Interior lighting converted to white LED

[dj92]

Two things p***ed me off from the start when I got my Yaris:
1)The green LEDs in the stereo, AC controllers etc.
2)The weak interior lighting.


Now I've fixed them:
1)
I threw out the green LEDs and replaced them by white SMD-0805 ones from ebay.
It was a bit tricky because I have no tweezers, but in the end, I even managed to solder them into the AC lights

The stereo's display seems quite bright, in reality it is not bright enough to make me take it apart again and insert a damping plastic strip behind the LCD

I decided to throw in two red LEDs for the CD slot as a tribute to audi because they did not run away fast enough.



On the left you can see my still experimental selective CAN reader:



Later on, I fixed
2)
I ordered a map light and the dome light to modify them because I did not know whether this would be a success.
I took out the bulbs, soldered a bunch of SMD LEDs to a PCB and glued them in there.
Some Wiring, then it was done



For the dome light, I ordered 5360 type LED strips, put them on an aluminium sheet (energy drink can's wall :D ) and glued that to it's position, too.

No photos from that, sorry.

By using a lot of the available space, I could maximize the design power without getting thermal problems (the dome light consumes about 10W now) thus getting far more light than with the universal bulb replacements.