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[Tom.]

ive searched a bit and cant find anything. id like to do and led light swap in the new R but i cant find what i need to do it...

what leds do i need and how many of each? or if im just stupid direct me please

and i cant take apart the car to see cuz i dont have it yet i want them ordered and in my hands by the time i get that car or a few days after hahah i hate waiting

also directions would be a nice bonus but there not a must.

[MyCarIsRed]

Tom., on 14 September 2009 - 07:19 PM, said:

ive searched a bit and cant find anything. id like to do and led light swap in the new R but i cant find what i need to do it...

what leds do i need and how many of each? or if im just stupid direct me please

and i cant take apart the car to see cuz i dont have it yet i want them ordered and in my hands by the time i get that car or a few days after hahah i hate waiting

also directions would be a nice bonus but there not a must.

use advanced search, look in cosmetic for "LED dash" and choose relevance in the drop down.

or search through my old posts

[Tom.]

i did that! grrrrrrrrr but thanks

[MyCarIsRed]

My old post seems gone... oh well

You'll need 4x 194 LED bulbs for the cluster, www.autolumination.com sells them and the leds for the switches as well. It's really easy, pop switch and swap bulb. Cluster takes good leds to light it well. The switches and cluster have a blue tint you cannot remove, so that will affect final light output. If you're good with a soldering iron you can save some $$ and use 3mm leds or get some off ebay/ Switches have + at the top bulb contact, except for the headlight switch (i think). Cluster in 850 was + up for the center bulbs before twisting, and + down for the outer two before twisting. It's been a bit, so test before you screw it all back together. No use in replacing the turns and idicator lights really, but they're the 1-3/4 base mini wedges i think. Info computer does not like leds, but colored bulbs seem to come out ok. same 1-3/4 mini wedge size.

[T5power]

MyCarIsRed, on 15 September 2009 - 03:17 AM, said:

My old post seems gone... oh well

You'll need 4x 194 LED bulbs for the cluster, www.autolumination.com sells them and the leds for the switches as well. It's really easy, pop switch and swap bulb. Cluster takes good leds to light it well. The switches and cluster have a blue tint you cannot remove, so that will affect final light output. If you're good with a soldering iron you can save some $$ and use 3mm leds or get some off ebay/ Switches have + at the top bulb contact, except for the headlight switch (i think). Cluster in 850 was + up for the center bulbs before twisting, and + down for the outer two before twisting. It's been a bit, so test before you screw it all back together. No use in replacing the turns and idicator lights really, but they're the 1-3/4 base mini wedges i think. Info computer does not like leds, but colored bulbs seem to come out ok. same 1-3/4 mini wedge size.

just to piggy back, turn signals, info cluster, mileage display and warning lights use the same type of LED, T5 type LED's. i replaced those. i put white LED's in the turns, the greens brightened up a little more, gave it a little bit of a crisper look. all warning lights except for high beams are now red. hi beam indicator is a white LED, so the light is very blue now. the rest of the dash is red, including the radio and climate control, all switches and gear selector. next up is ambient lighting.

[MyCarIsRed]

T5Power, on 15 September 2009 - 03:42 AM, said:

just to piggy back, turn signals, info cluster, mileage display and warning lights use the same type of LED, T5 type LED's. i replaced those. i put white LED's in the turns, the greens brightened up a little more, gave it a little bit of a crisper look. all warning lights except for high beams are now red. hi beam indicator is a white LED, so the light is very blue now. the rest of the dash is red, including the radio and climate control, all switches and gear selector. next up is ambient lighting.

Nice, i didnt replace the cluster indicators (ran out of leds hehe). As far as the ambient ight, I found that using a drop of (real) hot glue and postioning a directional led worked best; the standard positions seemed to shine right in my eyes, and Ba9s LED bulbs aren't overly cheap or directional.

I'm kind of getting tired of the whiteishblue dash, i need to decide on a new color till color kinetics puts out some 194 adressable leds

[Tom.]

haha thanks guys. idk want to keep all the warning lights and indictors there correct color. but the speedo, rpms, climate control the window swithc all that stuff blue

[MyCarIsRed]

The ECC sucks to light, the distance between bulb and display is really short. Everyone has kinda done their own thing there, save it for last when you've a bit more experience.

[Dave 54]

T5Power, on 15 September 2009 - 03:42 AM, said:

just to piggy back, turn signals, info cluster, mileage display and warning lights use the same type of LED, T5 type LED's. i replaced those. i put white LED's in the turns, the greens brightened up a little more, gave it a little bit of a crisper look. all warning lights except for high beams are now red. hi beam indicator is a white LED, so the light is very blue now. the rest of the dash is red, including the radio and climate control, all switches and gear selector. next up is ambient lighting.

