First off....I have just purchased a 2010 Mazda 3 Grand Touring with the manual trans. What a great little car! I traded in my CTS-V (I am still crying) that I rarely drove due to the poor gas mileage. Not a problem with the Mazda! This 3 is actually MUCH more refined than the Cadillac, and has many more features also. I did not expect that....and am very impressed. Now that I have a car that gets great gas mileage, I can park my other cars and drive this daily!
ANYHOW.....
The one thing I cant stand about this car is the ugly colors on the guage backlights. I want to change them to something more monotone......ie clear/blue. The blue/red/orange freaks me out right now and give me headaches
I read a post, not sure if on this site or some other Mazda forum a few weeks ago, about a guy that did this on his car. It looks like it involves a lot of desoldering and replacing surface mount LED's. Rather than hose up my stock cluster, I bought a spare to try it with. First, can somebody help me out with refinding that link? It was an AWESOME write up with pictures, etc. Second, I want to make sure this thing remains legal. Can I replace the circuit boards between the two clusters without screwing up my miles? I dont want to hose anything up. Third....anyone have a good source for some decent LED's that would work? A bright blue or a bright white would be perfect.
Thanks for the help in advance....I look forward to many years of enjoyment with this car.
ANYHOW.....
The one thing I cant stand about this car is the ugly colors on the guage backlights. I want to change them to something more monotone......ie clear/blue. The blue/red/orange freaks me out right now and give me headaches
I read a post, not sure if on this site or some other Mazda forum a few weeks ago, about a guy that did this on his car. It looks like it involves a lot of desoldering and replacing surface mount LED's. Rather than hose up my stock cluster, I bought a spare to try it with. First, can somebody help me out with refinding that link? It was an AWESOME write up with pictures, etc. Second, I want to make sure this thing remains legal. Can I replace the circuit boards between the two clusters without screwing up my miles? I dont want to hose anything up. Third....anyone have a good source for some decent LED's that would work? A bright blue or a bright white would be perfect.
Thanks for the help in advance....I look forward to many years of enjoyment with this car.
Oh well. Is it on this site, or some other one?
