L.E.D. Heater controls

[murphaccord88]

I was looking on Cardomain and found this:







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 :

https://www.3geez.com/forum/showthrea...ht=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 ?

[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

[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

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