Thoughts? :Clio MK3 Full SMD LED dash conversion kit.

[Rogue]

Jonesy come to mine we'll have a soldering party

oooh and me and me and me! :group:

I HATE the 197 interior lights with a passion.

 

[lild-200cup]

I'd be interested in these. How hard are they going to be to fit?

 

[lewisflintham]

I don't know about the other lights but the two that light the heater controls are a right pain. Mine kept not coming on every so often. After a few weeks of bashing the centre console my brother said "why don't you just fix it!" Like an idiot, I decided to do this on a Thursday night, thought it'd be a quick job. Mine doesn't have climate control by the way, so I'm sure it'd be easier with climate because... The heater controls are in a separate "box" behind the silver centre console cover. When you take this apart, the heater controls come loose, so you need to remember what settings you had them on. Also the fan speed one spins freely from the temp one. Then the air-con and heated screen buttons will fall out, then the little orange indicator lights will fall out cos they're a light tube which sits just over the circuit board. Sorry for the long post but I thought it'd be worth tellin you lot it'll take more than 5 mins with plenty of "oh s**t's" when bits start falling out. I only replaced mine with standard bulbs tho. They're tiny cap-less ones but can't remember what number they are.

 

[Jonesy]

Jonesy come to mine we'll have a soldering party

when?

 

[MikeDX]

when?

When we get the leds! :thumbsup:

 

[Jonesy]

When we get the leds! :thumbsup:

order some for me and lets do this, i'll give ut he money back of corse!!

 

[MikeDX]

Sorted then.

I've sent that crazy leds place a message and asked to confirm if they are 100% for a 197 and not for a 182.

Text me with the colour you want and assuming they are correct I'll order you some with me

 

[Jonesy]

i have no idea what colour would go best with liquid yellow

 

[colt3003]

i have no idea what colour would go best with liquid yellow

Blue, its a "neutral" car colour!

 

[MikeDX]

Got my reply..

Hello Mike Sorry for this silly error the kit is indeed for Mk2

We are working on MK3 kit but as speedo uses 0603 I fear it will beyond the capabilities of your average solderer

The other problem is the heater panel as it has a creamy plastic but we have a led for the job that spreads colour well

Best regards Michael

Crazy LEDs

Doh!

Nice speedy reply though. Cant fault them for that!

 

[kevo66 (weaveworx)]

Or even better.... if you can find out how many and what type are needed!! I'll do you two free kits to test and then use your pics on my site

 

[MikeDX]

Ive seen the leds on the dials... It doesnt look easy!


Great offer though kev!

 

[Adrian]

Feel sure someone on here did this conversion to blue a while back. Never liked the orange colour on my R27. The dials on the Meg look cool at night, back lit loveliness, will get a pic if I remember

 

[kevo66 (weaveworx)]

Ive seen the leds on the dials... It doesnt look easy!


Great offer though kev!

Its there if you need mate benifits us both!

 

[MikeLYR27]

I really want mine to look like the Megane lights, look much nicer!

 

[MikeDX]

Lucky i have a spare set of 197 dials to play / test then

 

[MikeLYR27]

If it goes well u can do mine mike

 

[MikeDX]

It might just be a case of having to buy a better soldering iron or obtaining a solder rework station (something i need to get regardless).

If we crack it Mike you are more than welcome to join the party!

 

[colt3003]

Fingers crossed, cause i think everyone agrees that on both 197 and 200 the orangey yellow red lights look bad haha!

 

[MikeDX]

Found some nice pink leds for you jonesy