LED climate control-filters?

[civicexcoupeman]

Im doing my 2000 civic ex climate control and a/c defrost buttons and all today. I took the filters off the A/c defrost buttons. Do I need to take this one off. Would you recommend it or no. Looks almost like its riveted on but im sure i can just tear it off if i try.

 

[civicexcoupeman]

bump....

 

[zammykoo]

yes if you are doing this LED mod http://www.brokenlimits.com/howto/howtoclimatecontrol/howtoclimatecontrol.htm

 

[civicexcoupeman]

o srry didnt know this thread was going on lol...i did my s**t looks like:
and heres a early apology for shitty pics.

The way they turned out:

got a new OEM CF bezel for my cluster:

^ I can see the needles fine shitty quality pic


I didnt do it the way the guy posted a link to above. I just put leds and resistors into the bulb holders. I kinda like it now when i think about it i may redo it to that way in the link but i doubt it...looks fine to me and thats what counts...maybe ill do that in future

 

[zammykoo]

did you sand down the led's before installing them? it defuses the light output better than leaving it the way it is

 

[civicexcoupeman]

did you sand down the led's before installing them? it defuses the light output better than leaving it the way it is

no i didnt...hmm with like really fine sand paper? like what grit?

 

[zammykoo]

with pretty coarse paper, you want to basically flatten the ball end of the led. just be careful not to get too deep where the light emitter is

 

[civicexcoupeman]

with pretty coarse paper, you want to basically flatten the ball end of the led. just be careful not to get too deep where the light emitter is

k cool. Coarse and then smooth it off with fine? Cuz imo if you do it with coarse the surface will become rough and the light emision wont be smooth off a rough surface as a smooth one

 

[zammykoo]

k cool. Coarse and then smooth it off with fine? Cuz imo if you do it with coarse the surface will become rough and the light emision wont be smooth off a rough surface as a smooth one

yeah start with coarse then smoothen out,sorry forgot to mention that =P

 

[civicexcoupeman]

yeah start with coarse then smoothen out,sorry forgot to mention that =P

cool...kinda knew that i'd need to smooth it off. But was just checking why u didnt include it in your post lol...i may do that sometime...does it really make that big of a difference?