Yay, I finally managed to get this done today. I followed a DIY I found:


1. Remove the shifter tray and remove the two screws underneath it holding in the stereo and ac control trim.

2. Remove the AC control trim carefully. I had to give it a good hard tug and use a plastic spatula to pry it out.

3. for the AC control, remove the hose going into it and the screws holding it to the trim. Unplug it then bring it in the house.

4. On the back of the AC controls on the white plastic cover, unhook the little two wire white plug, then unscrew the screws that hold the white cover on.

5. Unclip and remove the white cover, the controls should pop out and expose a circut board.

6. Remove the knobs themselves, just give a gentle tug and they'll come right off.

7. You'll see three small white squares in the bottom of each control, these are the LED's that light up the knob, they're white by default. I used paint to paint them red.

8. They won't be bright enough alone so you need to add an auxillary led for each control. I simply bought 3000mcd red LED's from radio shack, 3 for 2 bucks each. Be sure to lightly sand each LED to help them difuse the light more evenly. They should look cloudy instead of clear when done.

9. Get some of the thinnest wire you can find, VERY thin, run two leads under the black plastic that holds each of the knobs to the circut board. I had to use a very small screwdriver and gently pry the plastic up high enough to snake a small wire in.

10. Be aware LEDs are directional, hook them up backwards and they won't light.

11. Solder one LED for each knob using the leads you just fished under the black knob holder. Then solder the leads in series, positive to negative.

12. Hook up a resistor to the first led in the series on the positive wire going in.

13. Looking at the circut board from the knob side, you can see the backs of the pins for where the two main plugs plug into the board. Solder the resistor for the positive wire to the bottom leftmost pin.

14. Solder the negative lead coming out of the last LED to the top pin, second from the right on the set of pins for the first plug from the left.

15. Test it before putting it back together, if the leds light up, make sure the buttons push in fine and don't get stuck, I left the LEDs poking up just above the button in the bottom of each knob holder.

16. Put it all back together and enjoy the fact the lighting matches.

Here is my receipt for the LED's and resistors if anybody wants to do this mod:



And here are some pictures I took of my install:

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Sweet u want to do that for me.. pretty please..

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+2 Tino will organise some ribs and beers for you whilst you do ours haha.

*edit: how come you left the indicator light on the aircon and air flow dials orange?

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EBISU SUBARU, SHIBUYA-KU TOKYO

That looks awesome dude!!! Very well done too!
I like still having the orange on the dials. Gives it some contrast instead of a solid red mass.

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I left it orange simply because it matches in pretty well.

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I'll be comming over very shortly Rhys... looks wicked, mine next plz

sick!

Well done Rhys! Recon you can do this to non-subaru's? :P

Love your work man!

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Looks good, should start doing it for people and charge them

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