Sunroof button, does it illuminate?

[Ken-f]

Does your sunroof light illuminate? My VSA button does, but my sunroof one doesn't. I'm not sure if its spose too, never noticed it.

Edit: Sorry, I tried searching using advance search and i think i found my answer. So YES, it should light up.......

[Crapdaz]

the module led has blown.

[tony1234]

the module led has blown.
^^^As above.

[Crapdaz]

As a solution you can search and find Eur003act's console led DIY or you can go back to honda to buy the LED which will prob cost about $10.

[EUR003act]

Does your sunroof light illuminate? My VSA button does, but my sunroof one doesn't. I'm not sure if its spose too, never noticed it.

Edit: Sorry, I tried searching using advance search and i think i found my answer. So YES, it should light up.......

congrats on using search :) always good when that happens :thumbsup:


As a solution you can search and find Eur003act's console led DIY or you can go back to honda to buy the LED which will prob cost about $10.

haha thanks buddy! free advertising for me :p lol yeah i have a thread in the DIY section on making your own... just search for 'centre console'
i think

[Crapdaz]

congrats on using search :) always good when that happens :thumbsup:



haha thanks buddy! free advertising for me :p lol yeah i have a thread in the DIY section on making your own... just search for 'centre console'
i think

^ he got owned by ozhonda search, hence why he got no results.

and no worries mate, your DIY is good but i haven't taken the initiative to do it yet.
Did jaycar sell those leds you bought in white in another colour like red?

Cheers,
Darren

[Ken-f]

i've found so many answers on that ONE diy thread. If you could re upload all the pics it'd be even better! :)

[EUR003act]

^ he got owned by ozhonda search, hence why he got no results.

and no worries mate, your DIY is good but i haven't taken the initiative to do it yet.
Did jaycar sell those leds you bought in white in another colour like red?

Cheers,
Darren

yep jaycar! :)


i've found so many answers on that ONE diy thread. If you could re upload all the pics it'd be even better! :)

yeah ive got to repost the pics, bloody links stuffed up :(

ill have to try find where i put them lol will try do soon :thumbsup:

[Omotesando]

WHAT?

You guys serious? I've never seen my sunroof light being lit before.
MY05. Not even since brand new and I thought it was normal. :(

[Crapdaz]

might be us being noobs then,

i guess we failed!!

[Ken-f]

off to Jaycar to pickup some 3mm LEDs tmr. I'll let you guys know how it goes.

[Crapdaz]

off to Jaycar to pickup some 3mm LEDs tmr. I'll let you guys know how it goes.
ROFL is jaycar even opened at this hour of the night. :p

[Ken-f]

off to Jaycar to pickup some 3mm LEDs tmr. I'll let you guys know how it goes.

Lol, im quoting myself :P

[Crapdaz]

Lol, im quoting myself :P
goodluck mate, i don't know how you guys do it.

There is hardly anytime.
i should take a week holiday from work and just do diy jobs on the car.

[Ken-f]

Yea, only time is now. Uni break starts! wooo...

[Ken-f]

damn! i forgot the 3mm are not 12 v!!

[EUR003act]

damn! i forgot the 3mm are not 12 v!!

resistor in series... about 610-720ohm should do it

[Ken-f]

I got some, but they guy gave me 560 ohm ones.....i sure hope they are okay. He calculated 590, but we forgot when we got to the shelf. lol

[EUR003act]

I got some, but they guy gave me 560 ohm ones.....i sure hope they are okay. He calculated 590, but we forgot when we got to the shelf. lol

lol yeah theyll be fine... in all honesty, anything between 300-1000ohm would work...

i used 470ohm in mine (wanted them bright) but they burnt out after a couple of months :(

i have to redo two in my centre console this weekend, and ill prob use bigger 1watt 700ohm ones just to be sure :p

[Ken-f]

After some playing around....i finally got one of them done and tested......bloody hell it was hard work. So anyway, i finally get it tested, then i try to put the sunroof button part back into the....button holder thing. But my resistor wont go through! its jammed!! So i squash it into the little hole, but the wires were touching, thereby bypassing the resistor! and all this smoke came out. lol. I think i've blow a fuse as all my interior lights + parkers dont work :S

[EuroDude]

try www.superbrightleds.com ftmfw

Need anything LED? they have it lolol

[Ken-f]

haha, fixed it. it was just a fuse as thought.

