Comments on: Blue LED Car Radio Mod

By: Chris Moses

Chris Moses — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 04:24:53 +0000

i have done the mod with the bulbs i listed and it looks great. i also replaced the bulbs all alone my dash to be blue. one thing that i am woundering in your final picture it looks like your display is blue, is it or is that just the camera. and if it is how do i change that

By: PHIL

PHIL — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 13:50:11 +0000

FOUND THIS SITE LAST WEEKEND, ORDERED THE BLUE BULBS FROM LC-LED AND SPENT NEW YEARS MORNING REPLACING ALL 10 BULBS(9 WERE BURNED OUT!). IT TOOK SOME TIME TO FIGURE OUT POLARITY, DELICATE SOLDER, ETC. THE RESULTS ARE AWESOME!! COOL BLUE LOOK AT NIGHT, NO MORE FUMBLING WITH BUTTONS. THANKS TO JASON AND ALL OF THE POSTS!

By: Chris

Chris — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 23:39:23 +0000

the lights i listed do i work. i used blue ones on my chevy radio, they are the perfect brightness. had to solder all 10 of them directly to the motherboard. the only problem i had was my dad worring about me screwing the radio up, that was the hardest part of the whole project, took me about 3 hours to get the radio apart, replace the bulbs, and put back together. worth the time. now i have to do it to two more radios…. thanks for the ideas jason

By: Chris

Chris — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:18:58 +0000

http://www.allelectronics.com/make-a-store/category/340600/LEDs/12-Vdc/1.html
$0.55 for one if your only buying ten. cheaper then Mike’s suggested site. has only 3 colors. i am a student in high school so anything cheaper would help. i am sure these will help a lot of you. has the 12V integrated resistor. will be trying this on my chevy radio and my dad chevy radio. but same as above. only mine is a cass instead of CD.
Cheers to CHEAP LEDs

By: rob

rob — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 04:44:44 +0000

I replaced the 4 bigger bulbs in the climate control on a 2002 silverado which backlite the three control knobs. I got them from corvetteradios.com and was told they are 13.2 v 80ma bulbs. For some reason they are very,very dim and are not working out. Almost like there is not enough voltage to them. The bottom four smaller bulbs are also burnt out that are for the buttons. I have not replaced those yet and I’m wondering if that has anything to do with the intensity of the bigger bulbs. The pads are very fragile on the board and I had to scrape some of the print clean to make a good connection. Any thoughts what is happening here? I hate to buy a new control just to get the lights back.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 02:45:40 +0000

Hi Jason,
Great write-up! You have certainly helped a lot of people who had no where to turn, including me. May I suggest to those reading this page that if you want to get the blue look without wiring up the LED’s or if you want the factory white lights, a seller on ebay sells 10 packs of blue and white bulbs - search for “GM radio replacement bulbs”. The seller is “corvetteradioscom” and actually has their own website: http://www.corvetteradios.com/corvetteradios_013.htm - but you get a better deal if you buy the bulbs through ebay. Hope this helps!

By: Jason

Jason — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 02:42:56 +0000

Yes, if you get LEDs with integrated resistors, you will likely not need an external one.

By: Chris

Chris — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 06:01:19 +0000

what mike said on January 24th, 2007 at 5:24 pm. If I got his leds with the intergral resistor will I not need to get resistors?

By: Rob

Rob — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 20:50:28 +0000

You should offer your services to people with this same problem. I’d be willing to pay you to have my radio done. Half my bulbs are burned out, it’s quite a pain.

By: Bain Says

Bain Says — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 18:06:56 +0000

I have found the bulbs for the heater control group on 95 - 99 Tahoe can be replaced with sylvania #37 bulbs available at Advance Auto - I found that the bulbs are very hard to remove - a pair of neddle nose will grip them and do the trick. Cost to repair - $6.00