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Anyone try to change the color red to blue

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you mean the vent covers??? most people use the grafxwerks overlays... and you could get them in a red or blue.One person (satur9) made his chrome i think.

In my old car I could change out the bulbs and use blue leds

Oh! totally missed the pic... i havent seen that done yet. cool mod though. if its not hard or you do it post a how to so the rest can enjoy!

Quote, originally posted by vibue06 »Anyone try to change the color red to blueYes, and I eventually gave up. Here's the problem: The HVAC controls are backlit with white bulbs. The silver area with the white icons around the dials is actually a clear piece of plastic. It has a thin coat of opaque silver paint on the back (That stops the light), then a thin coat of transluscent white paint (so it looks white in daylight), then a thin coat of transluscent red paint (so it's red when backlit), then more transluscent white paint over certain spots to even out the brightness, finished off with a thick layer of adhesive.In short: It's a painted plastic sticker.I tried carefully sanding off the layer of red paint to put on a blue layer, but it was practically impossible for me to do without it looking like crap.You could try putting in colored bulbs but 1) you'll always have a red filter and 2) putting another color filter on the bulbs would make the whole thing rather dim.My conclusion was: a custom-made cover sticker is needed, and I wasn't THAT determined. If you want to experiment, you can buy a new HVAC control "sticker" (bezel)from your local Toyota dealer for about $35. Toyota Part # 81942-01090However, I did succeed in changing the AC and Recirc lights to blue:http://forums.genvibe.com/zerothread?id=19418

Is the toyota matrix red also

I believe so, I think the interiors are pretty much exactly the same.

GMJAP is right on, the filter will get in the way here. I farted around with some LED's when my bulbs in there died and didn't have any luck. I tried both single LED's as well as a 6-LED module that has LED's positioned in three different angles. Both types of LED's were blue in color, IIRC.In a nutshell, the only thing that really lit up well was the blue dot for the temp control. Anything else in red was barely lit.

Quote, originally posted by vibue06 »Is the toyota matrix red alsoThe part number i gave is a Toyota- it's the Matrix part. It's exactly the same.