snowskater34

okay i know some has done a wright up about this but i cant find one..so next best thing post a thread. I really dont like my red display lights in my 00 si i really want to change them. so question is can i? if so what is the bulb number how many do i need?

geneeunit

the bulbs have little orange condoms on them, if you remove them.. they will just be white. but the other model's have blue condoms on.. i dont know the bulb number, but theres a thread with it around here somewhere.. and your cluster has white bulbs.. but the actual faces have the amber in them.

victor.m

No, that's not how it works on Si clusters. They actually have a film over the numbers/instruments that needs to be removed. I know there's a How-To as I've seen it. The thing with changing the color on an Si cluster is that it will make it irreversible. I'll post back if I find the How-To on changing the Si cluster light color, but basically you open it all up and remove the colored film/stuff, and add in new bulbs painted to whatever you want. Or go all-out and do an LED conversion.

snowskater34

so my no matter what im still going to have that amber look cause the face is amber

victor.m

No, you can change it, it just involved more than removing condoms from bulbs. Si clusters has films between the bulb and the lettering BEHIND the gauges themselves, so you have to pull the whole cluster apart to get to it and remove it, then add in the bulbs in whatever color you want.

snowskater34

thanks man im going to continue looking as well.

snowskater34

is that the same way with the climate controller to?

victor.m

No problem, the How-To was actually on making it all LED lighting, I'm pretty certain I saw it here on H-T.

Edit: I don't know about the CC, but I'd like to find out myself since one of my CC bulbs went out.

snowskater34

https://honda-tech.com/forums/honda-civic-del-sol-1992-2000-1/%5Bfaq%5D-diy-how-install-civic-92-95-amber-red-dash-lighting-56k-no-no-661308/ ??????????

victor.m

No, that's for 5th gens. You need the one that details how to convert an Si cluster to LCD lighting, the guy in that one details how to open and remove the amber film in the Si cluster.

snowskater34

is that film in the back side or the front?

victor.m

Back of the gauge itself.

snowskater34

yeah dude just took all that apart and i have no clue. its all black but then where the numbers are letters there is white. i was to scared to start messing with it any further till i found out more.

victor.m

Yah, from what I recall the back of the gauge faces themselves has orange film on it. I will keep trying to find the how-to.

snowskater34

its kinda frustrating me that i cant find anything out in it at all...i memeber awhile back ago a thread about how to make the SI glow. wish i could find that too.

neonoodle

http://forums.clubsi.com/ubbthreads....Number/2209720

That's how you do it

snowskater34

wow thanks dude!

snowskater34

well is there anyway to screw this up. like when i removing the black behind the letters if i go to far will it show up at night. and where do you know when to stop. on the si he has a pretty big area cleaned off and when the lights are on it just shows that si.

cash459

dont mean to hi-jack your thread, but if youre gonna change the climate control bulbs (take off the amber covers/condoms) then can i have them?

i actually want my lights the amber color & dont want to have to buy all new bulbs.

reply here or send me a PM, thanks bro!

snowskater34

yeah i plan on changing the CC but i didnt know there where covers on the bulbs? i thought the bulbs where white and i would have to do the same thing as in the gauge cluster remove the orange behind the numbers? but if thats not the case with the CC then sure you can have my used condoms baha

snowskater34

do you think aircraft paint stripper will work or do you thinks its to strong and will jack the plastic up?

cash459

HA HA HA!! ok, cool. PM me when you get a chance & we can swap info

snowskater34

deal.

cash459

and actually snow, i have a few of the extra blue condoms/covers if you want them (if youre going for a "stock" look)

not sure if you want, but if so, then we can just trade used condoms, (BLEGH!) LOL!!

snowskater34

haha nasty...i think this as gone to far. yeah i might need some im going to take the ones off of a 96 ex for the dash. i think i need to go double check and make sure that is the color of the lights. i do want to go with blue or white.