[EUR003act]

i've found so many answers on that ONE diy thread. If you could re upload all the pics it'd be even better! :)

DIY pic links fixed! enjoy boys!

CL9 Custom Centre Console DIY (http://www.ozhonda.com/forum/showthread.php?t=71765&highlight=diy+euro+console)

[Ken-f]

Wow, that red is ..... so red! how many MCD was it?

[EUR003act]

Wow, that red is ..... so red! how many MCD was it?

reds were 1000mcd

whites were 2400mcd

[biee2]

i've pulled apart everything and now it is just sitting there waiting for the new leds to come in...hehe. i went to jaycar 2day but as soon as i got there they closed on me *grins* so yeah gonna head of some time in the morning for the leds. btw what color leds can i get at jaycar??? any body know???

[Ken-f]

www.jaycar.com.au ahaha. Take a look yourself. Green, Red, White.

Lucky I didnt get the 2800MCD, that'd be TOO bright.

[biee2]

im looking for purple if they have...LOL. what would be a good mcd?
btw....you reckon the guys there can help me calculate what resistor i need? i havent done that yet....dont know what resistor i need yetl.....=[

[Ken-f]

Yea, they were really nice. They made sure i knew how to hook it up as well. Really simple, but it was nice that they took the time to explain it. Use a 590ohm one.

[biee2]

Yea, they were really nice. They made sure i knew how to hook it up as well. Really simple, but it was nice that they took the time to explain it. Use a 590ohm one.

so 590ohm resistors? ....okay looks lik im all set.....thanks heaps for the info Ken-f

[Ken-f]

Np, let us know how it goes. :)

[biee2]

okay i have installed everything and it is working perfectly but the thing is its realli dim....does any body know why??? is there a way to make it brighter????

[Ken-f]

Get brighter LEDs, ahah I just got home from work and tried again, because my mate gave me a few LEDs....but same issue. too dim. I'm gonna go get some 500mcd ones tmr. That was just right (imo).

[biee2]

Get brighter LEDs, ahah I just got home from work and tried again, because my mate gave me a few LEDs....but same issue. too dim. I'm gonna go get some 500mcd ones tmr. That was just right (imo).

so lower the number the brigthter? or the high the number the brighter???

the leds i got in there at the moment are 2800mcd red ones and 3500mcd white ones

[Ken-f]

shivers. Thats really bright. You should sand it down, because the LEDs are very directional. Sanding them down will give them a better spread of light.

Bigger the number, the brighter.

[biee2]

shivers. Thats really bright. You should sand it down, because the LEDs are very directional. Sanding them down will give them a better spread of light.

Bigger the number, the brighter.

i onli sanded around the bulb to make it frostlike looking but yeah there not realli that bright.....there so dim i can bearly see them

do you know if i can get the oem bulbs at jaycar??? i might turn them bak to there original state for a while and do more testing....

[Ken-f]

EUR003act's is only 1000mcd and his are crazy bright. Did you see his picture on his thread?? Maybe you got dodge LEDs?

[biee2]

EUR003act's is only 1000mcd and his are crazy bright. Did you see his picture on his thread?? Maybe you got dodge LEDs?

yeah i know....i was assuming mine would be brighter but no...its more dim...lol
hrmmm....i dont know how im gonna fix this....i want to put bak the old bulbs but they look lik they were stuck on with some type of glue instead of being soldered......i need to fix this or else i wont beable to see my button in the dark =[

[EUR003act]

okay i have installed everything and it is working perfectly but the thing is its realli dim....does any body know why??? is there a way to make it brighter????

did you sand down the exterior of the LEDs?

