[DIY] Accord Euro Centre Console Lighting Colour Modification

[EUR003act]

Did you add those resistors yourself? Were they really necessary?

Someone should put bright Blue LED's in there, would look good in the 06/07 Models since the cluster has a lot of blue and white around the dials, opposed to the orange in the 03-05.


@Rein soldering is easy with a decent (expensive) soldering iron such as the professional Hako ones. Ive found that the cheap $15 soldering irons from DickSmith are 10x harder to use.

i wish i had the 06 dash i wanted blue and white!
possibly what the 06 with blue LEDs wold look like --->

yeah i did the resistors, for some reason the oem lamps are 6v??? lol so i worked out (ohms law) using the LEDs i used which resistors i needed. they are essential both in dropping the voltage, and limiting the current running through the LEDs.

and your spot on there, cheap soldering irons are extremly hard to use! there heat fluctuates dramatically, and there tips are generally too big for SMD soldering. i used a goot 13w temperature controlled iron, only $40 from Jaycar Electronics. very fine tip, and perfect temperature for this kinda work