Adam Franke Posted July 25, 2004 Report Share Posted July 25, 2004 WARNING! The following is the result of extreme boredom. Please, try to keep yourselves entertained so as not to embarrass yourself publicly as I am about to do!OK, so here's the thing. I was looking at my headunit (Alpine CDA-7893) and I saw that some buttons were blue and some were green. Well, having a blue car, I wanted all the colors to match and make the greens blues. So I popped off the face plate and took it apart. Total, there are 4 LEDs. All of them are white, however, one has a blue "diffuser" and the other three have green "diffusers." Now is when I run into a problem. Where in the hell can I buy blue diffusers for a 3mm LED? If any of you know, please inform me. I have been searching for like 2 hours now. Here are some pictures of the LEDs and "diffusers." (BTW, I don't know if diffusers is the right name, it's what I was told they are called.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
550 Posted July 25, 2004 Report Share Posted July 25, 2004 try bulb covers, or bulb condoms :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Modus Posted July 30, 2004 Report Share Posted July 30, 2004 Try a Dry Erase markerif you don't like the color you can whipe it off and use another.... they come in many different colors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Franke Posted July 30, 2004 Author Report Share Posted July 30, 2004 Friggin Genius. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deltablade Posted July 31, 2004 Report Share Posted July 31, 2004 Also, if you have the stock HU, open it up, it should have blue diffusers, don't know if they are the size you want, but they look like 3mm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theunderlord Posted August 3, 2004 Report Share Posted August 3, 2004 Also, if you have the stock HU, open it up, it should have blue diffusers, don't know if they are the size you want, but they look like 3mm.←Autometer makes the "bulb condoms." Any autoparts store that sells autometer gauges should sell them. Here's a link;http://hp.autometer.com/products/accessori...ulb_covers.htmlLet me know how it turns out, because I can't find white face gauge kits anywhere, and your idea seems like it would be cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sadude Posted August 5, 2004 Report Share Posted August 5, 2004 i bought some of these before...they are dirt cheaphttp://www.mcmaster.com/go to page 623 and look for colored light bulb coversthe small ones will be perfect for you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Veneficus Posted August 5, 2004 Report Share Posted August 5, 2004 very cool... and a very good price ::thumbs up:: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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