LEDs are very directional, the stock illumination is designed to work with unidirectional globes... ie: light dissipates in all direction lighting the buttons fully... if your using a standard LED, the light will shine directly into the back of the housing, and not illumintae the buttons... hence why it'll be dim

also, which buttons are you talking about? the window/door switch buttons are already 2-3v and do not require resistors... and the stereo globes are 6v so need to use lower value resistors to that required for 12v operation (i used 360ohm)

[Ken-f]

I was under the impression you were wanting to change your seat warmer, VSA and sunroof buttons (thats what i was doing anyway).

[biee2]

LOL...i did my whole centre console hahaha but yeah i did sand around the outside to make it frostlike looking how you explained in your diagrams...how much sanding do i need to do??? LOL but yeah i have resoldered my original lights bak...now im just gonna test around and see what i come up with and then try again some other time hopefulli with luck =]

another thing i realised is that honda do not supply those little lamps that light up the centre console....i went and asked today and the guy said he never seen anything so little...haha. i was thinking...so what happends when these little lamps die out???? he told me they onli sell the whole unit which is lik 3.5k LOL :eek:

i dont know if the power windows buttons and all that use the same sorts of lamps but yeah...

[EUR003act]

LOL...i did my whole centre console hahaha but yeah i did sand around the outside to make it frostlike looking how you explained in your diagrams...how much sanding do i need to do??? LOL but yeah i have resoldered my original lights bak...now im just gonna test around and see what i come up with and then try again some other time hopefulli with luck =]

another thing i realised is that honda do not supply those little lamps that light up the centre console....i went and asked today and the guy said he never seen anything so little...haha. i was thinking...so what happends when these little lamps die out???? he told me they onli sell the whole unit which is lik 3.5k LOL :eek:

i dont know if the power windows buttons and all that use the same sorts of lamps but yeah...

lol yeah if those lights die normally u need to buy a complete new cd unit! sooo expensive!

if its the cd lights your doing, use 360ohm resistors, will light up alot more :)

the window winders are already LEDs, so they shouldnt ever die...

[biee2]

hrmmm may be i used to wrong resisters that why my red leds were so dim......becuz when i asked for resisters the guy just gave them to me...LOL. so i just took them....haha. but yeah i know the leds should be realli bright coz they are 2800mcd red ones and 3500mcd white ones....i paid lik $40 bucks for 24 leds...=[ but yeah....i will giev it another try when i have free time......

btw you said the windows were already leds yeah...so no resistors right??? just straight replacement???

[Ken-f]

another thing i realised is that honda do not supply those little lamps that light up the centre console....

Do you meen those little ones sitting in the little blue holders (on the vsa, sunroof and seat warmer buttons)?? Honda DO sell them...but at 10 each....i ended up just using white 1000mcd bulbs today. I think i'd get sick of the red ones haha.

[biee2]

it those little lamps with the blue rubber thing around the bulb and it sits in a black rectangle housing thing....lol. you serious your honda sells them??? coz my honda spare parts department didnt even know what they were......

[Ken-f]

ahaha, it took me a bit to explain to the guy over the phone. But they DO have them. $9.85 each or something.

[EUR003act]

Do you meen those little ones sitting in the little blue holders (on the vsa, sunroof and seat warmer buttons)?? Honda DO sell them...but at 10 each....i ended up just using white 1000mcd bulbs today. I think i'd get sick of the red ones haha.


it those little lamps with the blue rubber thing around the bulb and it sits in a black rectangle housing thing....lol. you serious your honda sells them??? coz my honda spare parts department didnt even know what they were......


ahaha, it took me a bit to explain to the guy over the phone. But they DO have them. $9.85 each or something.

the little blue round ones that replace the VSA / sunroof / seat warmers yes they sell... but the ones in the CD player / climate control unit, no they dont sell...


as for the window winder button question, yes theyre just straight replacement with LEDs... no resistors needed!