Alrighty, so i finished the A/C controls last night i think next will be the steering wheel just because ill need to order some more LED's
so some tips/tricks/helps etc first things first ill make a How to once i finished everything sadly my phone was dying last night and decided it didnt want to take photos but i got a couple of things before that....
anyway Onward..
First things first when your taking apart everything be firm but gentle its not a brick it does break easily it will take practice to get it in and our fast anyway first thing would be to get yourself a good soldering iron with a good point on it, i just used my propane one as im very used to it and just purchased a new tip (the old one was deff not going to work good) next thing is to get your LED's now for those that dont know what LED's they are a 0603 SMD LED i have the link somewhere....
http://cgi.ebay.com/New-50-PCS-0603-SMT ... 0735875553
There you are, you can buy them from there which is what i do, now as to if they work on the head unit and steering wheel controls im unsure... ill find out over the weekend...
Ok next once u get everything id suggest put a few hours aside for this after the first one or 2 it will go quiet quickly etc.... now these LED's in case you dont know are like all LED's they only work one way so if you think you can just strap them on and off you go... your wrong
it is however not that hard either its just a matter of looking hard at the LED's to look for the little dot/square looking thing on one side... thats the positive...(just so we dont get confused...
Next you will need some tweezers something with a fine point works well, i believe you could maybe get away with some pliers... but i would bet on it being as easy... (bigger handles big hands etc they get in the way... seriously lol)
ok so once you get everything pull the dash appart being careful not to break anything. start with the center trim that comes off from the passanger side and move along to the head unit taking it out and off (no it wont affect anything taking it off just your clock)...
once the head unit is out start with your center console, start with taking the cup holders out and then everything that its connected too, you dont have to take the hole center out you just need to get to the screws in the glove box and the screws in front of your trany and behind it.... once they are all out shove it gently back about and inch and get to the sick screws of the trim in front of the transmission there is one on each side... i can not stress enough on taking these out... you dont and you can break stuff... once out pull the trim out a little to let the A/C compartment have room to pull forward...
There are two screws at the top of the unit undo them then move onto pulling it gently forward, once it pops off just simply unplug everything and take it out, your next part would be to undo the 4 big screws on the back at each corner of the unit to get the A/C controls out the rest is somewhat useless so leave it in the car and go to a highly in-lighten area...
now the hard stuff..
what you wanna do is get the PCB (printed Circuit Board) out of the unit, its easy just simply undo all the screws and then wen you get to these funny plastic things get a flat head screw driver and pushed them backwards from the center (they are somewhat clipped in there good) once you push them back pull them up and wa-la bobs ur uncle it should come out... once out the board with have some little black clips that come from the bottom (i think im going to have to upload pics to explain all this lol) push the clips and the toggles will fall somewhat out and stop... once you dont that your PCB should fall out
ok once its out the best suggest i have is get 2 same size card board boxes ( i just found some old medicine boxes that worked great for me) and put one under each side, its just simple to keep it level otherwise its a pain...
once you get it out your ready to solder everything, id say get your soldering iron out get it to temp test it on some solder and then wipe it off with a sponge easy enough right....
wen it comes to removing your old LED's they will break and yes they are smaller than the replacement ones but they are the same so it will still work dont freak out....
to remove the old ones just simple head up each side of the LED's and get the tweezers and gently pull while heating, do it to both sides and it will eventually come off.... once off just put a little bit of solder on there (if your good with a soldering iron put a small blob type in a ball enough for the LED to sink in to, if your not so go just get some on there in a point type style both work) once you got the LED off get the new one out get the tweezers again and just simple hold it above the blob of solder and heat the solder and push the LED into it, it will sink and insure its attached properly, if it doesnt stick do the other side get some more solder and just quickly put some on (IMPORTANT: you need to ensure that the LED doesnt get to hot... if you have a controllable Soldering iron your sweet if not well be careful... if you have a gas one heat it to just being able to melt the solder simple enough)
Once you get the LED on there well you move onto the next once... and hte next one and the next, id suggest if you have alot of time to spare test each once incase you put them on backwards like i accidently did because i forgot the dot was positive... WHOOPS!
anyway i ended up testing after every set of 4...
Now if you have a ralliart like i did... ignore the bottom two LED's they are pointless i dont understand why we even got them they do NOTHING AT ALL! stupid ass mitsu wasting money on silly things that achieve nothing!
enough ranting once you test all 3 bunches in total of 12 LED's or 15 if you want the 3 centers done you test and put it all back together... hard right? ok wen you put it all back together the only thing id say be careful of is getting the A/C center piece (as in the A/C unit in the pastic again with the cig lighter and that) just be careful wen putting it back in, if the clips bend/bow it will go in and your push clip things (in the ralliart) wont work because the spring is stopped by the spring... if that makes sense so just make sure it goes in straight, beside that plug everyting back in and its smooth saling from there....
Enjoy and sorry for the mistakes and blobs of text, i will edit it last just at work atm.... doing LOADS of work... LOL!
Laters all will update this once i dont the steering wheel and head unit this weekend
ill have to upload photos well later... lol apparently cant upload them to the page :S
OK so this is the wiring diagram
the dots are positive
http://clubcj.net/garage.php?mode=view_gallery_item&type=garage_mod&image_id=5165
PCB Board to give you an idea on how small etc things are
http://clubcj.net/garage.php?mode=view_gallery_item&type=garage_mod&image_id=5164
Black plastic clips you need a flat head screw driver to get out
http://clubcj.net/garage.php?mode=view_gallery_item&type=garage_mod&image_id=5167
Testing
http://clubcj.net/garage.php?mode=view_gallery_item&type=garage_mod&image_id=5169
Putting it back together
http://clubcj.net/garage.php?mode=view_gallery_item&type=garage_mod&image_id=5165
Finished result
http://clubcj.net/garage.php?mode=view_gallery_item&type=garage_mod&image_id=5168