I gots the ambient lighting, now I need to tackle the dash and switches, are they the same in the 850's as in the s70's?

[MyCarIsRed]

Dave 54, on 15 September 2009 - 05:32 PM, said:

I gots the ambient lighting, now I need to tackle the dash and switches, are they the same in the 850's as in the s70's?

Till the end of 99 i believe they are, tho cluster removal is vastly different. the grey 70 series switches are virtually identical to thr black 850 switches.

[Dave 54]

Schweet, winter project #2.

[T5power]

MyCarIsRed, on 15 September 2009 - 08:42 PM, said:

Till the end of 99 i believe they are, tho cluster removal is vastly different. the grey 70 series switches are virtually identical to thr black 850 switches.

except that the black switches don't get all gummed up like the gray ones

Dave 54, on 15 September 2009 - 05:32 PM, said:

I gots the ambient lighting, now I need to tackle the dash and switches, are they the same in the 850's as in the s70's?

where did you put them? and what color? switches are relatively the same, but the dash is kinda different. they take different bulbs i'm pretty sure. there are tons of write ups.

MyCarIsRed, on 15 September 2009 - 05:13 PM, said:

The ECC sucks to light, the distance between bulb and display is really short. Everyone has kinda done their own thing there, save it for last when you've a bit more experience.

someone on here had the good idea of putting LED strips in the ECC and soldering/connecting it to one of the light terminals. apparently it turned out really well. i just dont know what kind of strip it was, cause the ones i see on ebay are wayyyy too big to fit inside the ECC and radio

[scandalo]

Why the hell doesn't this site sticky any thing?

[Tom.]

http://volvospeed.co...-resource-page/

this just wasnt in there...

[TaskMule]

T5Power, on 15 September 2009 - 11:38 PM, said:

someone on here had the good idea of putting LED strips in the ECC and soldering/connecting it to one of the light terminals. apparently it turned out really well. i just dont know what kind of strip it was, cause the ones i see on ebay are wayyyy too big to fit inside the ECC and radio

That was me. It does take a bit of cramming in, but a 48 light LED flex strip fits. They are 2 for 5$, free delivery on eBay last time I looked. How can you NOT try it at that price?



I have a white strip under each front seat as well, hooked up to the footwell light. Zip ties hold them in place.

For the ECC, hot glue is your friend. Just get the layout of the strip all figured out before you start glueing it in. Trim the square edges as needed here and there to get into tight spots and around sharp corners. It's not hard at all. And the results are excellent.

[MyCarIsRed]

TaskMule, on 16 September 2009 - 02:37 AM, said:

That was me. It does take a bit of cramming in, but a 48 light LED flex strip fits. They are 2 for 5$, free delivery on eBay last time I looked. How can you NOT try it at that price?



I have a white strip under each front seat as well, hooked up to the footwell light. Zip ties hold them in place.

For the ECC, hot glue is your friend. Just get the layout of the strip all figured out before you start glueing it in. Trim the square edges as needed here and there to get into tight spots and around sharp corners. It's not hard at all. And the results are excellent.

bah. like i really wanted to take that damn thing apart again.. but that looks damn good. I really want to make the damn ac and recir lights a different color next time too

[Tom.]

that looks really good. might havta try that.

[T5power]

TaskMule, on 16 September 2009 - 02:37 AM, said:

That was me. It does take a bit of cramming in, but a 48 light LED flex strip fits. They are 2 for 5$, free delivery on eBay last time I looked. How can you NOT try it at that price?

I have a white strip under each front seat as well, hooked up to the footwell light. Zip ties hold them in place.

For the ECC, hot glue is your friend. Just get the layout of the strip all figured out before you start glueing it in. Trim the square edges as needed here and there to get into tight spots and around sharp corners. It's not hard at all. And the results are excellent.

you are awesome. i'm buying a bunch, like now.

THANK YOU!

[Tom.]

i got the car and quickly put on led into the foglight switch it lite for a second and then fried... why so? i asume it needs a resistor? but id be hard to fit them in the tiny white holder... i swear i saw some premade leds on those little white stand on some website but for the life of me i cant remeber....anyone know?

[T5power]

Tom., on 23 September 2009 - 02:54 PM, said:

i got the car and quickly put on led into the foglight switch it lite for a second and then fried... why so? i asume it needs a resistor? but id be hard to fit them in the tiny white holder... i swear i saw some premade leds on those little white stand on some website but for the life of me i cant remeber....anyone know?

go to autolumination.com/74.htm and scroll down till you see this:


these three types of bulbs will be your friend. measure the base of the original bulbs in MM, and see whether it's 8mm 10mm or 12mm, and buy that shit up for all your switches


LIGHT! MWAHAHA finally better than the dim shit that i've had for months now... looks much better than before