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Old Jan 3, 2011 | 09:39 AM
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I got tired of the factory green so, with the help of another stanger I went ahead and did a swap to all white...here are the pics:



Also did the mycolor swap along with a leather wrapper steering wheel from on '07 Premium GT...
Old Jan 3, 2011 | 11:15 AM
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Looks good. Did you replace all the LED's in the radio/switches? I wanted to do this but it looks like such a pain. Is that a new gauge cluster? If so did you have the dealership flash the odometer to match your miles?

All in all... nice job!
Old Jan 3, 2011 | 11:15 AM
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Originally Posted by Marky82
Looks good. Did you replace all the LED's in the radio/switches?
It's in the view of the pic taken, so yes.

Perhaps you meant the doors and such? Curious myself.

Nice job OP.

I just got done ordering a few to check out to replace my non-mycolor cluster as I had it apart recently anyhow, and it finally bugged me to the point that I think I'll do it finally.

Also, what MCD(intensity)rating did you use? White ain't my thing, but I'm torn between red and blue, probably be the same as most and do blue, save the one button that I'm using for the PSU status.

Dreading the doors more than anything. Friggin' cold here.

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Old Jan 3, 2011 | 12:14 PM
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I did the radio/ac/switches above radio...I still have to do the headlight switch and doors. The white was a little bright, I actually touched the top of each light with a sharpie to die it down a little. The mycolor cluster swap is a breeze, and I didn't worry about mapping the miles due to I know I will be keeping this car forever.
Old Jan 3, 2011 | 02:43 PM
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Originally Posted by KcMstang
I did the radio/ac/switches above radio...I still have to do the headlight switch and doors. The white was a little bright, I actually touched the top of each light with a sharpie to die it down a little. The mycolor cluster swap is a breeze, and I didn't worry about mapping the miles due to I know I will be keeping this car forever.
So your not sure what the MCD exact rating of the PLCC-2 SMD LED's where I take it? Whites usually even up being higher for obvious reasons, but I'm just trying to see if I can guess-timate as close to the originals as possible since there is no actual part # to look up for the rating. Might be in the clintons manual though, have to check.
Old Jan 3, 2011 | 07:34 PM
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Originally Posted by KcMstang
I got tired of the factory green so, with the help of another stanger I went ahead and did a swap to all white...here are the pics:



Also did the mycolor swap along with a leather wrapper steering wheel from on '07 Premium GT...
Looks awesome. I've looked at write-ups on swapping all the LEDs and decided I don't have the *****/patience to attempt it. But those are 3 mods I'd LOVE to do eventually
Old Jan 3, 2011 | 07:48 PM
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That is a lot of work! But you don't see it very often...kudos on the finished results
Old Jan 4, 2011 | 07:15 AM
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So your not sure what the MCD exact rating of the PLCC-2 SMD LED's where I take it?
My friend is the one that purchased the LEDs on ebay so I got a message out to him to see if he remember the specs...I'll let me know as soon as I hear something back.

He just got back to be and said they are between 20-50 mcd

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Old Jan 4, 2011 | 08:52 AM
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The white LED's where a higher MCD rating...that's why we had to use the black sharpie. It's difficult to find the white's in lower MCD's....bigger brighter stronger is the trend in LED's.

The reds I have are low MCD. They are a near perfect match to the intensity of the factory greens. I have done a few cars over on S197 forums. I've done white, blue, red and yellow. They all turned out pretty good.

Search my user name there and you should come up with some pictures.

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