Well I installed my vrx925vd(clarion 7"touch screen radio)and well, it just doesnt look as good as it did in my honda.I think its from the lack of color from my instrument lighting.Has anyone changed the color of the gauge lights and climate lighting

 

Some have retrofitted new bulbs others have converted to LEDs. But yes, both have been done. 190 Revolution might be a good place to do some research - Link.

 

thaaannkkks

 

This is easily my favorite 201 interior

 

looks like a pain in the ***.....

 

Yeah thats pretty sharp...

 

check out this pic:



here's the thread with the info:

http://community.190revolution.net/c...-lighting.html


wow.

 

Wow... nicely done!

 

here's mine, sorry for the crapy pic:

 

better top off your wiper fluid Mouramen!

 

Na na na, i's the bulb failure warning!

 

This looks so good ... Someone do this mod and then do a write up so we can all do it as well. All the bulbs in my car are LEDs. It would be nice to have all the switches white as well.

 

what kind of bulbs did you use?

 

Those look so nice. I will do that to my car asap, prolly white LEDs.... Do you lose the fade control when you go LED? As nice and bright as that is, I still like shutting down the lights at night every so often for helping sight.

 

No, LEDs can have voltage scaled up until a certain point. Lowering the voltage through the rheostat will have no ill-effect, though raising it beyond their tolerance will shorten their life significantly. Get the right type of LED bulb for the voltage and you should not run into any problems

 

Hey Mouramen are you gonna do the chrome instrument rings?That seems to make the light pop.

 

sooo... who's going to do this mod???

 

I may

 

I'll do it, but first, Do I use the 3mm bulbs to do the guages too? or would I go with the 5mm for that?

I think I am going for white

 

instead of buying the chrome rings i just painted the sides with silver paint, look closely!


And i used 8 white SMD LEDS!

 

Looks quite good the early W124s had clocks instead of tachometers?

 

No, just the 200D and 250D diesel mercs have the big clock and no tach

 

Does anyone have (or plan to do) a detailed write up with specific parts list for this mod?

 

I installed chrome rings. They're a bit tricky to install, due to poor manufacturing tolerances inherent in these parts. I do like how they look, though.

 

I cant believe no one has done this mod yet....I need my write up and pic