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What a great thread...... Glad you brought up the fact your eye sight sucks... Thanks!
LolWhat a great thread...... Glad you brought up the fact your eye sight sucks... Thanks!
I suddenly don’t like you. I was completely happy with my display until now. I don’t want to open up the gauge cluster to replace such a trivial item that works perfectly fine already. Thanks for making me spend yet more time envisioning modifications to my car and researching all the available color combinations for the display. Would be so kind as to show me the link on how to remove the cluster and replace this, I’m too busy looking at LCD screens right now.Former EE here.. I've taken the cluster apart, and the LCD screen is replaceable. (it plugs into a socket) You can buy many different color combinations to replace it.
Hanson....U should not B on LotusTalk.......Not funny 1 bit.....This is not how we respond to threads.....What a great thread...... Glad you brought up the fact your eye sight sucks... Thanks!
LOL I'm not sure if there is a link to a how-to, though I might have seen one somewhere along the way.. I just started removing screws until it came out.I think you take the cowl / covers off, then a couple screws in the side brackets that hold it to the dashboard.. It's not too terribly hard, though one of the covers is stuck down there pretty good with push-in metal clips and I partially separated the cover from it's frame trying to pull it off the dash.... Then you have to pry off the front face of the cluster (yikes!) which isn't that hard - it's just silicone glued in place. The back of the cluster unscrews, then the pieces all come out. But you have to pop the needles off unfortunately to remove the board from the housing, which is never thrilling.. (where do you find just a needle if one breaks???)
I'm sure it voids the warranty for sure!I had my Scion tC about a week before I ripped the cluster out and figured out how to replace the sickly amber-ish LEDs with blue. I just can't leave stuff alone..
Don't feed the trolls. They love to eat butt-hurt and such. Also, nice editHanson....U should not B on LotusTalk.......Not funny 1 bit.....This is not how we respond to threads.....
Personally I'm not a fan of EL.. Degrades too quickly, and isn't all that bright. I have seen at least 1 person here change theirs out for another color though, and it was definitely better than faded orange. (mine is kind of a very dim greenish yellowy orange now?)Have you thought about swapping out the EL display backlight to a different color? I would pay someone to swap both these. Money. American currency. Or assassination trade, whichever one has more value to you.
Yes, you are EE for sure. Lol. Well , is be really interested in a white, blue, or red EL conversion with a red LCD display. I'm no engineer, but I think this looks doable. Someone savvy needs to do step by step instructions!Personally I'm not a fan of EL.. Degrades too quickly, and isn't all that bright. I have seen at least 1 person here change theirs out for another color though, and it was definitely better than faded orange. (mine is kind of a very dim greenish yellowy orange now?)
I'm going with LED's (probably red, or white with a red underlay / filter sheet), but I'm going to use the backlight sheets from an iPad screen instead of EL. They use a strip of edge-lit LEDs and some very thin sheets of plastic to very brightly and evenly light a good size screen. I've taken one apart and it looks doable. LED lit LCD screen backlight material would also work (where I got the idea, and successfully demo'd..), but iPad screen material is much thinner. (.6mm vs 2mm or so? Also LCD backlight plastic is generally tapered from one end to the other to aid in light dispersion while iPad screen material is flat) The only (only? LOL) tricky part is making room in the plastic housing (ie: machining a slot) for the LED strip to feed the plastic some light. Then I'll have a custom top sheet printed, probably very similar to the '08+ cluster with the black background. Not sure if I want white marks with red numbers, or red numbers with white marks, or some combination.. Considering I have no idea when I'll ever have time to get to the project, I wouldn't hold my breath waiting for me though...Too much work, no time for fun stuff..
Do I need just the new LCD screen or do I alo need the pin header/s?Former EE here.. I've taken the cluster apart, and the LCD screen is replaceable. (it plugs into a socket)
Bad JohnHanson Bad!What a great thread...... Glad you brought up the fact your eye sight sucks... Thanks!
Depends on the screen, but most will require pins since they leave 'em empty so you can install whatever you need. One thing to note - the sockets on the circuit board are made for pretty small diameter pins.. I'll have to take a look on Digikey to see if I can find the same type as on the OEM screen. Forgot that detail...Do I need just the new LCD screen or do I alo need the pin header/s?