remember correctly, he sanded them down so they would look better...

Still not enough. It needs a diffuser panel of some sort.

[DBMaster]

Actually, I have seen pretty good prices at Fry's on small parts like LED's and they have a good selection. They also sell those little "bulb condoms" which would reduce the light output somewhat. You can also find the little condoms at Auto Zone in different colors. LED's won't dim with your dimmer wheel.

For any of you in the Dallas area, Tanner Electronics on Valwood has a bunch of stuff like this that you can buy inidividually and it's dirt cheap.

[murphaccord88]

yea , found the one:eek: :

http://www.3geez.com/forum/showthread.php?t=45720&highlight=led+control

it says he had some guy do them in Iowa and can have other's done, but what's the fun in that:ugh2: ?

[kaltenacht]

well if i remember correctly, he sanded them down so they would look better...

He did, and if diffues them quit well. And Besides if your replacing the bulb you want a focused beam, because those little plastic pieces on the buttons are meant to be bright. And if you dont them really bright, use a lower intensity LED

[89AccordResto]

He did, and if diffues them quit well. And Besides if your replacing the bulb you want a focused beam, because those little plastic pieces on the buttons are meant to be bright. And if you dont them really bright, use a lower intensity LED

Well. Sorry. No. It does not DIFFUSE them QUITE well. It isn't diffused at all, hence the really harsh bright spots on the thing. Look at your stock panel. It does not have super bright spots because the light is diffused and even.

[gfrg88]

well the point of having these leds is for it to be brighter than stock :werd:

[HondaBoy]

i'm going to do it. i have the LED's sitting right here and wanted to do something with them. i might start today, i'll definately take some pix and show how i did them.

[murphaccord88]

yea that would be cool, but did he do his to the 86-87 model or the 88-89 model because aren't they different?

[89AccordResto]

well the point of having these leds is for it to be brighter than stock :werd:

I think the intention was to be brighter EVENLY, not spots of light. That looks like ass.

[kaltenacht]

Well. Sorry. No. It does not DIFFUSE them QUITE well. It isn't diffused at all, hence the really harsh bright spots on the thing. Look at your stock panel. It does not have super bright spots because the light is diffused and even.

Well, from personal experience with LEDs, I have found that sanding them does diffuse the light. If you think about, it does work. But it depends on the intensity of the LED, as to how good that works. If you sand the glass on a super bright LED, its going to diffuse, but since its so bright, and since the LED is a focused beam of light, its not going to diffuse all that well. And since the goal is to have a even spread of light, you will want to sand the LED, AND use a lower intensity LED. This combination will help diffuse the focused beam and even distribute the beam of light into the clear piece in the button, which in turn, diffuses the light again. If you use a super bright LED, your get just that, a super bright LED.

[89AccordResto]

No matter how much you sand an LED hte fact remains that it's a tiny bright spot. You'dneed to add a panel that helped diffused the light better in order for it to look GOOD.

[AccordB20A]

that looks cool. have a spare dash im gunna have a go. I get my LED's out of cheap lolly pop things you can buy lol $2 each better thn payin $7each at electronic shops (this is NZ$) and u get a bonus lolly pop...

this should look sick

[2drSE-i]

that looks cool. have a spare dash im gunna have a go. I get my LED's out of cheap lolly pop things you can buy lol $2 each better thn payin $7each at electronic shops (this is NZ$) and u get a bonus lolly pop...
this should look sick



haha ur gonna have a cool dash, but your gonna be fat as hell :)

[MessyHonda]

haha ur gonna have a cool dash, but your gonna be fat as hell :)

but the dash will give the car like 6 extra hp so it would not matter... and he will have a tight dash....for the ladies

[AccordB20A]

lol ill give the lollypops to sumone else. and im just one of those ppl that dont get fat :)

haha. i like my ricey LED's

[89AccordResto]

that looks cool. have a spare dash im gunna have a go. I get my LED's out of cheap lolly pop things you can buy lol $2 each better thn payin $7each at electronic shops (this is NZ$) and u get a bonus lolly pop...
this should look sick

Careful, those are most likely surface mount LEDs. They're impossible to solder correctly, or remove without damaging them unless you're very very very skilled at soldering.

[2drSE-i]

haha yea me too. i eat more than most fat people do. my girlfriend is nuts tho. she eats nearly twice as much as i do, weighs 100 pounds. shes like "I NEED TO GAIN 5 POUNDS!" what girl says that!?

[HondaBoy]

ok, so far i've wired in 2 led's into the climate control thing that has the low and hi setting and heater slider thing. needs a couple more so its going to have those probley tomorrow. i tried to get ones to work in my blinker indicators on the gauge cluster, but they really didnt work or something. one of the resistors went bad right away. maybe because they blink so fast? i have led blinkers in the tails and bumper lights so they just blink fast anyway. i took them out and put the bulbs back in. i figure i'll just use them on the climate controls.

