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Old 02-01-2008, 06:54 PM   #20
cooljess76
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Alright, here's where I got mine. The seller's name is "led-world2007" on ebay. I bought (100) 5mm blue LEDs and (100) 3mm blue LEDs from this guy. It looks like he's out of 5mm LEDs at the moment, but I'm sure he'll list some more pretty soon. Just email him if you want 5mm blue LEDs or anything that he doesn't have listed.

They come with resistors which you'll need if you're replacing anything that isn't already LED ie; dome/map lights, footwell lights, headlight/foglight switch backlighting, instrument cluster, HVAC panel and cigarette lighter. Most of the other interior switches use LEDs and already have resistors wired in place.

I'm not gonna lie, some of the LEDs used in our AC/Defrost switches and clock are tiny and a PITA to to remove and replace. A few of them are smaller than an ant (and I'm not talking about army ants, I'm talking about those little tiny piss ants!) If you're not careful and sometimes even if you are, the soldering iron will burn right through the circuit boards in which the LEDs are mounted on.

I picked up a nice soldering/wood-burning kit at Harbor Freight for 6 bucks. Try to find one with a tiny needle point tip. I also bought a nice heatshrink kit to cover the leads and my soldering job on the LEDs.

Anyway,

Here's one of the auctions for LEDs:
http://cgi.ebay.com/100x-3mm-5000mcd...QQcmdZViewItem
They come from Hong Kong, so be patient it takes about two weeks to get here.

And this link was pretty helpful also:
http://www.kpsec.freeuk.com/components/led.htm
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