Lighted door and window buttons

[Tundraroamer]

Mazda really went cheap on not using lighted buttons for the doors and window controls. Even my 1998 truck has them. That said, what has anybody done to improve the situation in lighting the buttons so you can see them in the dark? I am trying a very small LED light button (the type that goes on keys) and am trying to find a good spot to place it to light up the button area.

Other options or ideas?

 

[tibimakai]

Some of us installed(soldered) surface mount LED inside on the switch's PCB board.
I have soldered an orange, but looks more like a yellow and it's dimmer then the existing one.
I have purchased another LED, but I did not replace it yet.
Somewhere here, is a thread about this.

 

[minnesotaart]

If the 2016 has them, I wonder if the switch setup will be a direct swap.

 

[robertmazda]

Search this forum. This has been covered a number of times, so you'll be able to get a bunch of answers.

 

[Pipercub]

Here are two How to do PDF's you asked for. It's in German but you can use Google translate to get it in English.

Suc6.

 

[speedbegone]

While its still not lighted, the 2016 may just bring a easy solution (and cheap swap possibility for older cx5) with aluminium tips on the switches. I am pretty sure that this will help a lot to make them easier to see in the dark.
same with the side mirrors knob.

 

[RedBaron]

My post in the full how-to thread here: http://www.mazdas247.com/forum/show...-a-Backlight&p=6289937&viewfull=1#post6289937

 

[tibimakai]

I should take it apart myself and replace that LED, with the other one, that I have purchased.

 

[Z0RrO]

I should take it apart myself and replace that LED, with the other one, that I have purchased.

Getting the original led would be the way to go rather than doing several tries.

 

[tibimakai]

I agree, but which one is that?

 

[Z0RrO]

I agree, but which one is that?

I don't know. A long shot would be to get in touch with mazda's engineer (or supplier) that did the module and ask him the part number of those leds.

 

[tibimakai]

That most likely won't happen.
The size we know, the problem is with the light intensity and the color.

 

[RedBaron]

I agree, but which one is that?

As I said on the other thread...

You'll need a deep orange-red to match the existing color. I'd say something at least 610nm and maybe closer to 620nm wavelength at a guess. (My bare LEDs above, were rated at 601nm and were too light an orange without the red filters.)