Gauge Lights and Interior Lights

[Kswiss]

Does anyone know anything about changing the gauge lights and interior lights? I was checking out the new S Class and when the lights turn on they have a bright bluish/whiteish color to it and very bright. Is it even possible for it to come out like that on my 202? What about the other lights on the console area and AC area? (I want to change all the orange lights to a whiteish/bluish light to match the dvd player). Please help guys!

[nokia8860]

Trust me it works

[Brabus]

Originally posted by nokia8860


Trust me it works

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[Kswiss]

I did the search....kind of no help except for the gauge lights....what im mainly concered about is the lights that come out from the gearshift, the window buttons, ac light, gear color......etc.....basically everything that comes out orange...

[josh k]

It's do-able if you have time, patience, and a little soldering know how. All of the switch lights are LED's so you would have to get LED's in the color you want, take apart all of the switches, remove the old LED's and solder in the new ones.

There's someone on the boards who's done it (in red) but I don't think he's ever done a DIY on it.

[Kswiss]

Do you think a dealership would do this for me? Or any type of auto shop? and how much you think?

[josh k]

A dealership would probably never do it for you and I'm guessing since it's not a plug and play job, that no other shops will do it either. You're going to find someone that knows how to soldert, or learn how to do it yourself.

Soldering is not that hard. You can buy a good soldering iron at Radio Shack for cheap, and practice until you feel comfortable taking your switches apart. I've done this on my other car and it wasn't very hard once I got over the initial fear of screwing everything up.

[Kswiss]

Josh, can you show a pic of what your car looks like when the lights are on in the interior? And where you from man?