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changing the lighting behind the center console system

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alright, first off.. i might call this "center audio& entertainment console" : dash. not to be confused with the dash where your gauges are. this is.. your central dash? haha

anyway. as you guys might know, the 11 and the 12 versa have an orange backlight to the buttons and controls on the dash. its.. nice? but i dont dig the halloween theme that comes along due to my black interior.. and it doesnt match well with the white LED light pouring from gauges. ( i have '12 versa sedan)

so i was wondering, is it psosible to remove this dash to see the wiring and bulbs behind it, and if it is, to change the bulbs behind it to maybe a blue LED system? thanks
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This sounds like a great idea, but I don't think it can be done.
That's going to be a lot of work and the LEDs are most likely soldiered in the board of the center dash itself. It's possible, but do you want to sacrifice all your time and money for this project? There's one guy, Scuba Steve who added LEDs to the window switches on the door for the passenger side and the rear passenger doors.

LOL, on the halloween themed dash! :smilielol5:
ha my friend did that to his nissan maxima..got his window switches all glowy, thats why i thought it shouldnt be so hard. but wow if its sodered, that can be an issue. sigh orange it is then.
ive wanted to do that to my 08 v for a while and a buddy of mine did that to his truck but he had to do a lot of soldering and isnt an easy task but he does that stuff all the time so it was easy for him, i wouldnt try it if you dont have that much experience with that kinda stuff
I have an 08versa hatch. Only replaced red led for thr shifter and climate controls to match my navi unit. Not sure if im ready to rip apart the cluster. Afterall, if i mess up, its 1 piece..$1000+.
how hard is it to change the climate control lights? i changed the shifter to blue and want to do the climate controls too, just havent gotten around to checking it out.
If someone pulls their dash apart, please post it here, i am also interested in this. I got the same Halloween theme going on, and don't much care for it, would love some blue.
I agree. I too would love a post in here showing how it was done and the pics afterwards. I love Halloween, but I don't want it all year round. *bahaha*
I want all of my other lights to match the cluster gage, white.
in order to get to the climate controls you have to remove the dash panels around the headunit. then u remove the panel thats directly underneath it (pops right out). popping off the cover for the climate controls is very easy and straight forward, 4 small clips along the outside that you gotta pop it off of.

heres the inside of the climate control


heres the bulb and its holder popped out together.


I will be getting bulbs for it soon to test it out. they are T5 bulbs (or #74) either name works. or you can try and find an led bulb built into a holder of that style like this.
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Oh wow sweet, thanks a ton. Lemme know how that goes. What bout the lights behind the radio headunit and such? I see you have your own setup, but just. Wondering if u knew
in order to get to the climate controls you have to remove the dash panels around the headunit. then u remove the panel thats directly underneath it (pops right out). popping off the cover for the climate controls is very easy and straight forward, 4 small clips along the outside that you gotta pop it off of.

heres the inside of the climate control
None of the bulbs I have tried worked, just so you know. Single LED bulbs tend to be too dim. I tried some triple led bulbs but they didn't work for long..
Is there I light bulb I can remove so my low air pressure light is off on my dash? I changed valve stem and since the light stays on.i have a gauge I don't need light
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