BauleyCivic

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by photec3 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I did this like a year ago when AztecEJ first posted it. After a few months the paint starting cracking off and it looked a little burnt and needed to be redone. </TD></TR></TABLE>

Did you use new bulbs? When I used the old bulbs the first time I noticed the burnt paint and cracking, but no such problems with the new bulbs

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by degooser &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">
anyways....that paint you used for the little bulbs how many coats of paint did you put on the light also you painted both sides right? because on you picture you only have one side painted.....also would the paint be transparend enough to have light shine through a corner light or a tail light???

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Yeah...actually the 2nd time I did it, I got a big box, turned it on its side, cut a slit through the middle, and stuck the bulbs with the tape on them in there. I put one coat of paint on, then let it dry for 2 hours, then put a 2nd coat on, then let them dry overnight. This paint really takes a while to dry, so I really recommend leaving them to dry overnight before you put them in.


Modified by BauleyCivic at 10:34 AM 10/28/2003

Tomek

Looks awesome!! I'm glad everything worked out well for you.
Your write-up kicked my write-up's *** hehe

For the people saying its a waste of time, then I guess they chose the wrong hobby because everything takes time if you want it to come out right. But after you figure everything out if you were to do it a second time around its cake..

As far as the person that had paint chipping/fading did you use the same testors paint? because its been about a year for me, although the car's been down for two months, and since I last drove it everything still shined nice and bright. If any fading did occur for me it was too faint to even really notice and repaint, and I'm a really picky person. The only problem I had from this was one of my climate control bulbs went out once and that was about a month after I did the color-change. Since then things have been peachy

HXMan

Nice job man!

CNY Hatch

Awesome!! I have a silver/Blue lit Alpine deck and it would be awesome if my dash lights matched!! I'm doin mine blue!!

SOHC_MShue

thanx man!

99blackcivicSi

Good write up

That paint will not burn off will it? i did that to my old cart (nissan) and after a while the paint started to get hot and then burn off i did mine in deep blue and in like 3 months they were pink but not that much work to do it every 4 or 5 months so

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Ricey McRicerton

I've only had mine a couple weeks, but they look good to me still!!

slowhatch4now

Thanks fo the props Dustin
and what camera are you guys using. those pics came out smooth as a mufucka
pEaCe

al3e

thats pretty cool

BauleyCivic

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by slowhatch4now &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Thanks fo the props Dustin
and what camera are you guys using. those pics came out smooth as a mufucka
pEaCe
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Steve's Canon Powershot S30, resize to 500x375, sharpen x1 in photoshop, x2 for some pics

43MA

you can actually change the climate control bulbs just by pulling the face cover off without pulling the whole unit.

BauleyCivic

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Steady &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">you can actually change the climate control bulbs just by pulling the face cover off without pulling the whole unit.
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Actually you can't, at least with EG's...you HAVE to remove this black cover piece on the bottom off:


There is a screw that holds the faceplate in, and that black plate holds the buttons down that hold the faceplate on as well. Not to mention, it is hard to get these tabs that hold the faceplate on if the unit isnt out of the car:

Ricey McRicerton

Same exact thing with the Eks!

POE

Dude i love your write ups, iread this one and the mini me swap, whats the 3rd one u did i couldnt find a link?

LSpimpTEC

good write up i never really wanted to do it but i need to replace some bulbs anyway so im tryin it. Can u replace bulbs behind the climate control buttons? mine are out.

Ricey McRicerton

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by LSpimpTEC &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">good write up i never really wanted to do it but i need to replace some bulbs anyway so im tryin it. Can u replace bulbs behind the climate control buttons? mine are out.</TD></TR></TABLE>

I could'nt figure out how to. I had the whole thing pulled apart and could'nt seem to get to those.

PSU

iTrader: (2)

i did the same thing to my car over a year ago

the climate control is totally not worth it

i had to lay in the car backwards and look up to get it in/out, which totally killed my neck

and my hands were too big to get the screws out so my little bro had to help with that

BauleyCivic

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by DxHatchback &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">i did the same thing to my car over a year ago

the climate control is totally not worth it

i had to lay in the car backwards and look up to get it in/out, which totally killed my neck

and my hands were too big to get the screws out so my little bro had to help with that </TD></TR></TABLE>

Awww....boo hoo Andrew. Its only because you're like 6'5" and 250 lbs...i'm a scrawny *** 160 lb white boy Yes, the two screws were a bitch to get to. I had to get down under the dash and bend my arm in all sorts of ways to get those things out ...thats why I didn't put them back in when I put the climate control in The hardest part was getting the plugs in the back of the climate control out...now THAT was a bitch

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Vtecin94dx &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Dude i love your write ups, iread this one and the mini me swap, whats the 3rd one u did i couldnt find a link?</TD></TR></TABLE>
DIY How to: Take off D-Series Transmission and Inspect Input Shaft Bearing: https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=596873

Blue-Civic-Hybrid

iTrader: (1)

Thank you for this most excellent write up, you have inspired me to do this hopefully this weekend..

JDMy0

so are the ek cluster and climate bulbs the same size as these?

and same amount on cluster / climate??

Hatchy-Ownzjo0

Great write up.. I'll do this when I install my GSR cluster.

hayabusa160

lol thought u took my pic for a sec hahaah fooled me i got the same exact shot on my cluster after i changed the bulbs

CIVIC dude

can you change the rear defrost color also?

JDMy0

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by JDMy0 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">so are the ek cluster and climate bulbs the same size as these?

and same amount of bulbs on the cluster / climate as the eg??</TD></TR></TABLE>

Sketch_hs

WOW, looks awesome.

i've been thinking of doing this from the time i got my alpine deck. it's lights up in green, the same green that the climate control buttons light up!

what color paint do you think would work best for that LED looking green color do you think guys? i gotta try this out!