Mfd colour change, (carnt be done!!)

[waue1978]

Ah, never mind. As I said earlier, if it had worked you would've opened a huge can of worms as it'd bug you everytime you spotted an orange light on one of the switches.

[lozz]

Ah, never mind. As I said earlier, if it had worked you would've opened a huge can of worms as it'd bug you everytime you spotted an orange light on one of the switches.

Yup very true ithink everything in the car wouid of ended up being de-tangoed,

My wife said to me : if you dont like the Orange Glow from the lights wear some feckin blue sunglasses

Now why didnt ithink of that

[FarmerPug]

we really need some pictures here. of this issue.

[lozz]

we really need some pictures here. of this issue.

no pictures needed mate trust me on that iwouidnt recomend anyone trying to change the colours on the displays of the d9s,
its stuff not to be messed with,

the Stumbling block for me was the Climate control at 1st ithought it be just like the mfd to take a part but its not,
the Glass bit is not on a Ribbon its all done by legs something similar to the screens on old vhs video players

[steve_earwig]

I found this linked off of passion406 - http://www.bluecars.net/index.php?cPath=21_101 Hmm, their English is still gibberish, hold on... http://babelfish.yahoo.com/translate_ur ... =Translate

There's some interesting stuff on there but as you say, as fiddley as hell - they even sell a dummy circuit board to practice on...

I'll see if I can find any pics of someone doing it on the site..

Edit: can't find a thing, I even tried on their coupé club Ah well, I found this which might cheer you up - Nonsure For Your Employments

[FarmerPug]

the blue stuff actually looks quite nice. But as much as i enjoy a bit of soldering if i fecked it up somewhere i dont want the bill to fix anything up.

[plod]

( Ah well, I found this which might cheer you up - Nonsure For Your Employments

There's 2 photos missing off that
Well, the version I have anyway

[lozz]

its all doable
but,

you need plenty of smds white ones,
and a spare heater control screen thingy just incase out goes wrong!

the climate control screen can be moved back on its legs..but its awkward all you need is Blue insulation tape to cover the back of the screen, but it glows dark green because of the orange smds,
if ihad paitience id have another bash at removing the orange smds,

igave up quick as my fingers are sore from doing other awkward jobs on the car ,


the mfd screen colour can be changed by just taking the front off the unit it all doesnt have to come apart,

[waue1978]

( Ah well, I found this which might cheer you up - Nonsure For Your Employments

There's 2 photos missing off that
Well, the version I have anyway

The lights aren't the only things doable...

[lozz]

I found this linked off of passion406 - http://www.bluecars.net/index.php?cPath=21_101 Hmm, their English is still gibberish, hold on... http://babelfish.yahoo.com/translate_ur ... =Translate

There's some interesting stuff on there but as you say, as fiddley as hell - they even sell a dummy circuit board to practice on...

I'll see if I can find any pics of someone doing it on the site..

Edit: can't find a thing, I even tried on their coupé club Ah well, I found this which might cheer you up - Nonsure For Your Employments

Cheers mate,
some of the stuff on that site looks interesting ..

[JD406]

Im actually in the middle of changing the orange to blue on my d9. Its going quite well and looking alright . Ill get some pics up as soon as I can.

One problem was the cigarette lighter as it is orange plastic but....
I found this http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Cigarette-Lighter ... 4156f8504a

It looks really good and fits really nicely.

[lozz]

Im actually in the middle of changing the orange to blue on my d9. Its going quite well and looking alright . Ill get some pics up as soon as I can.

One problem was the cigarette lighter as it is orange plastic but....
I found this http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Cigarette-Lighter ... 4156f8504a

It looks really good and fits really nicely.

Howve you got round the climate control

can you please give detail how changed the light on the climate control did you change the smds bulbs?

[FarmerPug]

also how do you slot the ciggy lighter socket into place, i can never get them things in.

[lozz]

also how do you slot the ciggy lighter socket into place, i can never get them things in.

iirc,
you seperate the plastic part and put that part in first
then push in the metal part,
there shouid be points on side of them what you press in

[JD406]

Right, changing the colour of the clocks and everything can be done. ive eventually finished changing mine to blue. Thats the lighter socket, mfd, heater display, window switches front and rear and the speedo.

The mfd and the speedo is the little smd's which need to be soldered on

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... K:MEWNX:IT

The mfd is the normal twist in bulbs

The window switches are these led's which also need to be soldered in

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... :MEBDIX:IT

I will get my pics up of them blue tomorrow and a more detailed explanation of how i did it as im off to work sortly and have the day off tommorow to upload pics nd stuff