[guaynabo89]

No matter how much you sand an LED hte fact remains that it's a tiny bright spot. You'dneed to add a panel that helped diffused the light better in order for it to look GOOD.


http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid194/pa00ad774f691354dccd3457a887024a4/f181866f.jpg

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid194/p76e14ed5c9728ba09ba55a7b7db5a04d/f1818669.jpg

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid194/p4aa6415e8442c85346b6cd7354d65131/f1818661.jpg

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid194/pa11522a81b168240536a5640d2341211/f1818654.jpg

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid195/pca0904621bd0b3dbd917962c845a85ab/f156d0ba.jpg

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid195/p850c2c75039af821b8f6376869cb1c65/f156d0a6.jpg

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid195/pb900ec55bfecfb6e5a5be0fe1957525d/f156d09a.jpg


Looks great to me and even better in person.

Sanding the tops flat difuses the light and does make the light less focused by about twice as much coverage area than without sanding. It still is fairly focused but it does help.


My leds dim with my dimmer switch. I dont know how some of you might have hokked them up but it dims fine on my car.

[ghettogeddy]

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid194/pa00ad774f691354dccd3457a887024a4/f181866f.jpg
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid194/p76e14ed5c9728ba09ba55a7b7db5a04d/f1818669.jpg
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid194/p4aa6415e8442c85346b6cd7354d65131/f1818661.jpg
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid194/pa11522a81b168240536a5640d2341211/f1818654.jpg
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid195/pca0904621bd0b3dbd917962c845a85ab/f156d0ba.jpg
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid195/p850c2c75039af821b8f6376869cb1c65/f156d0a6.jpg
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid195/pb900ec55bfecfb6e5a5be0fe1957525d/f156d09a.jpg
Looks great to me and even better in person.
Sanding the tops flat difuses the light and does make the light less focused by about twice as much coverage area than without sanding. It still is fairly focused but it does help.
My leds dim with my dimmer switch. I dont know how some of you might have hokked them up but it dims fine on my car.
hhow many leds did u use that looks great. also how long did it take and are u using dif color leds for the setup and can u show us how to do it

[guaynabo89]

hhow many leds did u use that looks great. also how long did it take and are u using dif color leds for the setup and can u show us how to do it


look here

http://www.3geez.com/forum/showthread.php?t=47038&page=2

[HondaBoy]

i'm waiting to get another heater control piece. i kinda f'ed my up. i somehow forgot that my soldering iron was on and left it on top of the piece. it melted it pretty nice. i'll probably go out and get one tomorrow if i can still find one.

[Lockleaf]

what are the tiny gauges on the steering column? But anyway, the whole thing looks pretty good, especially if they dim. I usually have my stock lights dimmed 50%, but LEDs are cool because of all the colors you can get out of them.

[89AccordResto]

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid194/pa00ad774f691354dccd3457a887024a4/f181866f.jpg.

Congrats dude. That looks pretty good. What about the red/blue section of the HVAC controls though?

[guaynabo89]

Congrats dude. That looks pretty good. What about the red/blue section of the HVAC controls though?


white led's keep the color red and blue



The small gauges is actually an APEXi AFC

[HostileJava]

That looks awsome.

Don't forget guys, the LED's are actually enclosed in a plastic lens that is meant to focus the light forward. But by sanding that lens down and sanding the sides you will cause that light to bounce everywhere. You are basically creating tinly flat surfaces all over the top of the plastic that focus the light in every direction.

[crazykamper]

bringing back from the dead again. lol.

i just wanted to say, mad probs for the cruise button and convertin all the others, that looks freakin awesome!! i might wanna change my color scheme from green to blue. lol.

mad props!!

[mykwikcoupe]

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid194/pa00ad774f691354dccd3457a887024a4/f181866f.jpg
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid194/p76e14ed5c9728ba09ba55a7b7db5a04d/f1818669.jpg
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid194/p4aa6415e8442c85346b6cd7354d65131/f1818661.jpg
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid194/pa11522a81b168240536a5640d2341211/f1818654.jpg
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid195/pca0904621bd0b3dbd917962c845a85ab/f156d0ba.jpg
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid195/p850c2c75039af821b8f6376869cb1c65/f156d0a6.jpg
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid195/pb900ec55bfecfb6e5a5be0fe1957525d/f156d09a.jpg
Looks great to me and even better in person.
Sanding the tops flat difuses the light and does make the light less focused by about twice as much coverage area than without sanding. It still is fairly focused but it does help.
My leds dim with my dimmer switch. I dont know how some of you might have hokked them up but it dims fine on my car.
wow dude make me a set and ill pay nicely or trade hard to find parts as long as Ive gots more than 1 and i usually do. Anyway looks killer and I dont have the solder skills or the time so make me a set that looks just like that. my cars down and i can send you everything. let me know man Mike