DIY Dash Color Change from Green to White

[kirky1991]

Hi All new to this Forum, recently got a Mazda5.

Now I've got the thing on the road, I've been fiddling and have been changing all of the green lights to white! I hate green lights so this was an irritating thing for me!

This will be a WIP and I have done some already so won't be fully documented! I hope it sparks some interest with you guys!

I'll attach some photos shortly!

 

[kirky1991]

As i said i would put some pictures up!

I’ve only really got to do the speedo and the steering controls, but i need to redo some bits and pieces as i’m not hppy with them!























You can probably guess what i need to redo from the pictures!

I was debating on buying one of the new speedo’d where it’s already white etc but we’ll see!

 

[kirky1991]

I ordered a replacement speedo second hand off ebay, and have cloned my speedo eeprom to flash onto the new one. I did fit the new one but the fuel gauge was not working - when powered on bench it done need sweep but when plugged into car the fuel gauge doesn’t work, everything else does, went back to old speedo and that works fine! I have to go try emulate the fuel gauge on the bench with a resistor i believe between 0 and 90ohms. if that doesn’t work, i’ll see what seller says! would be a shame as it was only 15 and listed as fully working!

Just to note it’s the facelift sort of version where everything is already white which save me a lot of hassle!

 

[joaogalvao8]

Hello @kirky1991

How did the LCD color change?