HERES THE UPDATED PICSnot the best pics as taken on a crap camera but here is a bit of a DIY on how to change the MAF/MILEAGE LCD display colour on late spec dials which are sealed and have NO FILTER
First remove this plactic cover from the circuit board, theirs just 1 screw in the top left as you look down on the dials (before you do this you need to remove the needles and the dial faces, very easy the faces just clip off, and for the needles use a kitchen fork)
Here is the reverse of the circuit board, the yellow highlights 13 solder points which hold each of the LCD screens in place, you need to DE SOLDER all 26 of these pins, be very carefull doing this and remove all old solder or the pins will not budge, take your time!!
theirs some plastic clips too but they are childs play
then you are left with the two bits seperated
Now you can see the inside of the circuit board, the top highlited bits are the pins you have just DE soldered and the bottom highlighted bits are the CHIP LEDS which as standard are green, these are tack soldered on and are a fiddle, i had to use some jewelry pliers to hold them in place as i re tacked on the blue chip leds, in the pic is the blue ones iv re fitted...not a bad job if i do say so myself
here is a pic of the plactic bit you have removed (this is the bit that has the pins on it and the glass for the screens, iv highlighted the pins that go through the circuit board which you have just de soldered)
The illusive Chip Leds can be seen here, iv put these next to my keys just so you can see how tiny these are... you need a steady hand to work with these, they are plasic so burn if the soldering iron touch them..so go steady
now we put it all back together in reverse of how you took it to bits, be VERY carefull when you attach both the platic cover and circuit board together as the pins can easily miss their holes and bend, this is why its important to remove all old solder
We are now BLUE, but as you can see they are so bright i cant get focus at all, trust me these are bright as hell and look amazing and super clear to read!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! well worth the hard work
here they are using the flash, you can still see how blue they are with the flash on
cant get focus on the displays at all, this is with them dimmed a little too, you cant see the mileage and time on the pics but can in person, they are superb
Took this with the flash turned on just so you can see the displays better
Red headlight switch
sunroof toggle switch
But at the mo im rocking the later type Button switch (thanx to the salvage mk 4 clocks for the red chip leds)
these use the exact same type chip leds as the ones iv used in the LCD displays, i had to use red warning ones out of some mk 4 clocks i got hold of
Lookin good
will get some close up pics of the dials with my camera when i get a mo, this is a wicked mod and i cant belive how good they look, non of the pictures do any of this justice